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Open Product/Process CR PC041508-01 Detail

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confirmation or otherwise.

Project Meetings

Mark Coyne-Qwest said that the final notification was sent on 6/10/08 and was effective on 6/25/08 and that we would like to close. There was no objection.

From: New Cr, Cmp Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 9:27 AM To: 'Isaacs, Kimberly D.' Subject: RE: Action required: June CMP Meeting Minutes for your review andfeedback Hi Kim,

Here is the response to the questions you submitted in the June CMP Meeting Minutes on PC041508-01 (ANSI PRM provisioning). I will include this response in the final draft of the meeting minutes and re-post them to the Qwest Wholesale Calendar.

(6/27/08 - Question received from Integra) Does this mean there are no technical constraints on ANSI PRM for Intrastate service? I am assuming that this means technically ANSI PRM would work on Intrastate DS1 but Qwest did not add it as a product in the Intrastate tariffs?

7/10/08 Qwest Response 1. Yes, there are no technical constraints on ANSI PRM for Intrastate Service. 2. ANSI PRM is a function of a DS1, not a product. You are correct, Qwest did not add it in the Intrastate tariff.

Thanks,

Lynn Stecklein Qwest Wholesale CMP

--Original Message-- From: Isaacs, Kimberly D. [mailto:kdisaacs@integratelecom.com] Sent: Friday, June 27, 2008 8:28 AM To: Stecklein, Lynn; Bloemke, Brenda; Fauscett, Kasha; Roberson, Laurie; Sonnier, Jeff J [NTK]; Stichter, Kathleen L.; jnelson@popp.com Cc: Lorence, Susan Subject: RE: Action required: June CMP Meeting Minutes for your review andfeedback

Hello,

Attached are my updates to the June CMP Product/Process meeting minutes.

Lynn, I included an additional clarifying question/request for confirmation about ANSI PRM. I would appreciate it, if you could send Qwest's response to me and post the clarification in the minutes. Thanks.

6/30/08 E-mail Sent to Integra

Hi Kim,

The Product person that can provide this specific response is out of the office through July 8. We will send the response to your request for additional clarification and make an additional revision to the meeting minutes by July 10.

Thank you and have a great afternoon! Susan Lorence Qwest CMP Manager 402 422-4999

6/18/08 Product/Process CMP Meeting

Mark Coyne-Qwest said that the final was sent on 6/10/08 to become effective on 6/25/08. He said that there was a partial retraction on 6/12/08 because ANSI PRM does not apply to Intrastate DS1s.

Kim Isaacs-Integra asked if the partial retraction was due to technical parameters (6/27/08 - Comments to minutes received from Integra) of ANSI PRM or if ANSI PRM was just not added to the Intrastate Tariffs as a product.

Mark Coyne-Qwest stated that we will respond to Integra’s question in the meeting minutes.

6/24/08 Qwest Response

The partial retraction was done because ANSI PRM is not available in the Intrastate DS1s.

(6/27/08 - Question received from Integra) Does this mean there are no technical constraints on ANSI PRM for Intrastate service? I am assuming that this means technically ANSI PRM would work on Intrastate DS1 but Qwest did not add it as a product in the Intrastate tariffs?

5/21/08 Product/Process CMP Meeting

Mark Coyne-Qwest said that the notice was sent on 5/20/08 with an effective date of 6/25/08.

Kim Isaacs-Integra said that the update in the provisioning and installation overview does not include the NCI code for the ANSI PRM provisioning.

Mark Coyne-Qwest asked if Kim was referring to the documentation.

Kim Isaacs-Integra said that she was and that they would like to see the specific NCI code.

Susan Lorence-Qwest said that the Tech Pub update for the new NCI code will be going out later (15 days in advance) to synch up with the 6/25/08 effective date.

Bonnie Johnson-Integra said that the codes would be critical for comments.

Susan Lorence-Qwest said that we will look at the timeline and did not think that the NCI codes would be required for the comment cycle.

Bonnie Johnson-Integra said that they would not know if they are required unless they could review them.

Susan Lorence-Qwest said that we would provide the NCI code in the meeting minutes.

