20060829final_order_no_30118.pdf

Office of the Secretary
Service Date
August 29, 2006
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF
QWEST CORPORATION FOR A WAIVER
OF FCC THRESHOLD REQUIREMENTS
FOR NUMBERING RESOURCES FOR
BOISE, IDAHO
CASE NO. QWE-06-
ORDER NO. 30118
On August 17, 2006, Qwest Corporation filed a request for a Petition for Waiver
regarding the denial of an application Qwest previously filed with Neustar, the North American
Number Plan Administrator (NANP A). On August 8, 2006, Qwest submitted an application to
Neustar requesting an assignment of a block of 10 000 numbers to a significant Qwest customer.
In its earlier application to Neustar, Qwest requested a central office code (NXX) to meet the
growing requirements of a customer whose identity the Company has requested remain
confidential. Qwest's request included as a confidential attachment , a letter from the business
identifying its reasons for requesting the additional numbers. Qwest made the application to
Neustar because it does not have an entire discrete prefix available in the Boise rate center to
meet the customer request.Qwest made the request for the additional numbers to
accommodate manufacturing expansion and growth of new services by the customer.
THE PETITION
Qwest filed an application with Neustar to obtain the assignment of numbers. 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's request was immediately denied due to the months-to-exhaust calculation.
As provided in the Number Optimization Order and FCC regulations, the appropriate
regulatory 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. 47 C.F .R. ~ 52.l5(g)(3)(B)(iv). Qwest asserts in its Petition
to this Commission that the FCC's "safety valve" process permits a waiver of the kind it
requested when there is a demonstrated need such as that identified in the confidential
attachment from the customer. Qwest maintains that NANP A's denial of its numbering request
impedes Qwest's ability to serve a major customer.
ORDER NO. 30118
ST AFF ANALYSIS
Staff recommended that the Commission grant Qwest's request. Staff noted that the
numbering assignment requested is necessary for the new growth of the customer, and that the
new numbers are needed starting in November 2006. Staff also noted that Qwest participates in
thousand-block-pooling in the Boise rate center. Thus, unused blocks are returned to Neustar for
assignment. Taking these factors together, Staff concluded that granting the Petition will not
result in an inefficient use ofIdaho s numbering resources.
DISCUSSON
After reviewing Qwest's Petition and Staff s recommendation , the Commission finds
that Qwest's Petition should be granted. It appears that the requested number assignment is
necessary for Qwest to meet the needs of its customer. Granting the request will facilitate the
customer s expansion in its Boise facility. Finally, because Qwest participates in number
pooling, unused 1 000 blocks will be returned to the NANPA. Consequently, we find that it is
reasonable to direct that Neustar provide a new number assignment requested by Qwest to meet
the customer s requirements.
ORDER
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Qwest Corporation s Petition for Waiver of the
FCC's numbering resource optimization requirements is approved.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Neustar assign 10 sequential numbering blocks to
Qwest so that Qwest may assign the numbers to the customer identified in its Petition.
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. 30118
DONE by Order of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission at Boise, Idaho this :29""
day of August 2006.
ATTEST:
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, D. Jewell
Commission Secretary
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