20101122Decision Memo.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM
TO:COMMISSIONER KEMPTON
COMMISSIONER SMITH
COMMISSIONER REDFORD
COMMISSION SECRETARY
LEGAL
WORKING FILE
FROM:CAROLEE HALL cM~ -" ió-o(
DATE:
RE:
OCTOBER 8, 2010
CAMBRIDGE TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. ("CAMBRIDGE")
VOLUNT ARY RELINQUISHMENT OF THE NPA NXX, 208-253, FROM
THE CUPRUM EXCHANGE.
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
On October 1, 2010, Staff was contacted by Neustarl regarding a full 208-NXX code2 that
was originally assigned to Cambridge Telephone Company. The code was recently assigned to a
Competitive Local Exchange Carier out of the Boise Main Offce.
Cambridge informed Staff that effective December 9,2009, the Company sent a Par 1 form
to the North American Numbering Plan Administrator (NANPA)3 releasing the NPA-NXX, 208-
258, back to the pool. The Company also stated that effective January 28,2010, all customers who
were served by the 208-258 Cupru exchange were moved to the Council exchange of208-253.
The Company indicated that there were approximately 40 customers who were affected by this
action. The Cupru central office is now fuctioning as a dumb remote.
According to the Company its decision to move the Cupru customers to the Council
exchange was made in part based upon the FCC granting mandatory pooling in Idaho. The
Company's release of numbers was to help preserve the 208 area code resources.
Neustar notified Staff that it needs a Commission Order approving the relinquishment of the
numbers in the Cupru Central Office (CO) and converting the CO to a dumb remote.4 Normally
i Neustar monitors and oversees thousands block pooling for all telephone numbers. A block of numbers consists of
i ,000 telephone numbers..2 A full NXX code is comprised of i O,OOO(ten- thousand) telephone numbers.
3 Nort American Numbering Plan Administrator (NANPA) monitors and oversees central offce codes administrtion
and disbursements.4 A dumb remote is a remote physical parition of an intellgent switch, which usually is in the form of a co. The dumb
remote is connected to the centralized CO by a signaling and control link over which the call processing queries and
instrctions are transmitted between the two devices. In this case the centrlized CO is the Council CO.
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when there are numbers transferred, relinquished or changes to a CO/rate center a Commission
Order is appropriate.
Staff appreciates Cambridge's efforts and assistance with 208 resource management.
Moreover, Staff supports the Company's prompt response to the mandatory pooling Order from the
FCC along with the proactive number resource management exercised by Cambridge.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION AND COMMISSION DECISION
Staff supports Cambridge's relinquishment of numbers and recommends an Order be issued
reflecting the Commission's support. Does the Commission agree?
i:udmemolCambridge Telephone of CUP RUM 208.258
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