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Archived System CR SCR052303-02 Detail

Description of Change/Exception: Currently Qwest has implemented non-persistent connections for Interactive agent under Issue 2. We would like Qwest to implement persistent connections under Issue 3 so that CLECs can send multiple EDI messages over to Qwest without having to go through security handshake for every EDI message it is trying to send to Qwest.

Expected Deliverables/Proposed Implementation Date (if applicable): Implement Issue 3 and Persistent connections as part of implementing Issue 3

Original title: Request to implement Persistent Connections for Interactive Agent

Currently, Qwest has implemented non-persistent connections or Interactive agent. We would like Qwest to implement persistent connections so that CLECs can send multiple EDI messages over to Qwest without having to go through security handshake for every EDI message it is trying to send to Qwest.

Expected deliverable:

Persistent connections for Interactive Agent

Status History

Project Meetings

January 30, 2006 Email Received from Talk America: Yes.. Talk America agrees to withdraw - SCR052303-02 Viju

January 30, 2006 Email Sent to Talk America: Hello Viju, I am checking for the status of the request below. Will you please advise me if Talk America is in agreement to withdraw SCR052303-02, based on the information provided in the email below? Thank you, Peggy Esquibel-Reed Qwest Wholesale CMP

January 24, 2006 Email Sent to Talk America: Good Morning Viju - This email is in regard to the CMP CR that Talk America submitted, to Qwest, on May 23, 2003. The Systems CMP CR is SCR052303-02 Request to Implement Interactive Agent Issue 3. Due to the fact that Qwest will be implementing the IMA XML Interface on October 16, 2006, with the 20.0 Release, this CR seems to be no longer necessary. The IMA 20.0 Prioritization effort will occur in February 2006 and my question is if you would like to withdraw this CR due to the XML implementation with the 20.0 Release? The CR for XML is SCR121305-01 and can be viewed via the Systems Interactive Report located at http://www.qwest.com/wholesale/cmp/changerequest.html of the Qwest Wholesale web site. Please let me know by January 27, 2006 if this CR can be withdrawn. Thanks much, Peggy Esquibel-Reed Qwest Wholesale CMP

-- July 20, 2005 Systems CMP Meeting Discussion for IMA 19.0 Prioritization CR Review: Jill Martain - Qwest stated that we provided a list of all candidates for IMA 19.0 in the June Meeting. Jill said that for this month’s prioritization, instead of reviewing all candidates, we would like to trial reviewing the top two candidates per CLEC. Liz Balvin-Covad asked why the Covad CR was not on this list. She said that she submitted it before the June 1st cutoff. Lynn Stecklein-Qwest said that the CR was a Product/Process CR not a System CR.

Below are the top two candidates per CLEC: Qwest #1 SCR061703-01 Create new fields of OCC and OCCNA on the LSR and DL Forms to identify old Service Prov #2 SCR052303-02 Request to Implement Interactive Agent Issue 3

AT&T #1 SCR051304-01 Request for Line Loss Notification to Notify CLECs if the Cust was lost to a Wireless Carrier #2 CR040204-01 PreOrder and Order Error Message When NPA NXX Does not Belong to Qwest

Liz Balvin-Covad asked if the Interactive Agent Issue 3 should be an Industry Change. Liz said that Qwest is not supporting Issue 2 anymore. Liz said that she was asking because the software won’t work going forward. Steph Prull-Eschelon said that if the Interactive Agent goes bad they would be in trouble as the vendor does not have to support it and EDI would be down until the new version was installed Jill Martain-Qwest stated that we currently don’t have it as an Industry Change and noted that the Industry Change CRs would still need to be voted upon and prioritized.

Covad #1 SCR102102-1X Dual Inventory of DSL Tie Cables in Tirks and Switch/FOMS #2 SCR052303-02 Request to Implement Interactive Agent Issue 3

Eschelon #1 Bulk PIC Change in IMA #2 SCR030405-01 Change to Reject RT Codes

Integra-Laurie Frederickson stated that she was not prepared for this exercise.

MCI #1 SCR103102-02 Eliminate PON Tracking Requirement for Reserved Title #2 SCR040204-01 PreOrder and Order Error Message When NPA Does not Belong to Qwest Communications

VCI #1 SCR040204-01 PreOrder and Order Error Message When NPA Does not Belong to Qwest Communication #2 SCR050305-01 Bulk PIC Change Process in IMA

Dianne Friend-Time Warner asked if all CLECs would be included in SCR031105-01 (Change of Usage of CCNA for Sprint on LNP Orders) Jill Martain-Qwest said yes.

Time Warner #1 SCR031105-01 Change of Usage of CCNA for Sprint on LNP Orders #2 SCR042704-01 FBDL PON Field

Sprint #1 #1 SCR031105-01 Change of Usage of CCNA for Sprint on LNP Orders #2 SCR10705-01 Directory Listing Changes in Conjunction with LNP.

