200311261st Response of Cleartalk NTCH Idaho.pdf

WELDON B. STUTZMAN
. DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
PO BOX 83720
BOISE, IDAHO 83720-0074
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IDAHO BAR NO. 3283'
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472 W WASHINGTON
BOISE ill 83702-5983
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UTILITIES COt"tr'1ISSiON
BEFORE' THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
. IN THE MATTER OF IPUC RESPONSE TO
FCC ORDER ON REVIj!;W OF SECTION 251
UNBUNDLING OBLICATIONS OF
INCUMBENT LOCAL EXCHANGE
CARRIERS (CC DOCKET NO. 01-338).
NINE-MONTH" REVIEW ON ECONOMIC
, AND OPERATIONAL IMPAIRMENT,
REGARDING ACCESS TO SPECIFIC UNES.
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CASE NO. GNR-03~23
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FIRST 'PRODUCTION
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REQUEST OF THE
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COMMISSION STAFF
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) CoMPANIES
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. The. Staff of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission, bYat)d through its attorney of record
Weldon Stutzman, Deputy Attorney General, requests that Active Electronics, AT&T Wireless
Services ofIdaho, Consumer Gellular, Clark Communications, Cricket Communications, CTG
' Telecom, Edge Wireless, Inland Cellular, Nextel Partners, Inc., NextelWestCorporation, Project. Mutual Telephone, Sprint PCS, TW Wireless L tates Cellular, Verizon Wiretess;
VC?icestream Wireless, Western Wireles Cleartalk-NTCH-Idaho, h '. and Farmers Mutual
Telephone Company provide the following documents and information on or before
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2003.
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Each Company is reminded that rcspon5~ pursuant 10 Commission RuJes oc Procedure must
include \he name and phone number of the person preparing the document. and the name, lo~ation
and phone number oflhe record holder. ReferencetDAPA. 31.01.01.228,
This Production Request is co be considered as ~ontinuing, and eacb Company is req\lcsted
to provide. by wiy of supplementary fcapO"'CS, additional dol;umeuts thut it or any person acting on
its behalf mlY later ob~jn that will i\1gmel\t I.he documents produced,
Please provide IDswen to each qUe8lio11j supporting workpapers that provide detail 01'
the souree of infonnatioft used in eahiullltioRS; the ruunc and telephone number of the person
prepari~g the documents; and the name, location And telephone number of the reeord holder.
For each i\em, please inci.icR"e the name of the person(s) pTepa.-i~ the answers, along with
the job title of such person(s) and che witness who can Spohsor the il!U1WO:- at. hearinl-
Re~Ongef for which confitientiaJ lreat1'l"\~nt is rcquest;:d Vlm be handled in ac~orcian~c with
the CoI1".mission s standard procedures for proprietary jofonnation (lDAPA 31.01.01.233). Staff
anticipates the devo1opmc:nt oi appropriate agreement!! between the parties prior to the sl1Uing or
any such infon.,ation, If acditional prot~tions are desired ("S1.lpcr-con.Gdentiality" procedures, such
as aggregation of data before release to competitors, etc~), please specify an)' additionaJ PIQceduraY
tblt are reQuested, 8l1d the information for which the additional procedures are requested, as soon as
possible.
Mal' Market Switching
Request No. I: Provid~ a Hst of all switches that YO\l cWTcnLly use to provide a qul1HfYi~g
scrvic~ (as defined in 47 C.R. i S1.S, iI! thl1t section will be amended by the Final Rules issued by
the FCC purSUB111 to the Triennial R~iew 0'*1') a:1ywhelc in the state, regardless of whether the
$wiwh i\s~lfis localed in the state. Donet include IT..EC swicches utilized by you on aJ2 \IJ'1bundled
basi. in tile JLEC's ,,&'Vice cerritory 01 through tbe resale of the incumbent's services at wholcswc
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Request No.2: Identify each lLEC wire ~en'er district (i.a... lhe tenilory served by a wire
center of the ll.EC) in which you provide qua1if'ying service to any end user custQmers utiH2ing MY
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of the !witches identified in yOur response to Request No.1. Wire centers should be identified by
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Request No.3: For each n.-eC wire center identified in response to Reque.t No.2, identify
the total number of voice-grade equivalel1llioesl you are provjding to cUSlOml:n; in that wire ecntGf
from your switch(es) identified in response to R.eques\ No.1, For purposes of this request, "voiee-
gradt equivalent lit,es" 8hould be defined consistent with the FCC's use oHile term,
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Request No.4: For each switch identified in "sponse to Request No.l, idemj ry the
approxiJnau~ I::lpacity or the switch - that is, the maximum number oCvoice.pd8 equivalent 111181 it
is capable of serving - based on that switch's exilting c:onfigW'alloTl and component paTts.
