July 14, 1997
To: Michigan Implementation Team
Attached are the meeting minute from last Friday's meeting.
If you have any questions, please call me on (321) 230-6253
Larry
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Michigan Number Portability Implementation Meeting Minutes
Meeting Held In Chicago, Illinois
July 11, 1997
Meeting Minutes taken by Larry Vasquez, AT&T.
Attendees: Present
Barry Bishop* Ameritech
Dee Branch Ameritech
Nancy DeRoo Ameritech
Walt Subora Ameritech
Larry Vasquez AT&T
OC Jackson AT&T
Prosser Brooks Fiber
Tom VanDusen* GTE
Brent Struthers ICC
Jan Trout- Avery Lockheed Martin
Dick Dowd MCI/LLC
Bill Belshaw MCI
Jim Joerger* MCI Metro
Hamp Oberle MCI
Rick Arzadon* Teleport/TCG
Mitch Mitchell* WorldCom/MFS
* Attended via Bridge
Agenda:
Testing Procedures/Status Dick Dowd
911 Testing Issues Nancy DeRoo
New Pick From List Update Larry Vasquez
Open Issues All
Next meetings
Larry Vasquez opened up the meeting with an overview of the agenda.
Larry updated the team on the letter that Brent Struthers sent out to
the FCC on July 10, regarding the delay of the start date of the
Chicago Field Trial. The Trial start date was moved form July 24, to
August 11, 1997. The letter did not indicate whether the completion
date of 9/29/97 was to be extended. The SPOCs, lead by Dick Dowd,
were asked to investigate the impact on the schedule and whether the
testing could be completed in 5 ½ weeks.
Dick outlined that it looked good for the original completion date and
would know more by next week.
Brent distributed a letter that was sent to Regina Keeney, FCC, by
Anne La Lena, Assistant Director, Regulatory Affairs, WorldCom. The
letter stated that WorldCom would NOT be participating in the Chicago
Field Trial. The letter further indicated that "WorldCom's decision
does not in any way reflect a lessened commitment by WorldCom or any
of its subsidiaries to successful implementation of LNP. Instead,
such a decision enables MFS to focus more effectively on timely LNP
deployment for all end users nationwide."
Mitch Mitchell was aware of the letter but could not expand on any
potential entry dates for Chicago or Detroit. However, since
WorldCom was backing out of the field trial in Chicago. It would also
stand to reason that WorldCom would not be present in Detroit as well.
Larry Will follow up with Scot Lewis, WorldCom.
Dick Dowd reminded the team that the original start date for testing
in Detroit was 8/15. Barry Bishop stated that the switches for
Ameritech would not be ready for testing until September 8, 1997.
Therefore, that is the new start testing date for Detroit. That
means we will begin testing on 9/8/97 and continue through 9/29/97.
Dick Dowd outlined that he was continuing to have difficulty in
getting the SPOCs engaged for the Detroit MSA. To date, only MCI and
Ameritech have been actively involved. Very little representation has
come from WorldCom and TCG. WorldCom has now officially backed out of
Chicago Trial testing. Assuming that they will not be testing in
Detroit too, and AT&T is not required to test in Detroit, that only
leaves TCG.
Rick Arzadon stated that Phil Preswerski and Tom Schroeder should be
TCG persons to interface with. They need to contact either Dick or
Larry ASAP.
Per Nancy DeRoo, Ron Cost, TCG, has taken over for Tom Sellick for 911
related issues. Rick to contact Ron for status.
To date, the following are the testing status and SPOC assignments for
each company:
Company Testing Status Assigned SPOC
Ameritech Ready 9/8 Bob Bartenstein/Walt Subora
AT&T Not Required
GTE Delayed until 2/15/98 No One Assigned
MCI Ready 9/8 Hamp Oberle
TCG No Status No One Assigned
WorldCom Per FCC Letter, Not Participating
Dick outlined that all SPOC's needed to review the "delta" test
requirements that Barry Bishop and Dick have provided to all vendors.
They must submit a testing matrices to Dick so he can plan on what
amount of testing to schedule.
Hamp to review Barry's list to see what needs to be tested
Hamp to provide Dick with matrices
Walt Subora, standing in for Bob Bartenstein, had not seen the "delta"
test plans, but was confident that Bob B. had.
