Wholesale: Products & Services

Open Product/Process CR PC022403-6 Detail

Description Of Change

Line Move is defined as moving the existing customer loop that did not qualify for Qwest DSL service to an existing available spare copper facility that qualifies for Qwest DSL service.

UDC removal will performed under the following conditions:

- The UDC is serving the target customer

- The UDC is a two line system

- Only one channel is working on the UDC System

This offering is being made for Qwest DSL Resale and Qwest DSL on UNE-P only.

Proposed Implementation Date: 4/15/03

This CR may be subject to the Condition described under Change of Law provisions of the SGAT (Section 2.2).

Project Meetings

Buckmaster-Qwest stated that the changes were implemented on 4/15 and Qwest would like to close the CRs. Zulevic-Covad stated that he would like to leave PC022403-3 open for another month. Johnson-Eschelon stated that she wanted to leave PC022403-2 open for another month. Zulevic-Covad stated that there was an issue that he had expected Buckmaster to contact him on. Buckmaster-Qwest stated that she would send Zulevic an e-mail after the meeting. ==========================================

04-16-03 - CMP Meeting

Buckmaster-Qwest stated that the new process was implemented on 4/15. Zulevic-Covad asked if the change included line splitting. Buckmaster-Qwest stated that it did. Zulevic-Covad asked if Qwest would publish a process document outlining this process. Buckmaster-Qwest stated that the Assignments Process Document on the Web describes the process. She stated that she would check to see if it included a description of the conditioning process. Zulevic-Covad asked if a line move was a 5 day interval. Buckmaster-Qwest stated that it was. Zulevic-Covad asked what happened if a CLEC placed an ‘N’ in the SCA field. Buckmaster-Qwest stated that she did not know, but that she would find out. Johnson-Eschelon asked that Qwest document this in the process document. Zulevic-Covad asked if CLECs provided Qwest with conditioning standards. Boudhaouia-Qwest stated that Qwest would condition lines to the most current industry standards. Boudhaouia, Berard and Zulevic conducted a lengthy discussion about various conditioning standards. Zulevic-Covad asked if the Qwest conditioning standards for retail were the same as wholesale. Boudhaouia-Qwest stated that they were. Buckmaster-Qwest stated that the only change these CRs were implementing was a cessation of charges. Powers-Tel West asked if the conditioning interval was different for retail and wholesale. Buckmaster-Qwest stated that it was 5 days longer for retail.

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03-19-03 - CMP Meeting

Bucmaster-Qwest reviewed where the CRs were in the process. Zulevic-Covad asked if Qwest had analyzed the potential to allow CLECs to grant blanket approval. Buckmaster-Qwest stated that Qwest is still evaluating that option, but would not implement it until after the first set of changes were implemented on 4/15. Van Meter-AT&T asked that AT&T be added to the attendee list for the Ad Hoc Meeting.

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CLEC Input Meetings March 11, 2003 March 12, 2003 March 13, 2003

Attendees – March 11, 2003 Sharon Van Meter – AT&T Liz Balvin – WorldCom John Berard – Covad Mike Zulevic – Covad Jennifer Arnold – US Link Jamal Boudhaouia – Qwest Cindy Schwartze – Qwest Crystal Soderlund – Qwest Linda Miles – Qwest Eric Yohe – Qwest Kit Thomte – Qwest Dave Hahn – Qwest Barry Orrel – Qwest Cindy Buckmaster – Qwest Denny Graham – Qwest Joy McConnel-Couch – Qwest Laurel Neher – Qwest Bob Mohr – Qwest Ray Wilson – Qwest Deb Smith – Qwest Matt White - Qwest Heidi Moreland – Qwest

Attendees – March 12, 2003 Liz Balvin – WorldCom John Berard – Covad Donna Dix – US Link Bonnie Johnson – Eschelon Lori Mendoza – Allegiance Chris Connor - Qwest Jamal Boudhaouia – Qwest Cindy Schwartze – Qwest Crystal Soderlund – Qwest Linda Miles – Qwest Eric Yohe – Qwest Kit Thomte – Qwest Barry Orrel – Qwest Cindy Buckmaster – Qwest Denny Graham – Qwest Joy McConnel-Couch – Qwest Bob Mohr – Qwest Ray Wilson – Qwest Matt White - Qwest Heidi Moreland – Qwest

Attendees – March 13, 2003 Jamal Boudhaouia – Qwest Cindy Schwartze – Qwest Crystal Soderlund – Qwest Linda Miles – Qwest Eric Yohe – Qwest Barry Orrel – Qwest Cindy Buckmaster – Qwest Denny Graham – Qwest Joy McConnel-Couch – Qwest Bob Mohr – Qwest Ray Wilson – Qwest Matt White - Qwest Heidi Moreland – Qwest

