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ICC LNP Steering Committee
Thursday, 3/19/98
[Minutes by Wayne Heinmiller, Ameritech.]
Introductions
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Important information! Brent is now proud father of baby boy. Wife and son both doing well.
NPAC Subcommittee Report
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NANC developing new change management set dates for 2.0? Developing 1.4 impacts schedule for 2.0.
Cost Recovery Report
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ICC status hearing next week. Action uncertain since no FCC action.
LLC Report
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Meeting this afternoon to discuss NPAC 1.4, pooling stipulation, IVR PIN code assignment and management. IVR is midwest, so would also cover Michigan.
Law enforcement issues being discussed in Indiana. Activity just getting under way and looking for direction. Next Indiana steering committee will be 4/8, law enforcement issues will be on agenda. (Charlotte TerKeurst now working on Indiana LNP.) Should law enforcement issues be dealt with on a regional (Midwest) or state basis? Budget constraints for law enforcement make regional activity difficult. Push for national activity? Two classes of issues. One class is IVR processes, for which Illinois work is probably sufficient. Second issue is education and participation of law enforcement and 911 parties. Education and participation should be state level, driven by state commission? Perhaps can use regional law enforcement regional network to notify law enforcement parties? How to not panic agencies outside portability areas when they see notices? Messages on network can be targeted by state police district. Participation of federal agencies is desirable, but CALEA is related and in limbo. Little interest from federal agencies. Should NIIF be used to share and recruit participation? Not clear how much effort to make if agency is not interested. Need to handoff issues. Perhaps law enforcement community should handle PIN assignment & management issues. Attempt to lobby FCC to take over. State NENA meeting last full week of April in Michigan.
Q&A between vendors and Lockheed on Release 1.4. Commitment to R1.4 to be addressed at LLC this afternoon. Looking for feedback on some additions/changes to R1.4. NPAC subcommittee has been notified
SCP/GTT Report
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Has identified possible technical issue of GTT looping if mixed environment (port-on-demand/pre-port) is used for pooling. Still defining potential problem, beginning to "board" possible "solutions" in effort to be sure issue has been fully understood. How to notify industry of this potential issue for a mixed environment? NANC? NY looking at mixed environment. T1S1? National activities endorse long term goal of mixed environment, but could change as issues are worked. Subcommittee does not see any potential problem for start of 847 trial, since agreement is for everyone to pre-port. Goal is to identify possible "simple" (maybe not elegant) solutions that could be used to support mixed environment pending national resolution of issue. Also to identify various impacts that such solutions might have on pooling/porting.
Switching Subcommittee - No news.
Rating & Billing - No news.
Operator Service - No news.
Operations Report
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Number pooling test plan has been developed and forwarded to Pooling subcommittee. Developing "new entrant test plan" for carriers beginning to provide service. Next meeting will cover law enforcement and new entrant planing. How can we fully test (including process flows) pooling in advance of 847 unless NPAC system included? Use live system or Tarrytown backup? Has impact on start of 847 trial? Current start dates for 847 trial shifting somewhat (2 - 4 weeks back).
911 Report
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Recent national conference in Florida. Illinois is clearly leading the industry in this area. Other states are not doing as good a job of involving 911 and emergency services. 911 tests will be included in NIIF LNP test plan.
Number Pooling Report
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Impacts of pooling on 911 edits? Should Operations subcommittee review issue? May not be relevant for Illinois. Depends on PSAP implementations and processes. How do they get info if not included in LERG? Include PSAPs on distribution list for pooling assignment notification letters? 911 providers should check with their suppliers to determine whether impacts exist. LERG has space for 1K block indication, but may not always be populated. (NRIC Issue #98, subcommittee of NIIF.) Identify which 911 systems (providers) serve 847, check if they need to get distribution of pooling assignments.
Administrator guidelines done and shared with Administrator. Making sure all forms were included. INC working on guidelines this week. Some variations in NY, but generally the same. INC thinks some areas may have been overlooked and need further work at INC.
Start dates for 847. Expectation was first two weeks for intercompany dummy testing. Soonest start date for dummy testing is 4/15, because of open issues for LLC to resolve this afternoon. Result is soonest "live" pooling for 847 is probably 5/1. Issue of stipulation for trial, will be addressed at LLC this afternoon.
Contamination levels that would be acceptable for pooling? No contamination allowed prior to R1.4. Following R1.4 agreement has been 10% contamination allowed for trial with less contaminated blocks being used first. Industry fora can address other levels, in part on results from trial?
R1.4 schedule to be determined at LLC. Consensus does not exist to proceed with trial if R1.4 is not scheduled. Might need to report to Commission, process, etc., depending on LLC decision regarding R1.4.
Note that pooling request form from the Pooling Administrator distributed at this meeting is NOT the most recent version. Some "typos" have been corrected.
Regulatory Report
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847 area code relief Hearing Examiners Proposed Order (HEPO) available. Pooling is desirable. Overlay is backup. Ameritech and Staff to file progress reports 45 days after order. Area code relief applies only to 847. Conservation applies universally. Pooling (if it works/useful) is also thought to be universal after 6 month trial. Need to determine trigger for 847 relief if pooling not effective. Further process on HEPO, final order could be as long as May.
FCC Update
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No order as of yet. Still desire to get order prior to March 31. Still no consensus on a direction. Various proposals being circulated. Lack of order should not impact support of 847 pooling trial. All carriers ready to support 847 pooling regardless of general LNP availability. AT&T and MCI ready for LNP. Normal process would apply. Code opening, first port request, etc. Ameritech hasnt made a decision to proceed absent FCC cost recovery order. Ameritech filing in Michigan for tariff effective 3/31. Would allow LNP to proceed in Michigan 3/31. First LSRs on 4/1 for Michigan.
A number waivers filed elsewhere.
NANC Report
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NANP beginning to discuss cost recovery for pooling, in anticipation of work assignment. Next meeting (call) 4/9 of NANPA Cost Recovery Task Force to discuss number pooling cost recovery. Face to face meeting in DC later in April. No date set.
Other non LNP issues
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LCI petition on ILEC "divestiture" proposal. ICC to investigate.
Next meetings 4/23, 5/21, 6/25.