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HomeMy WebLinkAbout20100315_2886.pdfDECISION MEMORANDUM TO:COMMISSIONER KEMPTON COMMISSIONER SMITH CO MMISSI 0 NER RED FO RD COMMISSION SECRETARY LEGAL WORKING FILE FROM:CAROLEE HALL DATE:MARCH 12 2010 RE:GOLD STAR COMMUNICATIONS, LLc., PETITION FOR A WAIVER OF FCC THRESHOLD REQUIREMENTS FOR NUMBERING RESOURCES IN IDAHO'S DRIGGS RATE CENTER; CASE NO. GNR-I0-01. BACKGROUND On March 10 2010, Gold Star Communications, LLC., filed a formal request for a Commission waiver of numbering resource guidelines following denial of its Application filed with Neustar, the North American Numbering Plan Administrator (NANP A). According to its Application, the Company submitted an automated worksheet to Neustar via its online system to obtain numbering resources necessary to meet the demand of its customers in Driggs, Idaho. The Application was denied due to the "months to exhaust" (MTE) and/or Utilization requirements not adequately met. Gold Star is requesting a block of numbers that it returned to the pool when this Commission implemented mandatory pooling. The Company has now determined that it needs the 208-399-6 block of sequential numbers returned for its Driggs customers. STAFF ANALYSIS Gold Star Communications, LLC., participates in the thousand-block-pooling in the Driggs rate center. Methods such as 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. After evaluating Gold Star s waiver request, Staff believes that DECISION MEMORANDUM MARCH 12 2010 granting this waiver will not have any detrimental effect on the numbering resources in the Driggs rate center. According to FCC orders and numbering guidelines, carriers may appeal N ANP A decisions of this nature to the appropriate state regulatory authority. This Commission has granted similar waivers in the past to meet the requests of other carriers. (See Order Nos. 28769 29279 30351 30427 and 30983). RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends that the request for a waiver with the release of the 208-399-6 block be granted. COMMISSION DECISION Does the Commission agree with Staffs recommendation? u/chall/decision memo/numbering/Gold Star Communications, LLC Safety Valve Request GNR- T -10-0 I DECISION MEMORANDUM MARCH 12 2010