20190521Petition.pdf

RECEIVED
II9l{AY 2 t pH 3: 07Columbine Telephone Company, lnc.
Michelle Motzkus, Legal & Regulatory Administrator
PO Box 226
Freedom, WY 83120
Ph: 307-883-6690
Fax: [phone]
Email : [e-mail]
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
Case No. COL-T-19-01
Columbine Telephone Company, lnc. (Columbine or the Company) hereby petitions the
Commission for an Order approving this Petition for Waiver of the FCC Threshold Numbering
Resource Requirements for Driggs ldaho. ln support hereof, Columbine states as follows:
Columbine is a Title 61 regulated telephone corporation organized under the laws of
the State of Wyoming and is authorized to do business in ldaho and to provide basic and local
exchange telecommunications services pursuant to a Certificate of Public Convenience and
Necessity issued to it by the Commission.
The Company is replacing its existing DMS-10 switch equipment/facilities in its Driggs,
ldaho exchange, and a new NPA-NXX and LRN (local routing number) are required to establish
homing arrangements in LERG 7 SHA in order that new trunking may be ordered and
installed. Once the new switch is operational, existing Columbine customers will be ported to it
from the old switch
On May 9,2OL9, Columbine applied to the North American Numbering Plan
Administrator (NANPA)via the Pooling Administration System (PAS), for a local routing number
(LRN) for the new Driggs switch within its local access and transport area (LATA). On May 9,
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tN THE MATTER OF THE PETIION OF )
COLUMBINE TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. )
FOR WATVER OF FCC THRESHOLD )
NUMBERING RESOURCE REQUIREMENTS )
20L9, NANPA denied the Company's application because numbering resources already exist for
Company in the LATA and the Thousand-Block Number Pooling Administration Guidelines
preclude NANPA from assigning a service provider a new NXX to establish an LRN unless carrier
has exhausted the assigned resources (see, Attachment A, PAS Part 1 Denial).
The Company's Petition appeals NANPA's denial of its application for additional
numbering resources. Columbine respectfully requests the Commission approve its petition and
direct Commission staffto notify NANPA of its decision and to authorize the release an
NPA/NXX block to the Company for the purpose of an initial LRN; any unneeded 1K blocks will
be returned to NANPA.
WHEREFORE, Columbine Telephone Company, lnc. respectfully requests an expedited
Order of this Commission granting its request and granting such further relief as the
Commission deems just, reasonable and necessary.
Dated ,n* tr#,of May, zoLs.
Columbine Telephone Company, lnc
By:
Michelle Motzku
Legal & Regulatory Administrator
307-883-5690
PO Box 226
Freedom, WY 83120
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Your Utilization calculates to 17.518%. The FCC requires a utilization of 75o/o.
You have requested more blocks than you will exhaust in six months.
Select One Option and click Submit
E Return to the Months To Exhaust Form
C Need to request a State Waiver
E Received a State Waiver
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