Wholesale: Products & Services

Open Product/Process CR pc050411-1 Detail

Description Of Change

This change will include an embedded base update, if applicable, to convert existing circuits to the new format. This currently encompasses a very small volume in Wholesale today.

Currently 911 circuits and Next Gen 911 circuit IDs share the same service code modifiers as Private Line and Private Line Resale. To uniquely identify the Next Gen 911 DS1 and DS3 circuits from all PLT circuits in all CenturyLink legacy Qwest systems, the new service code modifiers for Next Gen 911 circuits will be used. If any of these circuits exist, this would result in changes to these circuit IDs with a serial number format on the CLECs’ embedded base. However, currently, there are no CLEC circuits with the Next Gen 911 format so no conversion activity will be required.

Project Meetings

6/15/11 Product Process CMP Meeting Mark Coyne – Qwest said the CR was presented last month and that Qwest would like to send this out as a level 1 notice since there were no documentation changes.

Lori Burchett – Qwest said there was no application for CLECs currently since there was no embedded base update and that Qwest would notify to provide an informational notice.

Julia Redman-Carter – PAETEC (6/28/11 Updates received from PAETEC in CAPS) VERIFIED THAT THIS IS NOT A CODE THAT WE CURRENTLY USE TODAY, AND questioned if this was a code they would begin to use in the future AS A REQUIREMENT.

Lori Burchett – Qwest said the DS1 and DS3 911 circuit would have a unique modifier that would give the critical circuit visibility from provisioning to repair. Lori said CLECs do not order these currently but the modifiers would be in place when they do order them (6/28/11 Updates received from PAETEC in CAPS) ON A GOING FORWARD BASIS.

Bonnie Johnson- Integra requested confirmation that there was no documentation update required and whether it was Telcordia compliant.

Lori Burchett – Qwest said that she had checked and no documentation updates were required since the LSOG, PCAT, Tech Pubs, etc did not go to that level regarding circuit naming. Lori said Telcordia implemented these codes in 2008 at the request of AT&T.

Mark Coyne – Qwest asked if there was any objection to issue the information as a level 1 notice and there was none.

5/18/11 Product Process CMP Meeting Jim Carroll – Qwest presented the new Change Request for Lori Burchett. Jim said that Qwest is moving forward to the Next Generation of 911 and wants to be able to uniquely identify these DS1 and DS3 emergency circuits from all PLT circuits. Qwest wants to add two new service code modifiers for these circuits. Wendy Schumacher – Qwest clarified that it is only the last character that is changing: for DS3 circuits, it will go from HFFS to HFFW and for DS1 circuits, it will go from HCGS to HCGW. Kim Isaacs – Integra asked how that aligns with the Telcordia standards and questioned if Qwest was introducing a modifier that would confuse people.

Wendy Schumacher – Qwest said she thought Qwest was adopting what other providers had adopted and that is was unique for 911.

Jim Carroll – Qwest said he thought the codes were introduced in 2008 for AT&T and that Qwest thought it was smart to adopt them.

Bonnie Johnson- Integra confirmed whether anything that ends in a W would be next generation 911.

Wendy Schumacher – Qwest said yes and that the CLEC volume is small but going forward, if used by CLECs it would be W.

Jim Carroll – Qwest confirmed that this is on a going forward basis only and that there are no CLEC circuits so there is no embedded base conversion for CLECs that is required, only for Qwest.

Mark Coyne – Qwest asked if there were any other questions from Jim and there were none.