20191204final_order_no_34501.pdf

Office of the Secretary
Service Date
December 4,2019
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF MILLENNIUM )NETWORKS,LLC'S PETITION FOR )CASE NO.MNL-T-19-01WAIVEROFFCCTHRESHOLD)NUMBERING RESOURCE )REQUIREMENTS )
)ORDER NO.34501
On November 12,2019,Millennium Networks,LLC ("Millennium"or the
"Company")filed a Petition requesting that the Idaho Public Utilities Commission
("Commission")enter an order waiving the Federal Communications Commission's ("FCC")
Threshold Numbering Resource Requirements for Pocatello,Idaho.
THE PETITION
In the Petition,the Company asserted it is replacing its existing DMS-10 switch
equipment/facilities in its Pocatello,Idaho exchange.Because of this change,a new Number Plan
Area and exchange ("NPA-NXX")and Location Routing Number ("LRN")'are required to
establish homing arrangements for Local Exchange Routing Guide 7 Switching Homing
Arrangement information ("LERG7SHA")so the Company can order and install new trunking.2
Petition at 1.The Company stated once the new switch is operational,existing Millennium
customers will be ported to it from the old switch.Id
On October 18,2019,Millennium applied throughthe Pooling Administration System
("PAS")of the North American Numbering Plan Administrator ("NANPA")for a LRN for the
new Pocatello,Idaho switch within its Local Access Transport Area ("LATA").NANPA's
administrator,Somos,Inc.,denied Millennium's application because the Company did not meet
the months-to-exhaust and/or utilization requirements in the Thousands-Block Number Pooling
Administration Guidelines (the "Guidelines").See Petition,Attachment A.
IThe NPA,or Numbering Plan Area,is commonly called the area code.The NXX refers to the three digits ofa phone
number immediately following the area code,and is also called the "exchange"or Central Switching Office
Designation.The LRN is a unique 10-digit number used to identify a switch that holds ported or pooled numbers.
Calls to ported or pooled numbers are routed based on the NPA-NXX of the numbers associated with the LRN.
2 The LERG provides routing data obtained from the iconectiv Business Integrated Routing and Rating Database
System ("BIRRDS")into which data is entered by service providers ("SPs")and/or their agents.
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The Company's Petition asked the Commission to grant Millennium a waiver of the
Guidelines.
STAFF ANALYSIS
Staff evaluated Millennium's waiver request and stated the Company's request for a
waiver is reasonable and consistent with the Company's plan to upgrade facilities for consumers
in the Pocatello,Idaho area.Accordingly,Staff recommended the Commission grant
Millennium's waiver request for the full NXX-LRN.Staff further recommended the Company
return any unused numbers to the pooling administrators.
COMMISSION FINDINGS
Federal regulationsallow acarrier to appeal a NANPA decision to withhold numbering
resources.See 47 C.F.R.§52,15(g)(4)(iv)and (5).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"requirements.See 47 C.F.R.§
52.15(g)(4)(iv)and (5).The Commission "also may overtum the NANPA's decision to withhold
numbering resources from the carrier based on its determination that the carrier has demonstrated
a verifiable need for numbering resources and has exhausted all other available remedies."47
C.F.R.§52.l5(g)(5).
After reviewing Millennium's Petition and Staff's recommendation,the Commission
finds that the Petition should be granted.The requested waiver is necessary for Millennium in
relation to its facilities upgrade and to meet the needs of its customers.We further find that the
waiver and assignment will not detrimentally affect numbering resources for the Pocatello rate
center.Consequently,we find it is reasonable to direct that NANPA provide the new number
assignment requested by Millennium.Finally,we find that because Millennium participates in
number pooling the Company shall return any unused 1,000-blocks of numbers to NANPA.
ORDER
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Millennium's Petition for waiver of the numbering
resource optimization Guidelines is granted.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that any unused 1,000-blocks of numbers shall be
returned to NANPA's numbering pool within six (6)months from the service date of this Order.
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)
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days after any person has petitioned for reconsideration,any other person may cross-petition for
reconsideration.See Idaho Code §§61-626 and 62-619.
DONE by Order of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission at Boise,Idaho this
day of December,2019.«
PAUL KJE A ,PRESIDENT
KRIS IPÍE RAPER,ÖÕMMIfŠIONER
ERIC ANDERSON,COMMISSIONER
ATTEST:
Diane M.Hanian
Commission Secretary
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