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July 2007 Pooling Administration Tip of the Month
Thousands-Blocks Donations and helpful hints
As a reminder, when you donate thousands-blocks via the
Appendix 2, Thousands-Block Donation form after the block
donation date, you should complete the tasks outlined in
section 7.2.7 of the Thousands-Block Number (NXX-X) Pooling
Administration Guidelines (TBPAG), (below is an excerpt from
that section):
- If block donations are submitted using
Appendix 2 via PAS, the PA shall process the donation
within 7 calendar days. If donations are submitted by any
other method, the PA has an additional two business days
for processing.
- For any donations from a non-pooled NXX,
the AOCN is responsible for entering its specified routing
and rating information for those retained
thousands-blocks. The retained thousands-block will not
appear in the LERG Routing Guide until the AOCN has
performed this task.
- For any subsequent donations of
previously retained blocks from a pooled NXX, the block(s)
to be donated must be disconnected by the AOCN in BIRRDS
before donation. An SP should use the Other Information
section in Appendix 2 if block(s) donated have any special
status or treatment, e.g., restricted use, chatline, etc.
- Intra-SP porting of all unavailable TNs
within all thousands-blocks that are being donated to the
industry inventory pool by SPs is to be completed by the
Block Donation Date.
As a block holder you should complete the following per
section 4.4.i per the TBPAG:
4.4.i Block Holders Responsibilities
- Verify in the NPAC which TNs are assigned in any
contaminated thousands-block received from the PA to avoid
duplicate TN assignments. The preferred method of
contaminated TN verification relies on NPAC, but use of
one's own LSMS (Local Service Management System) is also
acceptable.
Below are some helpful hints:
- When a previously donated block changes from contaminated to
non-contaminated, if possible, notify the PA, so we can
update our records accordingly.
- If you donated a block that is over 10% contaminated, notify
the PA immediately so that action can be taken to remove the
block from the inventory.
- Updating the NRUF does not update the contamination status
in PAS, please notify the PA if the contamination status
changes.
- Please ensure that the Intra-SP ports are completed prior to
donating contaminated blocks, unless the newly established
pool criteria apply.
As a reminder, the following changes were made to the
donation process due to the implementation of Change Order
#51:
Three new fields have been added to the Appendix 2 form in
PAS:
“If Contaminated, How Many TNs Are Not Available for
Assignment”
If a SP donates a block that is contaminated, they will be
required to enter the number of TNs that are not available
for assignment. If the SP indicates that more than 100 TNs
are unavailable for assignment, the PA will reject the
donation.
“Have All IntraSP Ports Been Completed?”
Per Section 7.2.5 of the TBPAG if a SP donates a block for a
*newly established pool on or before the Block Donation
Identification Date and enters an “N” for “Have All IntraSP
Ports been completed?, the PA will be able to conditionally
accept the donation. SPs must modify the conditional
donation by changing the “N” to a “Y” on or before the block
donation date, to indicate that all of the IntraSP ports
have been completed. If the SP fails to update the
conditional donation by the block donation date, the PA will
reject the donation.
If a SP donates a block for a new or existing pool after the
Block Donation date, and enters “N” in this field, the PA
will reject the donation.
* newly established pool - When the status of multiple rate
centers that were previously Excluded (‘X’) from Pooling or
Optional (‘O’) are modified from ‘X’ or ‘O’ to a new rate
center status of ‘M’, or ‘M*’, resulting from a Supplemental
Implementation Meeting.
“Has the Block Been Protected from Further Assignment?”
If the SP enters “N” in this field, the PA will reject the
donation.
In addition to the three new fields, the following
modifications have been made to the Appendix 2:
- The field currently titled “X” will change to “Block (0-9)”.
- The field currently titled “Rate Center” will change to
“Rate Center of NXX”.
- The field currently titled “OCN” will change to “OCN of SP”.
- The field currently titled “AOCN” will be deleted.
- The following new certification statement will be added, “I
hereby certify that the above information is true and
accurate to the best of my knowledge and that this donation
form has been prepared in accordance with the
“Thousands-Block Pooling Administration Guidelines – ATIS-
0300066.”
- The legend on the current form will be replaced with the
modified legend from the new Appendix 2 form.
This tip was previously sent out as the March 2007 Pooling
Administration Tip of the Month.
If you have any questions, please contact the Number Pooling
Customer Support at 1-866-NEUPOOL or
poolingsupport@neustar.biz.
To view previous Pooling Pooling Tips
of the Month,
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