Dick mentioned that there are SPOC conference calls every Thursday as
follows:
9:00 - Chicago Activities
10:00 - Detroit Activities
Test team and Turn up Escalations
Larry did send out E-Mail messages and followed up with telephone
calls to Scot Lewis and Ed Goulde last week. After today's meeting,
Larry again left voice mail messages for both regarding testing in
the Detroit MSA. This was per a conference call between Dee Branch
and Bob Reynolds, Ameritech and Larry Vasquez. The conference call
took place after the meeting. Bob Reynolds advised Larry of the
following:
* Contact WorldCom (Scot Lewis) and TCG (Ed Goulde)
* Determine if either company will be testing and turning up service,
in the Detroit MSA, per the agreed upon schedule
* Ask for their position in writing if possible
* Notify Terry Appenzeller of their verbal or written answer
* Terry to notify Bill Celio, MPSC (with Bob's assistance) of testing
status and whether either company will be LNP capable on 9/29/97
* Also, include that GTE will not be LNP capable until 2/15/98
* Update Celio by Wednesday, July 16
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911 Update
Status of Companies having U&M Capabilities
U&M AT&T Y
Ameritech Y
GTE ?
MCI Y
TCG ?
WorldCom Y
911 Technical Difficulties
Lucent switch problem when a PSAP tries to transfer a call to another
switch with a ten digit trigger. Joe Lichter, Lucent, is aware and
working the issue. No. 5 control offices are impacted. This problem
is created by PSAP transfers only. The PSAP person attempting to
transfer the call gets a re-order tone. Per Jim and Barry, this is a
serious problem and can affect the testing timeline. Work arounds
would not be acceptable. Per Jim Joerger, Nortel has the same problem
and is working the issue.
Per Nancy DeRoo
* Craft BWM by beginning of next week.
* Surcharges - all vendors ready
* The Testing C.O. for Detroit must be a 911 Control Office in order
to perform 911 test
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Revised Pick From List
Larry outlined that Lockheed Martin completed the data aggregation for
the new pick from lists. Barry was concerned that the lists that I
sent out covered the entire State of Michigan. Jim outlined that we
were only concentrating our new pick from lists for the Detroit MSA.
Barry stated that 18 or 19 new switches were selected in the Detroit
MSA.
Originally, Sam Mehta, GTE was to protest the data aggregation
process. However, per an E-Mail dated July 1, 1997, to Larry Vasquez
and Terry Appenzeller, Sam determined that in the best interest of the
team that we move forward. Sam stated that,
"Since a continued impasse over this issue may not be constructive to
industry's cooperative efforts toward implementing LNP in the
extremely
tight time schedule stipulated upon it, now it is only appropriate
that
this issue is put behind. To this end, though it does not completely
endorse the process, GTE will accept the offices that may have been
requested via Lockheed and develop plans for implementing LNP at these
locations
provided they are consistent with FCC's MSA guidelines."
Barry Bishop will make available at the next meeting will make
available the "delta" of Ameritech central offices picked to Chicago
and Detroit.
Per the Michigan order, the entire State of Michigan was eligible for
LNP switch selections. Larry to work with Terry Appenzeller to
determine how we engage newly selected ILEC's into the LNP process.
The FCC selected only three MSA's. Those being:
Detroit
Ann Arbor
Grand Rapids
Jim Joerger suggested the following format for the newly selected
offices.
Delta MSA's FCC Date SP dates (To Mark Foster)
Barry Bishop to check on other Central Offices that were selected in
the rest of the State.
Barry can't provide dates for the new switches at this point in time.
He will advise in next meeting. For now, use the last date mandated
by the FCC (9 months prior to the mandated interval, before the
selection process). If you missed that date, then you have to go
through the Bonifide Request (BFR) process.
6/30 was Chicago
8/15 for Detroit
3/30/98 for Michigan
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Next Two Meetings In Chicago, Illinois!!!!!!!!!
August 18, 1997 Chicago, Illinois
Ameritech Training Center
350 Orleans (Holiday Inn Mart Plaza)
4th Floor
1:00 - 5:00
If you cannot attend in person, call Barry Bishop for the
conference bridge number
Tentative Agenda:
Testing Procedures/Updates Dick Dowd
911 Testing Issues Nancy DeRoo
Open Issues All
Next meeting
September 8, 1997
Chicago, Illinois
Ameritech Training Center
350 Orleans (Holiday Inn Mart Plaza)
4th Floor
1:00 - 5:00
If you cannot attend in person, call Barry Bishop for the
conference bridge number
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If you have any questions or corrections to this memo, please feel
free to call me on (312) 230-6253 or via E-Mail on lvasquez2@ att.com
LV
7/14/97