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Requist No.5: With respect IQ the voice-grade eq,uvalelJt ;ifl~s idCtltified in response to
R~quest No.3, seplntely indicate the number beinS provided to (a) residential customers;
(b) business ouetOI"ers to whom you provide only voice. grade or DSO lincs.
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Rcquest No.6: "For tlleh ortbe switches iqentified it! your response to Request No.1, state
whGthcr the S\\;tc:l1 is owned by YOLl, or whether YOIl have leased the switclUng gp~ily or otb~ise
. obtained the richt to use tb8 switch OD lome noDAownerslUp basis. Ifthe facility is not owD$d by
you, jd~tify the entity owtdng the switch and (if different) the ~ntity with which you entered iDto
the lease or other urTanscmmt, identify the DIN~ oftbe arrangementl and state whether such entity
or entities are affiliates of yours, in the sense defined jn fJ 408 , footnote 1263 of the Tril!t"ni~1
Review Order flu JWITc.ffJ'!:...,f Ou)...J1'LfJ
Requ..t No. 7= With respect to the voice-grade equivalent lines being provided to
(a) raidenlial eustomers; ~) bU$ineS5 customers to wheD1 you provide hetWeen 1.3 voicc-gmdc
equivaJent lines at one Jocation; (c) busim:'5 customers to whom yc u provide between 4.24 voice
! Voice.gtalk. i:quivo.lcul1iMs would include DSO IlmeJ Ind. by the detlAlt1oA In PCC FClTm 477 /rvlrwcriDils lor the1M", Cn1ll1't!tffftm tI"d .I!lrvtJllbond R,p~r'tt", From UscluClltldi'faul wlOI POTS lincf, Centrex.CO "'tenllOM ",IS
CentlW"ACR trunk.. t'iM eaUllfllre ba,ad an MW they ar~ ;hafacd lethe CUJ~mer f;l~I" than !\I)W the)' ore physlt;aDy
provilioDl:d (e.g. 2-wire oDp;,er, VolP, m"r).
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gntde equivalent lines at one loCI-lion; and (d) business ~us~orners to whom you provide 24 or more
voice-grade equi\'alcnt lin~s (in one location), state the cu~t average lOtal monthly revenues
eamed per line sel'\l'cdiTJ the State by LATA and by MSA IU1d specify the source of those revenues
by .-vice type,
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Request No.8: for each switch (e.g. eircuit, packet, soft switch, etc.) cumntly U$ed, or
thole that have been used. or tbat could be ustd to provide Jocal service in Ibe stale (this would
include switches located in other states that provide or have the abHity to provide Jooal excbaoge
service i'ft, the state), state the initial cost ofthlt switch, including installation and engineering costs
and the number of initial eqwpped lines, 4-rpR. Q.)r r) '" 'TfI!:. L, r' .(7 rft:)()~O "JIll n..
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Request No.9: Describe in detail any instance. in which your company is using, thro~gh a
wholesale, Je-clSe, or resale amogcmenl, the switch of my entity othcr \'hem and una.ffilinted with an
ILEC (c,, mother competitive local eJCchange carner) to f'rovid~ local exchange scrviQe to end
UStrl in 'he state. IncJude in your response the ratoe, lem-,s, and conditions under whid1 you are
obtaininI6wit~,hing on a wholesale, lease. or resale basis.
