ISSUE ORIGINATOR: Richard C. Bartel* ISSUE #:
COMPANY: Communications Venture Services, Inc.*
DATE SUBMITTED: 06/06/97
DATE ACCEPTED:
TELEPHONE #: 202-728-3841, rcbartel@iname.com WORKSHOP ASSIGNED:
REQUESTED RESOLUTION DATE: ASAP CURRENT STATUS:
RESOLUTION DATE:
1. ISSUE STATEMENT:
The FCC on December 23, 1996
set "technical feasibility" as the standard for required
interconnection with incumbent LECs (FCC Order 96-489, "Non
Accounting Safeguards"). INC 31 on April 2, 1997 reached
agreement to allow INC to be used as a technical numbering resource
for The North American Numbering Council (NANC), an FCC Federal
Advisory Committee.
*The NANC, on April 23, 1997,
referred an issue to INC to demonstrate the technical feasibility
of retaining permissive 7-digit dialing for the 555 NXX in NPA
overlays (along with the 950 NXX), including 555 routing through
use of LNP methods.
2. SUGGESTED RESOLUTION OR OUTPUT/SERVICE
DESIRED:
INC is requested to confirm
in response to NANC that it is technically feasible to retain
permissive 7-digit dialing for the 555 and 950 NXXs in NPA overlay
areas (which has already been accomplished during overlap transition
periods, and is currently retained for 950), including the use
of LNP methods to route 555 exchange and access calls, in addition
to any other methods available. Confirm technical feasibility
of assignment of LNP LRN's to tandem and IXC switches.
Affirm: 555 and 950 NXX line
numbers are inherently ported since the assignee chooses its carrier(s).
National 555, and 950 line numbers are assigned to the same entity
in all geographic NPAs in the NANP area and are not end-office-switch
or carrier --specific; all 555 and 950 line
number are assigned to the same entity in overlapping NPAs. 555
line number assignees are users of telecommunications services.
3. OTHER POTENTIAL IMPACTS (if
any): Addenda to Resolved Issues: ICCF 96-0411-014, "555
Technical Service Interconnection Arrangements", 4/11/96;
NIIF Issue #0005 (formerly IILC Issue # 046), 1/97; ICCF Issue
#277, "Access Arrangements for 555 Line Numbers"; OBF
Issue 1038.
4. CURRENT ACTIVITY: All prior
950 and 555-specific Issues introduced to date have been resolved
by the Industry, including exemption of 555 and 950 NXXs from
the Uniform National Dialing Plan (INC 97-0131-017, Par. 2.3,
n.1, 1/31/97).
555 is not available for assignment
as an NPA (INC 96-0308-011, Par. 4.2.3, 3/8/96) (thus 555 could
be a 1+555 or 0+555 translations trigger by the PIC carrier(s)).
Current activity should be noted, such as LNP test plan(s) and
an LRN assignment to Tandem and IXC and other switches for 555
and/or 950 routing (where applicable), in addition to any current
AIN or proprietary routing and/or billing solutions (such as U.S.
Patents 5,537,464 and 5,524,142).
Other outside activities which
should be noted include study of the uses of the 555 (and possibly
950) exchange which have the attention of the Alzheimer's Association,
American Association of Retired Persons (AARP), and child advocates,
due to demonstrated human memory limitations for such persons,
relating to existing research data which shows that retention
of permissive 7-digit dialing is a desirable public policy, at
least for those exchanges with potential for national ubiquitous
7-digit dialing for a single entity (so far, 950 and 555).
Co-Chairs:
5. RESOLUTION:
UPDATED: