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Service Date
March 5,2014
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF ONVOY,INC.’S )
PETITION FOR WAIVER OF FCC )CASE NO.OVS-T-14-01
THRESHOLD NUMBERING RESOURCE )
REQUIREMENTS FOR BOISE,IDAHO )ORDER NO.32990
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On February 26,2014,Onvoy,Inc.-ID (“Company”)petitioned the Idaho Public
Utilities Commission (“Commission”)for a waiver of the Federal Communications
Commission’s (“FCC”)guidelines for numbering resources in the Boise main and Coeur
d’Alene,Idaho rate centers.Having reviewed the record,the Commission enters this Order
granting the Company’s Petition.
THE PETITION
The Petition and its attachments present the following facts.
On February 21,2014,the Company applied to NeuStar,Inc.,the North American
Numbering Plan Administrator (“NANPA”),for:(1)a local routing number (“LRN”)’for the
Boise switch and local access and transport area (“LATA”),and (2)a separate LRN for the
Coeur d’Alene switch and LATA.On February 24,2014,NANPA denied the Company’s
applications because an LRN already exists for each switch and LATA and the Thousand-Block
Number Pooling Administration Guidelines preclude NANPA from assigning a service provider
an NXX to establish an LRN unless that service provider’s switch does not have an LRN for the
LATA where the service provider intends to provide service.The Company’s Petition appeals
NANPA’s denial of its application for additional numbering resources.
By way of background,the Company explains that it is owned by the Zayo Group,
and that the Zayo Group also owns another company,360networks.Each of these three
companies has its own operating company number (“OCN”)2 and various numbering resources
throughout the state,including individual local routing numbers (“LRN5”).The Company says it
is working on a large corporate roll up project that,once complete,will allow the Company to
Local routing number is a 10-digit telephone number that identifies a particular switch and is required for local
number portability.
2 A code used to identify a telephone company.Codes are assigned by the National Exchange Carriers Association
(“NECA”).
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migrate all of the resources assigned to the legacy 360networks OCNs to the Company’s OCNs,
and the Company will cease using the legacy 360networks (Zayo)OCNs.The Company seeks a
waiver of the numbering guideline that allows for only one LRN per switch,per LATA so it can
temporarily receive two new LRNs for each LATA in which the rate centers are located.Each
LRN requires that a full NXX code3 be opened in those individual rate centers.The Company
says it will only need the new codes and LRNs for a short period,and once the migration is
complete the Company will have one LRN per LATA and comply with Local Number
Portability Rules.The Company says it will also return 16 blocks4 from the two codes during
this process,thereby preserving Idaho 208 resources.
STAFF ANALYSIS
Staff recommended the Commission grant the Company’s Petition.Staff notes,
however,that the Company’s initially-estimated completion date,July 1,2014,is ambitious.
Staff contacted the Company to discuss its completion timeline and Staff and the Company
agreed that a revised completion date of September 1,2014 is more appropriate.
Staff notes that the Company participates in the thousand-block pooling within its
various rate centers in Idaho.5 After evaluating the Company’s waiver request,Staff believes
that granting this waiver will not detrimentally affect the numbering resources in the Boise or
Coeur d’Alene rate centers.Staff notes that according to FCC orders and numbering guidelines,
carriers may appeal NANPA decisions of this nature to the appropriate state regulatory authority.
Staff observes that the Commission has granted similar waivers in the past to meet similar
requests of other carriers.
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
A full NXX code is comprised of 10,000 telephone numbers.
A block of numbers consists of 1,000 numbers within a code.
Pooling is a numbering conservation measure in which the 10,000 numbers in a NXX prefix are divided into 10
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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numbering resources and has exhausted all other available remedies.”See 47 C.F.R.§
52.15(g)(3)and (4).
After reviewing the Company’s Petition and Staffs recommendation,the
Commission finds that the Petition should be granted.The Company needs the requested LRNs
to complete its corporate roll up without interfering with its ability to provide services to its
customers,and the Company exhausted its remedies before filing its Petition.Further,because
the Company 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
and Coeur d’Alene rate centers.We thus find it is reasonable to direct that NANPA provide the
new LRNs requested by the Company to meet the customer’s requirements.We also direct that
any unused 1,000-blocks be returned to NANPA within seven months of the service date of this
Order.
ORDER
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Company’s Petition for waiver of the FCC’s
numbering resource guidelines is granted.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that NANPA assign two new LRNs to the Company;
one LRN for the Boise rate center and one LRN for the Coeur d’Alene rate center.The
Company shall return any unused 1,000-blocks to NANPA within seven months of 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)
days after any person has petitioned for reconsideration,any other person may cross-petition for
reconsideration.See Idaho Code §6 1-626.
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DONE by Order of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission at Boise,Idaho this 5’
ATTEST:
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Jean D.Jewell!,
Commission Secretary
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MARSHA H.SMITH,COMMISSIONER
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day of March 2014.
PAUL KJEL PRESIDENT
MACK A.REDFORD,COI4MISSTONER
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