20030707Final Order No 29279.pdf

Office of the Secretary
Service Date
July 7 2003
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF
QWEST CORPORATION SEEKING A WAIVER)
OF NEUSTAR'S DENIAL OF AN APPLICATION)
FOR A NEW BOISE NXX CODE IN AREA
CODE 208 FOR ST. ALPHONSUS REGIONALMEDICAL CENTER.
CASE NO. QWE-03-
ORDER NO. 29279
On June 18, 2003, Qwest Corporation filed a Petition for a waiver regarding the
denial of an Application Qwest previously filed with the Administrator of the North American
Numbering Plan, Neustar. In its earlier Application to Neustar, Qwest requested that Neustar
assign it a new central office telephone prefix (NXX -) to meet the growing requirements of St.
Alphonsus Regional Medical Center located in Boise. Qwest filed its Application with Neustar
because it does not have an entire discrete prefix available in the Boise rate center to meet St.
Alphonsus request. As outlined in greater detail below, we grant Qwest's Petition.
THE PETITION
In conjunction with a major construction project, St. Alphonsus requested that Qwest
provide it with a new number prefix to accommodate additional direct inward dialing (DID)
telephone numbers.! The new construction project will double the square footage as contained in
the present main hospital. In addition, surrounding physician offices and clinics also use DID
numbers tied into St. Alphonsus' telephone system.
Because Qwest did not have an entire NXX prefix available in Boise, it filed an
Application with Neustar to obtain a new prefix. In its Application to Neustar, Qwest was
required to submit a "months-to-exhaust" (MTE) worksheet which indicates when Qwest would
deplete or exhaust its numbering resources in the Boise rate center. Qwest calculated that its
existing prefixes would be exhausted (i., run out of telephone numbers) in approximately 59
months. On June 12, 2003 , Neustar denied Qwest's Application. Under the Federal
1 DID is a feature of a PBX or Centrex telephone system that allows a caller to directly dial an internal telephone
number.
ORDER NO. 29279
Communication Commission Number Optimization Order 2 Neustar cannot assign a new prefix
unless the applicant demonstrates that its existing numbering inventory will exhaust within six
months ofthe Application. Consequently, Neustar denied Qwest's Application.
Under the Number Optimization Order and Neustar s central office code assignment
guidelines, the respective state regulatory commission has the authority to review Neustar
decisions to deny a request for a numbering resource. Petition at 2. Consequently, Qwest filed
its Petition with this Commission. In addition to not being able to meet the numbering request of
St. Alphonsus, Qwest indicates that the lack of a numbering prefix hinders its ability to provide
DID service.
DISCUSSION
After considering Qwest's Petition and reviewing Neustar s initial decision, the
Commission finds that Qwest's Petition should be granted. The requested NXX is necessary for
Qwest to meet St. Alphonsus' service request and will be used to fulfill reasonably expected and
identified customer requirements. On at least one prior occasion, the Commission has granted a
similar Qwest Petition for Rick's College (now known as Brigham Young University-Idaho).
See Order No. 28769. We further find the available numbers remaining in the 367 prefix are not
sufficient to meet St. Alphonsus needs once it begins the new construction. Therefore, we find
that it is reasonable to direct that Neustar provide for a new NXX prefix as requested by Qwest
to meet the customer requirements of St. Alphonsus RMC.
ORDER
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Qwest Corporation s Petition to be assigned a new
NXXs prefix for St. Alphonsus RMC is approved.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Neustar assign an NXX prefix to Qwest in the
Boise rate center to meet the customer requirements of St. Alphonsus RMC.
THIS IS A FINAL ORDER. Any person interested in this Order (or in issues finally
decided by this Order) may petition for reconsideration within twenty-one (21) days of the
service date of this Order with regard to any matter decided in 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.
In the Matter of Numbering Resource Optimization, Petition for Declaratory Ruling and Request for Expedited
Action CC Docket Nos. 99-200 and 96-98 (March 31 , 2000).
ORDER NO. 29279
DONE by Order of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission at Boise, Idaho this 6 tJ--
day of July 2003.t21~
PAUL KJELLANDER, PRESIDENT
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