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Open Product/Process CR PC090401-1 Detail

 
Title: Request for Qwest to separate daily usage files by separating category 01 and 010 from category 011. (reference Systems CR # SCR111901 1)
CR Number Current Status
Date
Area Impacted Products Impacted

PC090401-1 Completed
11/14/2001
Originator: Osborne-Miller, Donna
Originator Company Name: AT&T
Owner: Zimmerman, Alan
Director:
CR PM: Thomte, Kit

Description Of Change

AT&T is requesting Qwest to separate daily usage files, separating Category 01 and 010 from category 011

Request for Qwest to separate daily usage files by separating category 01 and 010 from category 011. Categories 01 and 010 separate daily usage records for end users while category 011 tracks billing for other carriers. AT&T separates billing entities by these functions. AT&T believes that other carriers utilize this same process. AT&T believes would be more efficient if the daily usage files were separate in this manner.


Date Action Description
8/30/2001 CR received from Donna Osborne-Miller of AT&T 
9/4/2001 Status changed to New - To be reviewed  
9/4/2001 Updated CR sent to Donna Osborne-Miller of AT&T 
9/12/2001 Clarification meeting held with AT&T. AT&T to get CLEC community acceptance. 
9/21/2001 ATT will not have opportunity to present at community meeting until 10/15/01 
10/17/2001 CMP Meeting: Discussions with CLEC community conducted regarding CR. SBC indicated that they were receiving separate billing records for daily usage. Alan Zimmerman, Qwest to draft reply for next CMP (November 14, 2001). No change to "Current Status." 
11/1/2001 Draft response issued 
11/7/2001 Draft response updated to indicate if approved this will need to become a system CR 
11/14/2001 CMP meeting it was agreed that this request can be closed. A system CR will be opened by Qwest to allow the work to be prioritized. 
11/26/2001 Final response issued to CLECs 

Project Meetings

09/12/01 - Clarification meeting on PCCR 090401-1. In attendance Carla Dickinson Pardee and Troy Smith from ATT. Alan Zimmerman and Kit Thomte from Qwest.

Alan indicated that he was familiar with this subject. He believed it had been submitted once before but did not have the support of the other CLECs at that time. Alan indicated that he thought some of the CLECs might see the need for this now.

Alan stated the issue: In the current environment two usage files containing the same data are sent to two locations. ATT would like to have the file containing message types 01 and 10 split out on one file. The other file should contain message type 11, to be distributed separately.

Carla indicated she would take this CR to the next community meeting to propose this change to other CLECs.


CenturyLink Response

November 6, 2001

This letter is in response to the CLEC Change Request Form #PC090401-1. This Change Request requests that the Daily Usage Feed (DUF) be split into two pieces - with local usage (generally Category 1 & 10 EMI records) on one file, and access usage (Category 11 records) on a separate file.

Today, both local usage and access usage is sent on a single DUF file for each CLEC. It is fairly straight-forward to separate this usage into two files. To do so requires some small programming changes, as well as some JCL and NDM/Connect: Direct changes for every CLEC that chooses to have their DUF split into two pieces. This would be a medium-sized effort. This CR will be moved to the Systems CMP process in order to prioritize this system work.

Qwest would implement this CR in such a way that those CLECs that wish to continue to receive their DUF file as one file (like today) would be able to continue with that implementation. Those that wish to receive two separate files would be able to do so, having those two files sent to two different destinations (assuming connections exist) or to the same destination as the CLEC desires.

Any CLEC who would like to have their DUF split in two as this CR requests may send an e-mail to me at azimmer@qwest.com to be included in the deployment of this functionality. If you have any questions, feel free to e-mail me or call me at the number below.

Sincerely,

Alan Zimmerman (303)896-8346


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