5/29/08 NCI Codes associated with PC041508-01 (ANSI PRM provisioning) 04DU9.1KP 04DU9.1XP 04DU9.1NP 04DU9.1SP

4/30/08 Adhoc Meeting

Final Adhoc Meeting for Product/Process CR PC041508-01 ANSI PRM Provisioning

Attendees: Chris Terrell-AT&T, Kathy Lee - AT&T, Joe McLean - AT&T, Jeff Sonnier-Sprint, Sandra Branch-O'Neill – Qwest, Jim Hickle – Velocity; Laurie Roberson-Integra, Jan Bailey-Qwest, Becky Ferrington-Qwest, Janean VanDusen-Qwest, Diane Diebel-Qwest, Doug Slominski-Qwest, Danelle Haynes-Qwest, Vicki Dryden – Qwest, Susan Lorence-Qwest

Susan Lorence-Qwest said that the purpose of this meeting is to discuss Change Request PC041508-01, ANSI PRM Provisioning.

Becky Ferrington - Qwest identified that the CR was presented in the April CMP Meeting and provided a high level overview of the CR. Becky shared that ANSI Performance Report Messages (ANSI PRM) purpose is to locate the trouble source on a T1 circuit to either the Qwest/telco or customer side of the demarcation point. ANSI PRM will be provided where available when a customer orders service via a unique NC/NCI code, and will be added to our tech pub. When PRM is determined to not be available, Becky identified that Qwest is proposing that we change the NC/NCI to a non-PRM code and proceed with the design and remaining provisioning critical dates in order to avoid any affect on the Due Date originally send via FOC. Becky relayed that for ASR requested services, Qwest will send a Clarification Notification Request (C/NR) to advise the access customer of the new NC/NCI code. For LSR, Qwest will send an FOC with the new NC/NCI code. Doug Slominski – Qwest clarified that this is just on DS1 circuits.

Joe McLean – AT&T relayed that they are in agreement with this change.

Becky Ferrington – Qwest said that at this time there were no specific timelines that could be provided associated with the documentation updates but that there were new NC/NCIs that needed to be added to the Tech Pub.

Laurie Roberson-Integra asked if this type of PRM monitoring is a new product or whether it has been offered previously. Becky Ferrington – Qwest relayed that this product has not been historically available for any length of time; that it was an emerging service within the industry to add to T1s – especially for Access customers.

Jan Bailey - Qwest relayed that there are some circuits in existence with this technology. With this CR, Qwest is providing the customer with the capability to order it if they want it.

There was a question associated with the charges associated with ANSI PRM. Diane Diebel - Qwest clarified that there is no additional charge to put ANSI on a new circuit. However, if it is added to an existing circuit, there would be a charge. This charge is a non-recurring change order charge vs. a new charge that is standard when making the NC/NCI code changes.

There were no further questions.

Susan Lorence - Qwest closed the meeting relaying that the documentation updates would be made and submitted with the appropriate notification.

The following questions were submitted following the Ad hoc call:

04-30-08 From Kathy Lee, AT&T: When you mentioned that the changed nc/nci code would come back to the CLEC on the CNR or FOC if the PRM was not available, we looked at the forms at could not tell where this information would be. Would you please clarify what field or line would carry the new nc/nci code on both the CNR and FOC?

Qwest Response: For the ASR side and specifically the C/NR Response, Qwest intends to send an Informational CNR (no reason or jeopardy code). Specifically, the planned approach is: o Populate the CNT field with a ‘D’ (remarks information only) o Provide detail in the Remarks Section, along the lines of “ANSI PRM not available for this circuit, the original NC/NCI of xxx.xxxx has been updated by Qwest with a non-ANSI PRM NC/CNI of xxx.xxxx”

For the LSR side FOC, Qwest will also put the updated NCI information in the Remarks section.

04-30-08 From Kathy Lee, AT&T: when ANSI PRM becomes available for ordering, how will we be notified? Qwest Response: Once the documentation updates become effective through the CMP notification process, the NC/NCI codes will be available for ordering and all related supporting processes will be in place. There has not yet been a final target effective date established. 4/16/08 Product/Process CMP Meeting

Janean Van Dusen-Qwest stated that Qwest ANSI PRM – Performance Report Messages is to locate the trouble source on a T-1 circuit to either the Telco or customer side of the demarc. She said this will be provided, where available, when a customer orders service. Janean said that we do not know until we design the order whether this functionality will be able to be provided. She said that we are requesting that the NCI code be used to order this report be changed by Qwest network automatically, without a supp, to enable the continued provisioning of the service. She said that the CLEC will be notified of the change to the LSR with a re-FOC and the ASR a CNR will be sent with the changed information. She said that an adhoc meeting will be scheduled to discuss this request further.