20100312Decision Memo.pdf

DECISION 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
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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?
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