Liz Balvin-Covad asked if Qwest new what the capacity for IMA 19.0 would be. Jill Martain-Qwest said that she did not know at this time. Liz Balvin-Covad asked if Qwest could provide a guesstimate. Jill Martain-Qwest said that her guess would be between 10,000 to 15, 000 hours but would not know until the end of the year.

-- February 16, 2005 Systems CMP Meeting Discussion: Liz Balvin-Covad asked if issue 2 was a non supported version. Woldey Assefa-Qwest said yes. Liz Balvin-Covad said that this CR is a high priority for Covad.

July 22, 2004 Systems CMP Meeting Discussion: Jill Martain/Qwest stated that Qwest would distribute the ballot on July 27th, it is due back to Qwest on July 30th, and Qwest would email the initial prioritization list to the CLECs on August 3rd. There were no questions. The CR Originator was not on the conference bridge. Liz Balvin/MCI stated that this is good for EDI. Connie Winston/Qwest stated that there is some risk in being on an unsupported version.

-- February 19, 2004 Systems CMP Meeting Discussion Excerpt (Attachments H & J): Judy Schultz/Qwest stated that she wanted to provide an update to the funding approval process that was discussed in the January CMP Systems Meeting. Judy referred everyone to Attachment J in the Distribution Package. She stated that all CRs are being re-evaluated and must be approved. Judy said that CRs could not be scheduled without approval. Judy stated that the CRs with an impact to the IMA interface would follow the existing prioritization process. Judy noted that the funding for IMA 15.0 and IMA 16.0 has been approved, as well as funding to begin work on IMA 17.0.

January Systems CMP Meeting Discussion: Connie Winston/Qwest stated that Qwest had asked the CLECs to not prioritize this CR in the 15.0 vote, but Qwest is now in the position to ask that it be voted on. Connie stated that this is a medium to high priority for Qwest, for 16.0. Connie stated that the CLECs might want to discuss this candidate with their technical partners. Phyllis Burt/AT&T asked that if they move to Issue 3 and 16.0 deploys Issue 3, what happens to 15.0. Connie Winston/Qwest stated that all of EDI would have to go to Issue 3, regardless of the functionality version that a CLEC is on. Connie noted that previous versions are not supported from an industry perspective and noted that all need to convert. Connie stated that there would then be only 1 version of the Interactive Agent. Connie stated that there would be a window, probably 90-days, to complete the Interactive Agent Issue 3. Connie stated that all EDI users will need to migrate to Issue 3, Issue 2 would no longer be supported. Sheryl Peterson/AT&T asked how Qwest was going to handle the pipeline. Connie Winston/Qwest stated that Qwest would care for what was in the pipeline, would be part of the definition of the CR. Phyllis Burt/AT&T stated that she would discuss with Leo (AT&T). Liz Balvin/MCI asked that when Qwest implements LSOG 7, would it be only on Issue 3 or would it also implement for Issue 2. Connie Winston/Qwest stated that it would only be against the version that Qwest is currently on. Connie stated that it would not work in previous Issues. Connie Winston/Qwest stated that Talk America is very interested in this CR and stated that Qwest is supportive of this CR as well. Donna Osborne-Miller/AT&T stated that this CR is medium to high for AT&T. Liz Balvin/MCI asked if there were any major issues with Interactive Agent 2. Connie Winston/Qwest responded no. Donna Osborne-Miller/AT&T asked if something would be communicated in regard to the pipeline issue. Dave Steckline/Qwest stated that Qwest would certainly look into that. Connie Winston/Qwest asked what the CLEC concern was, and asked if it was that Qwest was not going to respond. Phyllis Burt/AT&T stated that there is a perceived 90-day window and noted that she would check with Regina (AT&T). Connie Winston/Qwest stated that Qwest would care for the pipeline in the definition phase. Phyllis Burt/AT&T asked if this CR had to be in 16.0 or could it be in 17.0. Dave Steckline/Qwest stated that the industry standard is for the 16.0 timeframe. Dave stated that the recommended timeframe is January 1, 2005. There were no additional questions or comments.

- August 21, 2003 Systems CMP Meeting Discussion: Connie Winston/Qwest reviewed the LOE and noted that it might be good to vote it low for IMA 15.0 because the IMA 16.0 timeframe would be better for implementation.

-- CMP Monthly Meeting- excerpt from meeting minutes June 17, 2003

SCR052303-02 Request To Implement Interactive Agent Issue 3 (originated by Talk America) Viju Hullur/Talk America presented the CR and asked if Qwest was still evaluating this request. Connie Winston/Qwest stated that currently, this CR would be part of the 15.0 vote. Connie stated that it might be a better fit in the timing of this CR, to wait for the implementation of this standard in 16.0. Connie stated that 15.0 is early in the standards window and stated that we would discuss this again in August for the inclusion, or exclusion, into the 15.0 prioritization. Connie noted that it would be available for the vote. There were no other questions or comments.

