20150615final_order_no_33323.pdf

Office of the Secretary
Service Date
June 15,2015
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF )
QWEST CORPORATION DBA )CASE NO.QWE-T-15-04
CENTURYLINK QC FOR A WAIVER OF )
FCC THRESHOLD REQUIREMENTS FOR )
NUMBERING RESOURCES IN )ORDER NO.33323
POCATELLO,IDAHO.)
On April 22,2015,Qwest Corporation dba CenturyLink QC (“CenturyLink”)filed a
Petition requesting that the Commission grant a waiver from the Federal Communications
Commission (FCC)threshold requirements for telephone numbering resources in the Pocatello,
Idaho rate center.On April 14,2015,CenturyLink filed a request with NeuStar,the current
number pooling administrator,requesting a block of 1,000 telephone numbers to be used to
deploy new fiber-to-home technology to its customers in Idaho.NeuStar denied the request
because CenturyLink’s application did not meet the “months-to-exhaust”requirements.
CenturyLink asserts in its Petition that a waiver is essential in order to provide its customers with
the new fiber-to-home technology.
FCC regulations allow a carrier to appeal a decision by NeuStar to withhold
numbering resources to the appropriate State Commission.This Commission may overturn
NeuStar’s decision,based on its determination that the carrier has demonstrated a verifiable need
for numbering resources and has exhausted all other available remedies.See 47 C.F.R.§
52.15(g)(3).
Commission Staff reviewed CenturyLink’s Petition and recommended the
Commission approve the numbering request.Staff further determined there are currently $7
sequential,1,000 blocks of numbers available in the pool for the Pocatello rate center.Based
upon our review of the Petition and Staff’s recommendation,the Commission finds that granting
this waiver will not have a detrimental effect on the numbering resources of that rate center.
ORDER
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that CenturyLink’s request for a waiver of FCC
threshold requirements for numbering resources in the Pocatello,Idaho rate center is approved.
One 1,000-block numbers in the 208 area code may be released to CenturyLink to implement its
new fiber-to-home technology.
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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 and 62-619.
DONE by Order of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission at Boise,Idaho this /5
day of June,2015.
PAUL KJELLANDER,PRESIDENT
MACK A.REDFO ,COMMISSIONER
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KRISTINE RAPER,COMMISSIONER
ATTEST:
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C6mmission Secretary
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