20100813final_order_no_32049.pdf

Office of the Secretary
Service Date
August 13 2010
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF
ELECTRIC LIGHTWAVE LLC DBA
INTEGRA TELECOM FOR A WAIVER OF
FCC THRESHOLD REQUIREMENTS FOR
NUMBERING RESOURCES FOR BOISE
IDAHO
ORDER NO. 32049
CASE NO. ELI-IO-
On June 23, 2010, Electric Lightwave LLC dba Integra Telecom filed a request for a
Commission waiver of numbering resource guidelines following denial of its Application filed
with the North American Numbering Plan Administrator (NANP A). According to its
Application, the Company seeks a waiver in order to obtain a new Local Routing Number (LRN)
for the Company s new switch that will serve the Boise rate center. Local Routing Number is a
la-digit telephone number that identifies a particular CLEC's traffic/switch in the central office
and is required for local number portability.
STAFF ANALYSIS
NANPA's Central Office Code (NXX) Assignment Guidelines, Section 4.1.3, state
that a service provider requesting LRNs for a rate center in which the service provider already
has numbering resources must meet certain months-to-exhaust and utilization requirements.
Integra has not yet reached the months-to-exhaust and utilization criteria for the assignment of a
new LRN for the Boise rate center, but it needs the new LRN in order to deploy a new switch to
serve this rate center. Integra will not be decommissioning the switch that currently services the
Boise rate center. Integra s application was denied by NANP A because the current telephone
numbers held by the Company are available and the utilization requirements are not met.
After evaluating Integra s waiver request, Staff stated that granting Integra s waiver
will not have a detrimental effect on numbering resources in the Boise rate center. Integra
participates in the thousand-block-pooling in the Boise rate center. Staff noted that pooling and
rate center consolidation help make number conservation efforts more effective and are designed
to extend the time it takes to exhaust a rate center s numbering resources. There remains a high
demand for numbering resources within the Boise rate center and it is unlikely that any resources
will be stranded or unusable in the immediate future.
ORDER NO. 32049
According to FCC orders and numbering guidelines, carriers may appeal NANP A
decisions to the appropriate state regulatory authority. As provided in the Number Optimization
Order and FCC regulations, the appropriate regulatory Commission "may affirm or overturn the
NANP A's decision to withhold numbering resources from the carrier based on its determination
of compliance with the reporting and numbering resource requirement.47 C.R. ~
52.15(g)(3 )(B)(iv). This Commission has granted similar waivers in the past to meet the requests
of other carriers.
DISCUSSION
After reviewing Integra s Petition and Staffs recommendation, the Commission
finds that the Petition should be granted. It appears that the requested number assignment is
necessary for Integra to meet the needs of its customers, and that it will not detrimentally affect
number resources for the Boise rate center. Integra participates in number pooling, and any
unused 1 000-blocks will be returned to NANPA. We find that it is reasonable to direct that
NANPA open a code and provide a new Local Routing Number for Integra s new switch at the
Boise rate center as requested by the Company.
ORDER
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Electric Lightwave LLC dba Integra Telecom
Petition for Waiver of the FCC's numbering resource optimization requirements is granted.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that NANPA assign 10 sequential numbering blocks to
Integra. Any 1 000-block not used by the customer within six months must be returned to the
pool.
THIS IS A FINAL ORDER. Any person interested in this Order may petition for
reconsideration within twenty-one (21) days of the service date of this Order. Within seven (7)
days after any person has petitioned for reconsideration, any other person may cross-petition for
reconsideration. See Idaho Code ~ 61-626.
ORDER NO. 32049
DONE by Order of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission at Boise, Idaho this /3
day of August 2010.
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JI . KEMP~ON, P SIDENT
MARSHA H. SMITH, COMMISSIONER
MACK A. REDFO
ATTEST:
~tJJe D. Jewell
mission Secretary
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ORDER NO. 32049