Meeting Minutes March 11, 2003

White-Qwest introduced the attendees and described the purpose of the meeting. He asked Buckmaster-Qwest to present the first three CRs (PC022403-2, -3, -4) for discussion. Buckmaster-Qwest presented CRs –2 and -4. Soderlund-Qwest described that process for requesting conditioning. She stated that process was unchanged from today. Zulevic-Covad asked if Qwest first checked for alternate facilities before it conditioned the line. Buckmaster-Qwest stated that was true. Zulevic-Covad asked what would happen if there was not a Y in the SCA field and the line had load coils on it. Buckmaster-Qwest stated that Qwest would reject the order and tell the CLEC to authorize conditioning. Zulevic-Covad asked if the CLECs could give Qwest a blanket authorization to condition, if necessary, on every order. Buckmaster-Qwest stated that she would check on that option, but believed that it was outside the scope of this CR. Zulevic-Covad stated that he was interested because Covad had orders previously delayed, unnecessarily, for this. Buckmaster-Qwest described –3. Schwartze-Qwest described the process to request conditioning. She stated that the process included noting that conditioning was authorized in the remarks field. Zulevic-Covad asked what the process was for Qwest retail requests. Buckmaster-Qwest stated that she was not aware of the process, but would find out.

Boudhaouia-Qwest briefed CRs –5 and -7. Soderlund-Qwest described the process to request line move and UDC removal. She stated that Qwest always looks to do a line move or UDC removal. If these options are not available, Qwest looks for a Y in the SCA field before it conditions a line. Zulevic-Covad asked how the intervals would work. Soderlund-Qwest stated that the line move was a 5-day interval, and that conditioning is a 15-day interval. Boudhaouia-Qwest stated that Qwest will always attempt to try a line move, then perform UDC removal, and finally to condition the line. Zulevic-Covad asked when he would get a notification that a line needed to be conditioned. Soderlund-Qwest stated that the notification would go out as soon as the assignments group knew the line needed to be conditioned. Berard-Covad asked if a CLEC should always check the RLDT before placing a request. Buckmaster-Qwest stated that the CLEC should check in the RLDT for spare copper facilities, but that Qwest would check automatically once the request came in. Berard-Covad asked if the CLECs needed to provide some proof that they had accessed the RLDT when they submitted their request. Boudhaouia-Qwest stated that they did not.

Boudhaouia-Qwest presented CR –6. Schwartze-Qwest stated that the process for UNE-P and resale would mirror the line move and UDC removal process.

Boudhaouia-Qwest presented CR –8. Berard-Covad asked if a CLEC, for planning purposes, could look up the presence of a single line UDC in the ICONN database. Boudhaouia-Qwest stated that when CLECs issue a line share request with a Y in the SCA field, Qwest will attempt to move the line first and them to remove the UDC. He stated that the lack of a Y in the SCA field would cause a FOC back requesting authorization for conditioning.

White-Qwest stated that Qwest had three “take-aways” that they would address at the next meeting. Zulevic-Covad stated that Covad appreciated Qwest initiating these CRs.

March 12, 2003 White-Qwest introduced the attendees and described the purpose of the meeting. Johnson-Eschelon stated that she had missed the previous day’s meeting and would like an overview of what was discussed.

Buckmaster-Qwest reviewed CRs –2 and –4. Johnson-Eschelon confirmed that there was no change to the existing process. Buckmaster-Qwest reviewed –3. Schwartze-Qwest reviewed the process. Johnson-Eschelon asked if the CLECs should mark for manual handling. Schwartze-Qwest stated that was not necessary. Johnson-Eschelon asked if this information would be posted to the Web site. Buckmaster-Qwest stated that this information would be included in the PCAT.

Boudhaouia-Qwest reviewed –5 and –7. Soderlund-Qwest briefed the process to request the conditioning. Johnson-Eschelon asked if there needed to be any special markings on the request. Buckmaster-Qwest stated that if the CLEC puts a Y in the SCA field in every instance, Qwest will have authorization to condition the line for each request. Johnson-Eschelon asked if this process removed the decision making responsibility from the CLEC. Boudhaouia-Qwest stated that Qwest would first try to do a line move, the UDC removal, then bridge tap/load coil removal. He summarized that it does remove the decision responsibility from the CLEC.

Boudhaouia-Qwest reviewed –6. Schwartze-Qwest stated that the only change from the line sharing was that for resale and UNE-P the remarks section must have “conditioning authorized.”

Boudhaouia-Qwest reviewed –8.

White-Qwest stated that Qwest had three action items from the last meeting. He asked Buckmaster to review the first. Buckmaster-Qwest stated that the first action item was to describe the retail process. Connor-Qwest described the retail request process. Berard-Covad asked if retail accessed the RLDT. Buckmaster-Qwest stated that retail did not use the RLDT.

White-Qwest stated that the next action item was an investigation of the possibility of CLECs granting blanket conditioning approval. Buckmaster-Qwest stated that she would like the CLECs to give Qwest an opportunity to get the process running and then to request the blanked authorization. Johnson-Eschelon stated that Eschelon would be interested in giving Qwest the same authorization.

