20091117final_order_no_30947.pdf

Office of the Secretary
Service Date
November 17 2009
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF
PROJECT MUTUAL TELEPHONE FOR A
WAIVER OF FCC THRESHOLD
REQUIREMENTS FOR NUMBERING
RESOURCES IN THE TWIN FALLS, IDAHO
RATE CENTER
ORDER NO. 30947
CASE NO. PRJ- T -09-
On October 21 2009, Project Mutual Telephone ("PMT") filed a Petition requesting a
state waiver of certain Federal Communications Commission ("FCC") numbering resource
guidelines following denial of its Application filed with NeuStar, the North American
Numbering Plan Administrator ("NANP A"
THE PETITION
According to its Application, PMT's customer , S1. Luke s Magic Valley Medical
Center ("S1. Luke ) in Twin Falls, Idaho, requires 10 sequential blocks of numbers (i., ten
blocks of 1 000 numbers) so as to ensure all phases of its health facility will have the same prefix
and be sequential and fit into S1. Luke s dial plan. S1. Luke s needs these numbers as soon as
possible, and will begin using them as soon as the request for waiver is approved and the
numbers are released for service. S1. Luke s plans to return 2 200 of its existing numbers once
the new numbers are put into service.
On September 15 , 2009, PMT submitted an automated worksheet to NeuStar via its
online system to obtain numbering resources necessary to meet S1. Luke s demands. PMT's
application was denied due to a failure to adequately comply with the "months to exhaust"
(MTE) and/or utilization requirements. To be assigned a full code and meet S1. Luke s needs
PMT was instructed to request a state waiver.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff thoroughly reviewed PMT's request for a state waiver of FCC numbering
resource guidelines. Staff noted that S1. Luke s is a single entity asserting a need for numbers as
a result of an expansion in its business facility. The numbers will be held solely by S1. Luke
and will enable PMT to meet the health facility s demand for sequential numbers in Twin Falls.
PMT participates in the 1 000-block pooling in the Twin Falls rate center. Methods
such as pooling and rate center consolidation help make number conservation efforts more
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effective and are designed to extend the time it takes to exhaust a rate center s number resources.
According to FCC orders and numbering guidelines, carriers may appeal NANP A decisions of
this nature to the appropriate state regulatory authority.
Finally, Staff noted that the Commission has granted similar waivers in the past to
meet the requests of larger customers. See Order Nos. 28769, 29279, 30351 and 30427. Staff
concluded that granting the requested waiver would result in an efficient use of Idaho
numbering resources.
DISCUSSION AND FINDINGS
After reviewing PMT's Petition and Staff s recommendation , the Commission finds
that PMT's Petition requesting a state waiver of FCC numbering resource guidelines should be
granted. It appears that the requested number assignment is necessary to enable PMT to meet the
needs of its customer, St. Luke s. Granting the request will facilitate St. Luke s business
expansion. Finally, because PMT participates in number pooling, unused 1 000-blocks will be
returned to the NANPA. As noted by Staff, S1. Luke s has pledged to return 2 200 of its existing
numbers once the new numbers are put into service. Consequently, we find that it is reasonable
to direct that NeuStar provide the new number assignment requested by PMT. The Commission
directs further that any unused I ,OOO-blocks be returned to the NANP A within six months.
ORDER
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Project Mutual Telephone s Petition requesting a
state waiver of FCC numbering resource guidelines is approved.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that NeuStar assign 10 sequential numbering blocks to
Project Mutual Telephone so that the Company may assign the numbers to its customer, S1.
Luke , and that any 1 000-blocks not used by S1. Luke s within six months after they are
assigned be promptly returned to NeuStar.
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 ~ 61-626.
ORDER NO. 30947
DONE by Order of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission at Boise, Idaho this /7-1-1.
day of November 2009.
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MARSHA H. SMITH, COMMISSIONER
MACK A. REDFORD, COMMISSIONER
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