20120207final_order_no_32452.pdf

Office ofthe Secretary
Service Date
February 7,2012
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF ELECTRIC )
LIGHTWAVE,LLC DBA INTEGRA )CASE NO.ELI-T-ll-Ol
TELECOM’S PETITION FOR WAIVER OF )
FCC THRESHOLD NUMBERING )
RESOURCE REQUIREMENTS FOR BOISE,)ORDER NO.32452
IDAHO )
On December 20,2011,Electric Lightwave,LLC dba Integra Telecom (“Integra”)
petitioned the Commission for a waiver of numbering resource guidelines following the denial of
its application for additional numbering resources by Neustar,the North American Numbering
Plan Administrator (“NANPA”).Integra’s Petition appeals the NANPA’s denial.With this
Order,the Commission grants Integra’s Petition.
THE PETITION
According to the Petition,NANPA denied Integra’s request for a full,10,000-number
code block because “[r]ecords indicate there are enough resources in the current inventory to
fulfill [Integra’s]need.”See Petition at 1,Attachment A (Pooling Administrator’s Response).
The Petition notes that “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.”
Petition at 1.However,“[a]lthough Integra has not yet reached [these]criteria for the
assignment of additional numbering resources in the Boise rate center,it is making this request
on behalf of a large customer consolidating its operations in Boise.”Id.The Petition includes a
copy of Integra’s Months-to-Exhaust and Percent Utilization report,along with the customer’s
confidential explanation of its need for the additional numbers.Id.at 1-2.According to the
Petition,Integra expects that “once the customer receives and activates the [new]telephone
numbers...,the old numbers will be returned and ultimately absorbed back into the numbering
resources of other Idaho carriers....“Id.
STAFF ANALYSIS
Staff recommended that the Commission grant Integra’s Petition.According to Staff,
Integra’s customer is requesting sequential numbers that Integra cannot provide given Integra’s
current inventory.Staff believes the customer’s resource requirements warrant the opening of a
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code in the Boise rate center.Staff also noted that similar requests have been granted by this
Commission in the past.
Staff said Integra’s requested waiver will not detrimentally affect the Boise rate
center’s numbering resources.Staff explained that Integra participates in the 1,000-number
block “pooling”in the Boise rate center,and that pooling and rate center consolidation improve
number conservation and extend the time it takes to exhaust a rate center’s numbering
resources.1 Staff said high demand remains for Boise rate center numbering resources;therefore,
it is unlikely that any resources will be stranded or unusable in the immediate future.
DISCUSSION
Federal regulations allow a carrier to appeal a NANPA decision to withhold
numbering resources.The Commission “may affirm or overturn the NANPA’s decision to
withhold numbering resources from the carrier based on its determination of compliance with the
reporting and numbering resource”requirement.The Commission may also overturn NANPA’s
decision “based on its determination that the carrier has demonstrated a verifiable need for
numbering resources and has exhausted all other available remedies.”See 47 C.F.R.§
52.15(g)(3)and (4).
After reviewing Integra’s Petition and Staff’s recommendation,the Commission
finds that the Petition should be granted.The requested number assignment is necessary for
Integra to meet the needs of its customers.Further,because Integra participates in number
pooling,any unused 1,000-number blocks will be returned to NANPA.We find the assignment
will not detrimentally affect number resources for the Boise rate center.Consequently,we find it
is reasonable to direct that NANPA provide the new number assignment requested by Integra to
meet the customer’s requirements.We also direct that any unused 1,000-blocks be returned to
NANPA within six months.
ORDER
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Integra’s Petition for waiver of the FCC’s
numbering resource optimization guidelines is granted.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that NANPA assign ten sequential numbering blocks to
Integra so Integra may assign the numbers to the customer identified in its Petition.The
Pooling is a numbering conservation measure in which the 10,000 numbers in a NXX prefix are divided into ten
sequential blocks of 1,000 numbers and allocated to different carriers (or different switches)within a rate center.See
Order No.30425.
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numbers must be used sequentially,and any unused 1.000-number block must be returned to the
pool within six months.
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.
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DONE by Order of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission at Boise,Idaho this ‘I
day of February 2012.
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