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DECISION MEMORANDUM
TO: COMMISSIONER KEMPTON
COMMISSIONER SMITH
COMMISSIONER REDFORD
COMMISSION SECRETARY
COMMISSION STAFF
LEGAL
FROM: WELDON STUTZMAN
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
DATE: AUGUST 17, 2010
SUBJECT: CASE NO. QWE-T-08-04
QWEST CORPORATION’S AMENDED PETITION
On July 30, 2010, Qwest Corporation filed an Amended Petition that “supersedes the
pending portion of Qwest’s Petition filed herein on May 2, 2008, in which Qwest sought
permission to withdraw its Statement of Generally Available Terms and Conditions (SGAT).”
Amended Petition, p. 2. In Order No. 30750, issued March 17, 2009, the Commission granted
Qwest’s request to withdraw the SGAT, but left open consideration of Qwest’s proposal to also
withdraw its Performance Assurance Plan (QPAP) and associated performance indicator
definitions (PIDs) that were part of the SGAT. The QPAP, normally part of interconnection
agreements between Qwest and other telecommunication providers, gives assurance that Qwest
will provide fair and reliable access to its network.
In its Amended Petition, Qwest proposes a new Performance Assurance Plan (QPAP
II) that Qwest states will provide economic incentive to Qwest to provide non-discriminatory
service to competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs) as required under the federal
Telecommunications Act of 1996. According to Qwest’s Amended Petition, QPAP II
streamlines the measurements used to determine service levels, removes measurements that are
currently in the PIDs but are not in the current QPAP, and moves some measurements into
categories that continue to track the information for possible future reinstatement of the
measurements. The proposed QPAP II also streamlines product categories by combining the
reporting for similar products or processes into one product category and removing products that
have very low activity levels. Amended Petition, pp. 11-12.
DECISION MEMORANDUM 2
On August 13, 2010, the active parties in the case agreed on a schedule for the initial
processing of Qwest’s Amended Petition, as follows:
In addition, the parties will hold a conference call on November 18, 2010, to determine the
remaining procedure to complete the record on Qwest’s Amended Petition.
Staff recommends the Commission issue a Procedural Order adopting the schedule
proposed by the parties to begin the process for Qwest’s Amended Petition.
COMMISSION DECISION
Should the Commission issue a Procedural Order adopting the procedural schedule
recommended by the parties?
Weldon Stutzman
Deputy Attorney General
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