White-Qwest stated that the final action item was related to putting a Y in the SCA field. Boudhaouia-Qwest stated that the CLEC must have a Y in the SCA field to give Qwest authorization to condition the line. Berard-Covad asked what the process was if there was not a Y in the SCA field and the line needed conditioning. Soderlund-Qwest stated that the process was to follow the IMA jeopardy-back process.

Johnson-Eschelon asked if the CLECs needed to put the conditioning authorized on the LSR with which they requested the add DSL. Soderlund-Qwest stated that Johnson was correct.

White-Qwest thanked the attendees and adjourned the meeting.

March 13, 2003 There were no CLEC attendees at the meeting. White-Qwest adjourned the meeting at 2:15 PM MT.

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Ad Hoc CMP Meeting March 3, 2003

Attendees: Matt White – Qwest Janean Van Dusen – Qwest Michael Whitt – Qwest Denny Grahm – Qwest Barry Orrel – Qwest Laurel Neher – Qwest Joy McConnel-Couch – Qwest Joan Pfeffer – Qwest Craig Suellentrop - Qwest Ray Wilson – Qwest Cindy Schwartze – Qwest Deb Smith – Qwest Bob Mohr – Qwest Eric Yohe – Qwest Cindy Buckmaster – Qwest John Berard – Covad Julie Pickar – US Link Donna Dix – US Link Erica Beamus - WorldCom Chris Robish - Contact Monica Avila – Veritech Wayne Hart – Idaho PUC Kirk Hundertmark – Twin Rivers Valley Telecom Bonnie Johnson – Eschelon

White-Qwest began the meeting by welcoming all attendees and explaining the purpose of the Ad Hoc CMP Meeting.

Buckmaster-Qwest defined line conditioning and presented CRs PC022403-2, -3, and –4. She also proposed that the input cycle for the CRs consist of three 2-hour meetings on 3/11, 3/12, and 3/13. There were no objections to the proposed input cycle.

Zulevic-Covad asked if CLECs would be required to submit an LSR with a Y in the SCA field. Buckmaster-Qwest stated that they would.

Johnson-Eschelon stated that she was glad to see these CRs. She stated that currently when a CLEC orders Qwest DSL they must order it as a feature after a line install. She asked if these CRs would change that process. Buckmaster-Qwest stated that they did not. Johnson-Eschelon asked what these CRs did to loop qual. Buckmaster-Qwest stated that CLECs would continue to use the Raw Loop Data Tool to ascertain interval information.

Berard-Covad asked if putting a Y in the SCA field would automatically generate a 15 day interval. Buckmaster-Qwest stated that it would not. Zulevic-Covad asked if CLECs put a Y in the SCA field on all LSRs would the work be accomplished to industry specifications or would the work include a removal of all encumbrances. Buckmaster-Qwest stated that Qwest would condition to the CLEC’s DSL specifications but would not condition automatically to the tech pub standard. Zulevic-Covad asked if Qwest would provide a summary of the CR dependencies. Buckmaster-Qwest stated that she would. Robish-Contact stated that bridge taps do not affect his product. He asked if they would be required to remove bridge taps. Buckmaster-Qwest stated that they would not. Hundertmark-Twin Rivers asked if any of these CRs addressed CLEC DSL on a resold circuit because he had several issues with CRs of that variety. Buckmaster-Qwest stated that that issue was not addressed by any of these CRs. Schultz-Qwest stated that Qwest could set up another ad hoc meeting to discuss Twin River’s issues or add an item to the agenda of the next CMP Monthly Meeting. Hundertmark-Twin Rivers stated that he would prefer to discuss it at a monthly meeting.

Retka-Qwest presented CRs PC022403-5, -6, -7, and –8. Johnson-Eschelon stated that it sounded like there were several processes the CLECs would use for the various product varieties. Retka-Qwest stated that the CLECs should always consult the Raw Loop Data Tool first. Buckmaster-Qwest stated that this was an issue the team could work out during the input sessions on the 11th, 12th and 13th. Zulevic-Covad asked if there was a way to determine if the same customer has two lines on an UDC. Retka-Qwest stated that the only posting would be for customers with only one line on a UDC. Dix-US Link stated that there were errors in the RLDT. Schultz-Qwest asked Dix-US Link to contact her service manager. Dix-US Link stated that she did not know who that was. Schultz-Qwest stated that she would contact the US Link service manager and ask him/her to contact Dix. Zulevic-Covad asked if line moves were included in PC022403-5. Retka-Qwest stated that they were only included in situations where there was a spare copper loop. Buckmaster-Qwest stated that the intent was to giver the CLECs the facility to provision data on. She stated that a line move would be accomplished to accommodate data. Berard-Covad asked Retka to clarify what a UDC was. Retka-Qwest stated that a UDC was a two line pair gain at a customer premise or a cross box near a customer premise. Zulevic-Covad asked if CLECs were expected to use the RLDT before they place an order. Buckmaster-Qwest stated that was Qwest’s intent. Retka-Qwest recommended that the input process for the four latter CRs be conducted during the previously proposed meetings on the 11th, 12th, and 13th. There were no objections. There were no further questions.

The meeting was adjourned.