8.2</strong> Any liability of AMS-IX Company towards Customer for compensation of damages resulting from AMS-IX Company’s performance or non-performance of the AMS-IX Connection Agreement is at all times limited to the total amount of fees paid by Customer to AMS-IX Company under that agreement over the twelve (12) months, preceding the event (or, in case of a series of events: the occurrence of the first events of such a series) that caused such damages. </p> <p> <strong>