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Request No, 10: State whether your company is providing, or plans to 'provide, lhTongh a
wholesale, lease or r~5aJ~ a1"l'~gcment, capacity on GOY "",jtchcs you own Qr opot1lte in the state, or
that own or operate in another state and that you w;e to provide ~ocal service in dle state, t() 1UJ
unaffiliated entity. Fer any such instances, identify the rates, terms, nnd conditions under which you
are making that switch capacity available. For each switch 011 whkh you are currentl)' Jeasing or
~elltnB eapncicy to an unaffilhued entity, identify:
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a. The n1ake. model, ;age, and cu.",enl sonware uJ'gradcs of each IIwitchj L.. tl ~'yY"- t)c..LJ
b. The seosraphic location oethe switch, S'7... 'T
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c. The footprint or geOgraphic: area served by the switch. incJud.iJlS a list of each IN-.C- o,c r.+c:.e.
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1J7~cxchang~ 8crved by the 6witch; the features and functions (including software
uparodcs) available in the switeh;
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d, Provide the capacity of each switch. inc:lu4iJ1tr
(i) percentalc ofswiteh capacity in use; l,-r/'(76Jr IrA ,.-r~"t....'/' S",,
(H) perccn1age Qhwitch capacityttserv~d for your company s own use Iud fulure
use; and NO,N~
(iH) percentale of current and future capacity of IGh switch that wiu be made
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8, For each switch identified, pleuc state in detail: tf" J'.r 1o(..1"t
(i) the Bn~tipated service life otthc: switch~ and (),t"Il.;JIJs' (J,v 7ICGH~Ol.O" I ("It' l-
(u) whether yout company intends to utilize the identified switch for the full 6/1.rd L, I';J
anticipated sccrvice tife.
Rtqu..t No. 11: For each Qwellt wire center in Idaho in which th~ CLl~C provides retail
switched Jocat exchange service, please report the numbt!f of switched voice-grnde equivaJent lines
in service per customer location t.~t the CLEC serves. Please. providothis infonnation in \1\e
foUowins format: (total number orli!1e! allocRtions with a single line al that loeation, numb~
lines at locations with two lines iLt that location, otc,
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Request No- 12: For eaeh BWi1th the cUC owns, operates, controls, maiDtains, or from
which you lease dial toue or functionaljty/capDCity witlUn Jdaho. please state whether the /ilIA-
local switching capacity of the switch can be ~x)):mdcd through modular software and hardware
addiiiont, Jryou Bssert any obstacles to expansion, pleas! identify and explain all such ob$ta~les.
Requat No. 13: Docs the CLEC believe that thc:re are costs .assoc;ated with converting or
OLherwise using a switch currently serving only enll!tpr1se customers to also serve mass-market
customers? Ifthe CLEC believes t11,1t there arc such switching costs, please identify all such costs ;11
and explain why it would be necessary to incur th",m to begiI1 set't'ing mus-matket cuS1Omcn,
Produce aAlY documents or data that support your response.
Request No. 14: PleasCi provide, a) on Ii statewide basis, and b) on a central office-specific
bwJ, monthly data for the, past tWo years on c~omer "chum (i.e., perccnlage of your customers
lost to another 'tarrier) on aU cfthe following bases:fJl? oPft-
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(0) number of customers by customer tyre
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residl:'ntial, business with one to
three lines; business with mor~ than three lines);
(b) percentage of churn by customer type (e.residential, bwine$s with am: to three
lines, business with more than three lines);
(e) numb~of customers by service type (i,e. ,Ioen) exchange voice service oaly,
long distance voice sel\ri~e onIy, bWldlcd local exchange 1111110118 dista"ce voice
services, and bundled I('eal e~change, Jon.. distance, and DSL services);
(d) percentage of cb\lm by service type (;., local e"cbange voice scrvice only,
Jonl distance yoke service only, bundled local C:XChMSC: and l(1ng distance voice
scrvic:cs, iII1d bW'.dl~ local exchange , long di,tanec, iUld DSL services),
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Req nest. No. 15: For ~1J&tom~s that pllfchase up to 24 voice grade e~ui\'Dlcnt lines please
identUy the types 0:' categoril!!; of customer acquisil1on costs 111e CLEC 1nc\lrred in Tdaho in 2001
and 2002 to attract new custome:-s, Stt up their accounts, and establish service to them. In addition.
please provide the per line costs the CLl~C inc;\lrred in 2001 and 2002 for b~th business and AjA..
