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Open Product/Process CR PC010715-2 Detail

Description Of Change

CenturyLink will introduce spectrum interference Cause Code using the Integra criteria in Attachment B. CenturyLink will submit a CMP CR. The code should be implemented no later than 6 months after this settlement agreement is approved by the Commission.

The Criteria Document is also attached.

Project Meetings

01/20/16 Product/Process CMP Meeting Mark Coyne – CenturyLink said this CR is in CLEC Test.

Jamal Boudhaouia – CenturyLink said that through a series of meetings with the MN DOC and certain CLECs, there is agreement on the network trial that will be conducted on four DSLAMs. He said a network trial notice will be distributed on January 21, 2016 to relay the trial will start on February 1, 2016 and will last for six months. Jamal will review the trouble tickets on the four DSLAMs for spectral interference issues and will provide a monthly report as well as conduct a meeting to review the results.

Susan Lorence – CenturyLink said that now that the network trial is to begin, she requested consideration that this CR be moved to a Completed status in the February CMP monthly meeting. There were no comments to this proposed request.

12/16/15 Product/Process CMP Meeting Mark Coyne – CenturyLink said this CR is in CLEC Test and said he had not heard Jamal Boudhaouia – CenturyLink on the call.

Susan Lorence – CenturyLink said she heard from Jamal and that he is unable to attend the call today. Susan said Jamal relayed that he had received the data he needed and would be sending it out in the next day or so for his meeting on Friday, December 18, 2015 at 11AM MT.

Laurie Roberson – Integra said that Jamal’s meeting is on the wrong date on the Wholesale calendar.

Susan Lorence – CenturyLink said she would make the update following the CMP call.

11/18/15 Product/Process CMP Meeting Mark Coyne – CenturyLink said this CR, though it is in CLEC Test, is being kept open until the Network Trial has been completed.

Jamal Boudhaouia – CenturyLink said regarding the calls related to the Technical Trial, the group has had to change direction as to which DSLAMs will be considered. Jamal said he has provided the CLECs and MN DOC with five DSLAMS to consider and is waiting on retrieval on archive information. He said a call will be set up for early December as to next steps.

NOTE: On November 19, 2015, a General notification GENL.ANNC.11.19.15.F.14095.FNLPlnngMtgNtwkTechTrial was sent to relay the next meeting date of December 3, 2015. The notice is available on the Customer Notification Letter Archive (CNLA) at http://wholesale.centurylinkapps.com/cnla.

10/21/15 Product/Process CMP Meeting Mark Coyne – CenturyLink stated this CR has been requested to remain open until the network technical trial is completed. Jamal Boudhaouia – CenturyLink sent a meeting notice on October 13, 2015 to relay there is a final planning meeting on Wednesday, October 28, 2015 for the network technical trial. That meeting is posted to the Wholesale calendar. Mark asked Jamal Boudhaouia – CenturyLink if he had anything to add.

Jamal Boudhaouia – CenturyLink stated that he would send the remaining data for the October 28, 2015 meeting no later than Monday, October 26, 2015.

09/16/15 Product/Process CMP Meeting Mark Coyne – CenturyLink stated this CR has been in CLEC Test since May 8, 2015 but that during the call last month, there is a desire to keep this CR open until the Network Trial has completed. Mark said we will continue to monitor it each month.

Bonnie Johnson – Minnesota Department of Commerce asked if she had missed the follow-up documentation that was to be sent after the last network call.

Jamal Boudhaouia - CenturyLink said he had provided some of the information but was still researching the trouble ticket history of the cross boxes.

Bonnie Johnson – Minnesota Department of Commerce said she would like the CenturyLink commitments to be met and expressed concern that this has been delayed for so long.

Jamal Boudhaouia - CenturyLink said he agreed and that he is trying to pull the information from the archives.

Mark Coyne – CenturyLink stated the concern would be noted.

08/19/15 Product/Process CMP Meeting Susan Lorence – CenturyLink stated that his CR had an effective date of May 8, 2015 when an update to the Maintenance and Repair Business Procedure went into effect. The CR has been held open for some additional calls that CenturyLink has been conducting. A call was held on Tuesday, August 18, 2015 to talk about finalizing the Network Trial. Susan asked if it was acceptable to close this CR at this point.

Bonnie Johnson – Minnesota Department of Commerce requested that it remain open through the Network Trial.

Kim Isaacs – Integra agreed.

Susan Lorence – CenturyLink stated that it would remain open through the Trial.