- Clarification Call Tuesday, June 10

Meeting attendees: Viju Huller-Talk America, Connie Winston-Qwest, Curt Anderson-Qwest, Wendy Green-Qwest, James Miller-Qwest, Randy Owen-Qwest, Laurel Nolan-CRPM Qwest

Review of CR: Nolan-Qwest reviewed the CR and asked Huller-Talk America if there were any additions or changes to the CR. Nolan-Qwest then asked Qwest what questions they had. Green-Qwest stated that Qwest had reviewed the CR and stated that currently Qwest was using Issue 2 of the AI. She asked if Talk America was asking for Issue 3. Huller-Talk America stated that she thought that this could be also done with Issue 2. Green-Qwest stated that Qwest reviewed it and believed that this was part of Issue 3 and would like to request that the CR be expanded to request Issue 3. Huller-Talk America asked if this would speed up the process. Green-Qwest stated that the only way to implement this was to do Issue 3. Owen-Qwest reviewed Issue 2 and Issue 3 with the team. He stated that Percistant Connection was a major part of Issue 3.

The team then discussed SCR052303-01 addressing 997 responses. Green-Qwest asked what the business need was for this request. Huller-Talk America stated that the 855-865 response is know immediately for pre-ordering. She continued that 997 didn't buy Qwest anything and that the key issue was traffic. She said that it's overload. Owen-Qwest asked if 'traffic' was related to persistant connection issue. Huller-Talk America stated that it did and that Qwest was using the AI reciept differently. Owen-Qwest stated that the acknowledgement is not part of the AI specifications and that it was part of the translator its self. He stated that this was a very ligimate request, but that this may not be best at the transmitter level and was not the standard. Huller-Talk America stated that she understood. Owen-Qwest stated that Qwest did have trading partners who do not look at their systems and that Qwest needed to know if they were not getting their acknowledgements. Huller-Talk America stated that they just wanted it to be optional. She suggested that they call Qwest if they did not receive the information. Owen-Qwest stated that if all trading partners monitored their systems then there would not be a need for this. He stated that Issue 3 would help with the persistant connection. He continued that he felt that the 997 issue should be addressed with TSIF. Huller-Talk America suggested a follow up meeting with Qwest. Owen-Qwest stated that this was not a standard that Qwest could change. He stated that the issue needed to be brought to TSIF.

Huller-Talk then moved back to the issue of Persistant Connection available in Issue 2. She stated that in section 9.3, page 38 it stated that Issue 2 also supported Peristant Connection. Owen-Qwest stated that in 9.2 it addressed Single EDI Messages. He stated that Peristant and Resumbale Connections were available with Issue 3. Huller-Talk America stated that she felt that it was a difference in understanding Issue 2 and Issue 3. She asked for Owen (Qwest) to reread the information in 9.2. Owne-Qwes thten stated that currently Q was compliant with Issue 2 and that they didn't want to break Issue 2 by trying to add the Peristant Connection. He stated that Peristant Connection was part of Issue 3 and that he suggested that Talk America issue a CR for Issue 3. Huller-Talk America agreed and stated that they wanted Qwest to be on Issue 3 as soon as possible.

Nolan-Qwest asked if there were any other questions, concerns, or additions. None. She stated that this CR would be presented at the June meeting and that Qwest would not be able to provide a LOE during that meeting because of the change in description to Issue 3. She stated that Qwest would provide Talk America with the LOE as soon as they had it. She then asked if there were any other questions or concerns. None.

Meeting adjourned.

CenturyLink Response

Qwest has reviewed the information submitted as part of Change Request SCR052303-02. Based upon research that has been conducted following the Clarification Meeting (held June 10, 2003) Qwest has evaluated the revised CR requesting Issue 3 has provided the LOE of 4,000-6,000 hours.

At the August Monthly Systems CMP Meeting, CMP participants will be given the opportunity to comment on this Change Request and provide additional clarifications. This CR is eligible for the IMA 15.0 Prioritization.

Sincerely, Qwest

Draft Response June 12, 2003

Qwest has reviewed the information submitted as part of Change Request SCR052303-02. Based upon research that has been conducted following the Clarification Meeting (held June 10, 2003) Qwest currently evaluating the revised CR requesting Issue 3. Qwest will continue to research and provide an updated response at the June Systems CMP Meeting.

At the June Monthly Systems CMP Meeting, CMP participants will be given the opportunity to comment on this Change Request and provide additional clarifications. Qwest is interested in the experiences of the CMP community as relates to this issue. Qwest will incorporate any feedback received at the next Monthly Systems CMP Meeting into further evaluation of this Change Request.

Sincerely, Qwest