Wholesale: Products & Services

Archived System CR SCR080103-01 Detail

Mcleod expects this to be implemented as soon as possible.

Status History

Project Meetings

9/18/03 CMP Systems Meeting Stephanie Prull/McLeod reviewed the CR description. She stated that McLeod is requesting that a link be created on the bill that will connect a facility to the associated trunks of the facility in order to reconcile their bills. Lynn Notarianni/Qwest stated that Qwest is currently evaluating this request and has determined that this may involve changes in multiple systems to complete the work. Lynn said that the estimated LOE at this point looks extremely large and that Qwest wants to do further investigation to determine what can be done. Liz Balvin/MCI asked if we provide both pieces today. Lynn Notarianni/Qwest stated that currently the information being requested is on an individual basis and we have to go in manually and pull all the information from the various places. She noted that was part of the complexity of the request. This CR remains in Evaluation status.

8/7/03 Clarification Meeting

Introduction of Attendees Stephanie Prull - McLeod, Kathy Stichter - Eschelon, Beverly Lambert - MCI, Bill Arnson - MCI, Terry Kilker - Qwest, Karen McClimek - Qwest, Mark Heline - Qwest, Kerri Waldner - Qwest, Shelley Mason - Qwest, Judy Teshima - Qwest, Carl Sear - Qwest, Lynn Steckein - Qwest

Review Requested Description of Change Mcleod is requesting that there be a way to match up or link Trunks and Facilities in Billmate or on the Paper Bills. Currently, there is no correlation between the two bills for Trunks and Facilities. This makes it difficult to reconcile and correlate which trunks belong to which facilities.Mcleod expects that there be implemented an identifier of some kind on the Billmate and Paper bills that allows CLECs to identify which Facility and Trunks tie together. This is to be implemented for all Resale, Unbundled, and Access service type circuits. This identifier should be provided no matter what the combination of Facility and Trunks may be.

Stephanie Prull/McLeod stated that the trunks and facilities are on two separate bills and that it was difficult to correlate the trunk to the facility. Shelley Mason - Qwest asked if this ASCII format and Carl Sear - Qwest stated yes. Stephanie stated that they were looking for some type of indicator that would associate the trunk ID to the facility and was open to any other suggestions. Carl stated that the SBN is the tracking mechanism in CRIS.

Lynn Stecklein/Qwest asked if McLeod could send examples of what they were looking for so that Qwest could further understand this request. Stephanie Prull/McLeod stated that she will provide examples of this scenario to Lynn.

Confirm Areas and Products impacted The product impacted is Unbundled Loop and the interface impacted is Wholesale Billing

Identify/Confirm CLECs Expectation Mcleod is requesting that there be a way to match up or link Trunks and Facilities in Billmate or on the Paper Bills. Mcleod expects this to be implemented as soon as possible.

Identify any Dependent Systems Change Requests NA

Establish Action Plan McLeod will present this change request in the September 18, 2003 Systems CMP Meeting.

CenturyLink Response

October 7, 2003

Stephanie Prull McLeod

CC: Lynn Notarianni Connie Winston Sue Stott Beth Foster Christy Turton Kit Thomte

This letter is in response to CLEC Change Request number SCR080103-01 dated 08/01/2003, titled: Billmate/Paper bill Trunk and Facility Link Request

CLEC CR Description as written by McLeod: McLeod is requesting that there be a way to match up or link Trunks and Facilities in Billmate or on the Paper Bills. Currently, there is no correlation between the two bills for Trunks and Facilities. This makes it difficult to reconcile and correlate which trunks belong to which facilities. McLeod expects that there be implemented an identifier of some kind on the Billmate and Paper bills that allows CLECs to identify which Facility and Trunks tie together. This is to be implemented for all Resale, Unbundled, and Access service type circuits. This identifier should be provided no matter what the combination of Facility and Trunks may be. McLeod expects this to be implemented as soon as possible.

History: A clarification meeting was held on Thursday, August 7, 2003 with McLeod and Qwest representation. At this meeting, Qwest reviewed the change request and asked for examples to aide in further evaluation.

Qwest Response: Qwest has completed an analysis for CR SCR080103-01, Billmate/Paper bill Trunk and Facility Link Request, and has determined that this change is economically not feasible. Through Qwest’s analysis, it was determined that the estimate for the initial implementation of this change would be at least $2 million. Additionally, there is no process currently within the systems that can associate one account with another without redesigning how individual accounts are structured. This type of restructure would require the systems to maintain account level relationships between accounts that have separate bill dates and bill on separate summary BANs.

Qwest is denying your request for CR SCR080103-01, Billmate/Paper bill Trunk and Facility Link Request due to economic infeasibility.

Sincerely, Qwest

DRAFT RESPONSE

September 11, 2003

RE: SCR080103-01

Qwest has reviewed the information submitted as part of McLeod's Change Request SCR080103-01. Based upon research that has been conducted following the Clarification meeting (held August 7, 2003) Qwest is still examining the issue. Qwest will continue to research the problem and provide an updated response at the September Systems CMP Meeting.

At the September 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 into further evaluation of this Change Request.

Sincerely, Qwest