Wholesale: Products & Services

Archived System CR SCR083001-1 Detail

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October 30, 2001 Draft Response

Ms. Kathleen Stichter Eschelon Telecom

This letter is in response to Change Request Form, PCCR100101-1 – Use NPI (Number Port Indicator) field on LSR for requests for orders requiring Port In and Port Within.

Description of Change: “Currently the CLEC populates the NPI field with data that identifies Port In and Port Within information. The NPI field is not a recognized field for Qwest LSOG5. Qwest’s system routes the orders based on the REQTYP. Within the REQTYP requests can contain Port In and Port Within service. For requests that require Port In and Port Within, Qwest uses the remarks section of the LSR and the CLEC must also populate the Manual IND field with a Y. This process puts the onus on the CLEC and not Qwest to ensure Qwest routes the order to the correct center. These requests require special handling. If the orders are not written correctly significant service affecting problems, up to and including customers out of service for several days, arise on the due date. Eschelon asks that Qwest start using the NPI field to recognize that a request is for number porting.”

Definitions of Port Activity associated with this request include: ? Port In activity includes all service requests in which the end user is currently being served by another Network Service Provider and the end user does not currently reside in a Qwest switch. Qwest has received a Local Service Request to Port the end user into the Qwest switch. Current Wholesale activity includes Port In to Qwest Resell Services. ? Port Within (Location Portability) is the ability of end users to retain the same telephone number when moving from one service location, to another area that is served by different central offices within the same Rate Center and in some locations, within NPA and municipal boundaries. The end user is currently being served by Qwest as the network Service Provider and resides in a Qwest switch.

On the OBF LSOG 5 Resale form there is a field called the NPI field. (ref 11) Actually, this is a Qwest recognized field, but currently there are no edits in place involving this field. Current accepted entries for the NPI field that will be utilized are: C=Port In Working TN D=Port In Reserved TN Z=Port Within When this field is populated, then the Manual IND field should be set to “Y” and the remark should be populated with a positive entry. Qwest has issued a system change request to begin utilizing this field for proper routing of Port in and Port Within orders to the correct Interconnect Center work queues. Scheduled implementation will be in a future IMA release. It is believed that with implementation of this change, orders will be automatically routed to the correct Interconnect Center for processing. This should help to expedite the Port In/Port Within order received process and ensure that the correct Center doing the provisioning will have access to the order sooner. Once verification of the completion time is known, notification will be sent via the CMP Process or CLEC notification. Qwest would like to close this CR and work issues related to future implementation through SCR083001-1, which relates directly to the system implementation of the NPI field.

Sincerely, Joan Wells LNP Process Manager