20031015_643.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM
TO:COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER
COMMISSIONER SMITH
COMMISSIONER HANSEN
COMMISSION SECRETARY
COMMISSION STAFF
LEGAL
WORKING FILE
FROM:BIRDELLE BROWN
DATE:OCTOBER 6, 2003
RE:QWEST ADVICE 03-10-N TO ESTABLISH NONRECURRING CHARGES
TO APPLY TO CANCELLATION OF DIGITAL SWITCHED SERVICE
(DSS), ISDN PRIMARY RATE SERVICE (PRS) AND UNIFORM ACCESS
SOLUTION (UAS), EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 17, 2003
Qwest has filed this Tariff Advice to establish nomecurring charges to be applied to three
elements of its ISDN network in Northern Idaho. Qwest proposes a $1 500 nomecurring charge
to apply to each of: Primary Rate Service (PRS), Digital Switched Service (DSS), and Uniform
Access Solution Service (UAS) in the event that service is cancelled before installation is
completed.
Qwest has established a "Critical Date" schedule that approximates a percentage of the
costs incurred to the date of cancellation and this percentage will determine the amount of the
cancellation charge that will be applied. The Critical Dates monitored by Qwest are: 1) the
Application date, which is the date the order is entered into the system, 2) the Design Layout
Report Date, which is the date a design is forwarded to the customer, 3) Plant Test Date, which is
the day acceptance testing is performed, and 4) Service Date, which is when the service is made
available to the customer. Qwest has determined the applicable percentages to be 13%,44%,
77% and "minimum billing period charges " respectively.
Prior to the approval of this Advice, Qwest's tariffed procedure for recovering costs of
cancelled orders was to bill the customer for the actual total costs Qwest had incurred to date.
Qwest's "critical date" method will be a more consistent way to recover basically the same costs
and will better conform to Qwest tariffs in other states.
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STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends approval of Advice 03-10-N effective October 17 2003. Does the
Commission agree?
lrde1le Brown
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