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HomeMy WebLinkAbout20100802_3034.pdfDECISION MEMORANDUM TO:COMMISSIONER KEMPTON COMMISSIONER SMITH COMMISSIONER REDFORD COMMISSION SECRETARY LEGAL WORKING FILE FROM:CAROLEE HALL DATE:JULY 28, 2010 RE:ELECTRIC LIGHTWAVE, LLC dba INTEGRA TELECOM' (INTEGRA) PETITION FOR WAIVER OF FCC THRESHOLD REQUIREMENTS FOR NUMBERING RESOURCES IN IDAHO' BOISE RATE CENTER; CASE NO. ELI-I0-01. BACKGROUND On June 23 2010, Electric Lightwave, LLC, dba: Integra Telecom, filed a formal request for a Commission waiver of numbering resource guidelines following denial of its Application filed with the North American Numbering Plan Administrator (NANP A). According to its Application, the Company is seeking a waiver in order to secure a new Local Routing Number (LRN) I for assignment to the Company s new switch that will serve the Boise rate center. The Application was denied by NANP A because the current telephone numbers held by the Company are available and the requirements are not adequately being met. Staff contacted the Company to verify its remaining resources and investigate exactly what the Company could do to maximize its remaining resources. Because the Company is opening a new switch in the Boise rate center it is in need of an LRN and an entire code. STAFF ANALYSIS Integra participates in the thousand-block-pooling in the Boise rate center. Methods such as pooling and rate center consolidation help make number conservation efforts more effective I Local Routing Number is a 1 a-digit telephone number used in the context of local number portability. It is an identifier of a particular CLEC's traffic/switch in the central office and is needed for porting numbers. DECISION MEMORANDUM JULY 28, 2010 and are designed to extend the time it takes to exhaust a rate center s numbering resources. After evaluating Integra s waiver request, Staff believes that granting this waiver will not have any detrimental effect on the numbering resources in the Boise rate center. There remains a high demand for numbering resources within the Boise rate center; therefore, it is unlikely that any resources will be stranded or unusable in the immediate future. According to FCC orders and numbering guidelines, carriers may appeal NANP A decisions ofthis nature to the appropriate state regulatory authority. This Commission has granted similar waivers in the past to meet the requests of other carriers RECOMMENDA TION Because the Company is in need of an LRN for its new switch, Staff recommends that the request for a waiver be granted. COMMISSION DECISION Does the Commission agree with Staffs recommendation? i:udmemos/ECTRIC LIGHTWAVE, LLC dba INTEGRA TELECOM'S Safety Valve Request ELI- T-I 0-0 I 2 See Order Nos. 28769 29279 30351 30427, 30983 and 31034 DECISION MEMORANDUM JULY 28, 2010