petition.ntc.doc

BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION

IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF THE NORTH AMERICAN NUMBERING PLAN ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE APPROVAL OF NUMBERING PLAN AREA RELIEF FOR THE 208 AREA CODE. )
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CASE NO. GNR-T-00-36

NOTICE OF PETITION

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that on November 9, 2000, a Petition was filed by NeuStar, Inc., the North American Numbering Plan Administrator (Administrator) responsible for proposing numbering plan area relief for Idaho. The Administrator’s Petition represents that it was filed on its own behalf and on behalf of “the Idaho Telecommunications Industry,” which the Petition states “is composed of current and prospective telecommunications carriers operating in, or considering operations within, the state of Idaho.” By its Petition, the Administrator requests approval of “the Industry’s consensus decision to recommend to the Commission an all-services distributed overlay plan for relief of the 208 Numbering Plan Area (NPA).”
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that NeuStar projects that, absent numbering plan area relief, the supply of telephone numbers for the 208 area code will exhaust during the first quarter of 2003. The Petition asserts that the Administrator convened a telecommunications industry meeting in Boise on September 28, 2000, to review and discuss alternatives for relief of the 208 NPA. The meeting participants reviewed the various alternatives and apparently reached consensus to recommend to the Commission an all-services distributed overlay plan as the preferred means of relief for the 208 NPA. The Petition asserts the Industry members recommend the overlay alternative because telephone customers do not need to change their area codes, its projected life of 10 years is longer than the projected lives of the other alternatives, and it does not reduce the geographic size of the NPA. However, the relief plan would require 10-digit dialing for all local calls within and between the 208 NPA and the new overlay NPA.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the Petition recommends, if the Commission approves the all-services distributed overlay, that permissive 10 digit dialing begin on January 12, 2002, and the conversion to mandatory 10 digit dialing begin on July 13, 2002. The Petition states that adhering to the proposed time frame will avoid the denial or delay of services to telecommunications customers due to the unavailability of telephone numbers.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the Commission has determined to conduct several workshops throughout the state of Idaho in order to inform customers of the Administrator’s proposal for relief of the 208 Numbering Plan Area. As the date, time and location for workshops are determined, the Commission will issue appropriate notices to enable members of the public to attend and respond to the proposed 208 numbering area relief plan.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that persons desiring to intervene in this matter for the purpose of presenting evidence or cross-examining witnesses at hearing must file a Petition to Intervene with the Commission pursuant to this Commission’s Rules of Procedure 72 and 73, IDAPA 31.01.01.072 and -.073. Persons intending to participate at the hearing must file a Petition to Intervene on or before January 29, 2001. Persons desiring to present their views without parties’ rights of participation and cross-examination are not required to intervene and may present their comments without prior notification to the Commission or the parties.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that all hearings will be conducted pursuant to the Rules of Procedure adopted by the Idaho Public Utilities Commission. IDAPA 31.01.01.000 et seq.
DATED at Boise, Idaho this day of December 2000.

Jean D. Jewell
Commission Secretary

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NOTICE OF PETITION 1

Office of the Secretary
Service Date
January 2, 2001