07/15/15 Product/Process CMP Meeting Mark Coyne – CenturyLink said this CR is in CLEC test. A meeting invite was sent on July 12, 2015 for a customer conference call on Tuesday, July 28, 2015 to finalize the Trial requirements.

Bonnie Johnson – Minnesota Department of Commerce initially thought that meeting date might not work due to being out of the office but then determined the date would work after all.

Jamal Boudhaouia – CenturyLink said if anyone had not seen the meeting invite to let him know.

Mark Coyne – CenturyLink said the CR would remain in CLEC Test.

6/17/15 Product/Process CMP Meeting Mark Coyne – CenturyLink said this CR is in CLEC test. The CenturyLink CR owner Jamal Boudhaouia was not on the call. Mark said in the May CMP call, Kim Isaacs – Integra was going to do some checking on this CR.

Kim Isaacs – Integra said she had checked and said she believes this CR is related to the Spectrum Management trials in Minnesota so she prefers the CR be left open.

Mark Coyne – CenturyLink said Jamal is working on getting the trials moving.

Bonnie Johnson – Minnesota Department of Commerce said she agreed with Integra that this CR needed to be left open. Bonnie said while Jamal is out, she is working with Tom Freeberg – CenturyLink to identify potential 2015 DSLAM deployments that are scheduled in Minnesota. Mark Coyne – CenturyLink said the CR would remain in CLEC Test.

5/20/15 Product/Process CMP Meeting Mark Coyne – CenturyLink said this CR was moved to CLEC Test as of May 8, 2015. This CR is associated with an update to an existing Trouble Code associated with spectrum interference per the Minnesota Docket 1066 and Mark asked if there was any objection to moving this CR to a Completed status.

Kim Isaacs – Integra asked if this CR was to put the spectrum interference code in place and was not about the process for developing the spectrum interference trial.

Susan Lorence - CenturyLink said that was true. Jamal Boudhaouia - CenturyLink had a separate effort associated with the spectrum interference trial where meetings had been held to discuss that piece.

Kim Isaacs – Integra said there had not been a recent meeting on it and asked to keep the CR open until she could do more checking.

Mark Coyne – CenturyLink said yes we would review the CR in June.

4/15/15 Product/Process CMP Meeting Mark Coyne – CenturyLink said the initial Level 4 notification was sent early March 2015 and the CLEC comments were due to close mid March but we received a request from Bonnie Johnson - Minnesota Department of Commerce to extend the formal comment cycle until a CenturyLink call related to a 1066 document requirement was conducted. Mark said that call occurred on March 20, 2015. During that call, CenturyLink agreed to retract the original Level 4 notice and resend a new notice with additional information. The revised level 4 notice was sent on March 26. The CLEC Comments were due last Friday, April 10. CLEC comments were received and the final notice and CenturyLink response to comments is due April 23 with an effective date of May 8. Mark asked if there were any questions. There were none.

3/18/15 Product/Process CMP Meeting Mark Coyne – CenturyLink said the initial Level 4 notification was sent on March 2, 2015. The CLEC comments were due to close on March 17, 2015 but we received a request from Bonnie Johnson - Minnesota Department of Commerce to extend the formal comment cycle until a CenturyLink call related to a 1066 document requirement was conducted. That call had been rescheduled from March 11, 2015 to March 20, 2015, due to a CenturyLink issue. Based on the request from Bonnie, the CLEC comment cycle was extended until March 23, 2015. Mark said the final notice is scheduled for April 1, 2015 with a planned effective date of April 16, 2015.

2/18/15 Product/Process CMP Meeting Mark Coyne – CenturyLink reminded everyone that this CR was presented by Jamal Boudhaouia last month. He said the CenturyLink SME team is currently reviewing the Cause Codes to confirm which code to use. Once that is determined, CenturyLink will be sending a level 4 notice.

1/21/15 Product/Process CMP Meeting Jamal Boudhaouia - CenturyLink presented this new CR that was part of the MN 1066 Settlement Agreement that CenturyLink will introduce spectrum interference Cause Code/Analysis Code when there may be spectrum interference issues on unbundled loops. Jamal referenced Attachment B for the critieria to be used. Jamal said the Cause Code has not yet been established.

NOTE: The Attachment B referenced in the CR and in the CMP meeting has been posted to the Wholesale calendar for the January 2015 CMP monthly meeting. For reference purposes, it is also included at the end of these meeting minutes.

Mark Coyne – CenturyLink asked if the new code would be introduced with a level 4 notification once it had been determined.

Jamal Boudhaouia – CenturyLink confirmed.

Mark Coyne- CenturyLink asked if there were any questions. There were none.

CenturyLink Response