R:5idcntiaL customeR for each t1f t.~e types or categories or customer acquisition ccstso
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Rcqu"'8t No. Hi: For customers that pufcht!\e up to 24 voic~ grade equivalent lin~s pleusc
identify tbe monthly churn raCe the CLEC bas experienced for local e)lchanse CU!;(Ol11ers in each
month in whicb it bas provided loca) exchar.g~ service in the idaho market, In answerinG this
request. calculate ihe ehum rate based upon the numb~ oflin"s lost each year divided by Ute
;tverags number of lines in service that Y~IU'. In calculatins churnJ do not include ounomers who
move but Slay wiO, the company. Please produce all documents that tefer or rchLtc to the
infonnation you provide if) t'l1:Spt'MC to this request. ;?/?u~/l.' ft;. '7 ("(JA-
Request Nu. 17; Picase identity the percentaae oC customers that have left within one
month of signing up for service. within two months of signir.g up for service, Mt1\i11 three: months
sig11jng up ror service, and within six mouths orsign,n8 up ror service. P1cNlc provide this
information in coMcction with the CLEC's chum rates in Idaho for the roost retent 24 months that
are available for loeal.,xchange customers that purchase up to 24 'Voic~ grade equh"a.1ent Jines,
Please produce all dOC\lmellCS that. referer relate 10 the information you provid" in respom;c to this
request.
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Requcst No. 18: For customers that purchase up to 24 voice grade equivalent lines please:
identify each rate plan that the CU~C off.1i to local cxchansc c\\stClmers in Idaho, h1 addition
please iden1iry the percentas~ cflbe CLEC's totollocal exchans" CUS(Olnt9rs in Idaho that subscribe
to eucl1 plan that 'you identify. Please produce all documents tbat i'eflect, rere!' or relate to the
infonnatiol1 you provide in Te~ponsc 1.0 this request. S'r~
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Requa! No. 19; For rate pl~s identified in B.l1 that include a per minute OCUlI
componcDt, plel$O provide the average long distance per minute \lsage in TdJ1ho of the CLEC'g local
exchange custOmers who subsclibe to such plans for the most recent 24 months available. Please
produc;;c all dol;\1ments that reflect. refer, or relate to the informauon you provicio in response to thisrequest.
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Request No. lO: For customers that purchase up to 24 voice grld~ equivalent lines bow
many CU!C.to.CL!C ctC)!ls-coMec1s has the CLEC pmarmed in rdsho sin~c Juno 200 1" How
tnDDY CLEC-to.CLJ!C tross~connec\s does the CLSC maintain in Idaho at pt'e98l1t?
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Rtque!. No. 11: Describe the hot ~ut process CWTe:n\Jy used to transfer lines from \be IlEC
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Request No. 22: Lise each task: that is plU't o1'the cwrent process, Provide the average time
it takes to &:omplete the task. the typical occulm1ce of the wk during l~e procePt the labor rile for
lhe luK, add the co~on overhead loadins associated with tlte labor rate. Indicate the $OUtCC of the
cJata. LI:, time/motion ltudies~ SME analysi.. etc.
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Request No. 23: Dcstribe a bat~h hot cut proc~ss that you would implement to 1l1,ei lh~
FCC's rlquirm1cnt Co cmblish a batch hot cw process. Include M estimate afthe maximum
. number of lines p~ batch.
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Request No. 24: List 02C:h.task that is part of the batch hot cut procClss ci'tlcnbed in me
answer to the preceding requ.est, Provide the average time it takes to complete \be task, the typical
occutrenco 01 the task during tlle ptocon, the J:.bor rate for the talk) and the oommon overhead
loRding associated witb the labor rall.
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Request No.2!: IfUNE..P is no lonser av&ilable, what monthly volumes othot cuts would
be required: (a) to migrate existing UNE-P customers to anotller (orm of service and (b) to conncx;t
new customers in the ontinazy eours~ ofbusjncss, Provide I1lpportina documentation for thell:
volume OI1imatc5.
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DATED at Boise, Idaho, this I ~ ~ day of 'November 2003.
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Weldon B. Stutzman
Deputy AUomey General
Technic:al SCafr: Wayne Hart
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