Wholesale: Products & Services

Open Product/Process CR PC122701-2 Detail

 
Title: Qwest to allow 1FB POTS and DSL on one LSR.
CR Number Current Status
Date
Area Impacted Products Impacted

PC122701-2 Denied
3/20/2002
Ordering, Provisioning Resale, UNE-P, Other (DSL)
Originator: Stichter, Kathy
Originator Company Name: Eschelon
Owner: Pennington, Freddie
Director:
CR PM:

Description Of Change

Currently to order a new line with Qwest resale DSL, Eschelon needs to submit 2 LSRs. One LSR for the POTS line and a subsequent LSR for the DSL. When 2 LSRs are issued Qwest does not know that the POTS line will eventually become DSL so facilities to provide a DSL capable loop are not taken into consideration. If Qwest allowed Eschelon to issue 1 LSR for the 1FB POTS line and the DSL then Qwest could provision the loop with DSL capable facilities, if available. Eschelon asks Qwest to allow 1FB POTS and DSL on 1 LSR.


Date Action Description
12/27/2001 CR Submitted by Eschelon 
12/27/2001 CR acknowledged by P&P CMP Manager 
1/2/2002 Eschelon contacted to coordinate clarification call 
1/8/2002 Clarification meeting held. 
1/9/2002 Draft clarification meeting minutes issued to Eschelon 
2/20/2002 February CMP meeting: General clarification with CLEC community. CR status changed to "Evaluation" Meeting discussions will be set forth in the Product/Process Draft Meeting Minutes contained in the Product/Process CMP Meeting Distribution Package 03/20/02 
3/12/2002 Draft response dated 02/27/02 issued to Eschelon. CR Status changed to "Presented" 
3/20/2002 March CMP Meeting: CR was denied. CR Status changed to "Denied." Meeting discussions will be set forth in the Product/Process Meeting Minutes to be posted on the CMP Web site  
3/20/2002 CR Open/Closed Status changed to Closed per agreement at 03/20/02 Monthly CMP Meeting that CRs having Denied status should also reflect Closed Status 
3/21/2002 Formal response dated 02/27/02 posted to CMP database 
3/22/2002 Formal response dated 02/27/02 issued to CLECs. Notification CMPR.03.22.02.F.01240.CR_Responses 

Project Meetings

Clarification Meeting

2:00 p.m. (MST) / Tuesday 8th January 2002 PC 122701-2 Qwest to allow 1FB POTS & DSL on one LSR

Attendees: Kathy Stichter / Eschelon Todd Mead / Qwest Jeff Cook / Qwest Brett Fesler / Qwest Nadine Jensen / Qwest Janean Van Dusen / Qwest

Review Requested (Description of) Change: Kathy read out the description from the change request: Currently to order a new line with Qwest resale DSL, Eschelon needs to submit 2 LSRs. One LSR for the POTS line and a subsequent LSR for the DSL. When 2 LSRs are issued Qwest does not know that the POTS line will eventually become DSL so facilities to provide a DSL capable loop are not taken into consideration. If Qwest allowed Eschelon to issue 1 LSR for the 1FB POTS line and the DSL then Qwest could provision the loop with DSL capable facilities, if available. Eschelon asks Qwest to allow 1FB POTS and DSL on 1 LSR. There were no questions from Qwest.

Areas Impacted: Ordering, Provisioning

Products Impacted: Resale, UNE-P, Other (DSL)

Nadine is the owner of this CR. Nadine agreed she is the right person to provide the response to this CR, with the assistance of the other Qwest people on the call.

Identify/Confirm CLEC’s Expectation: - Qwest to allow Eschelon to submit one LSR for both the 1FB POTS and the Qwest resale DSL. - If Qwest accepts this CR, then Eschelon expects to see the resulting process documented and the appropriate level of training given to Qwest personnel.

Establish Action Plan: Eschelon may present this CR at the January CMP meeting (01/16/02). General Clarification by the entire CLEC community will take place at the February CMP meeting (02/20/02) and Qwest will provide a response at the March CMP meeting (03/20/02).


CenturyLink Response

February 27, 2002

Kathy Stichter ILEC Relations Manager Eschelon Telecom Inc. 720 2nd Avenue South, Suite 1200 Minneapolis, MN 55402

SUBJECT: Qwest’s Change Request Response - CR # PC122701-2 Qwest to allow 1FB POTS and DSL on one LSR

The original request from Echelon is that Qwest accept a single LSR for both the local service line (POTS) and DSL service at the same time.

Upon clarification, Eschelon is now requesting that Qwest: - Manually analyze the available facilities at the location - Choose a facility that supports DSL (if available) - Deploy local service (POTS) on a line that will support DSL

Qwest does not offer this type of pre-analysis of a facilities to its retail end-user subscribers. Qwest currently uses a mechanized system that qualifies a facilities based on certain metrics and the facility must already be in place in order to see if it is engineered to support DSL service.

In order for Qwest to do the requested analysis upfront, Qwest would need to remove the order from the automatic facility assignment flow and manually assign facilities to the local service line (POTS). Qwest has made extensive investments in the loop qualification tool and process. Qwest has made the business decision not to manually assign POTS facilities in order to allow the addition of DSL for retail end-user subscribers. This service is not a retail service and is not available for resale.

Sincerely,

Freddi Pennington Resale/PAL/UNE-P Group Manager Qwest

Cc: William Campbell, Director Structure & Loops, Qwest Jasmin Epsy, Senior Director Product Marketing, Qwest Teresa Taylor, Senior Vice President Product Management, Qwest


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