Three of 7 Qwest states participating in collaborative effort to ...

Utilities Board (IUB) found Qwest meets all 6 points under review, including No. 3 (access to poles and other infrastructure), No. 7 (access to 911, directory assistance and other operator services), No. 8 (access to white pages directory listings), No. 9 (number administration), No. 10 (access to network signaling and databases) and No. 12 (local dialing parity). IUB conditioned its findings on verification of Qwest’s performance through Qwest Regional Oversight Committee’s OSS performance measures audit results, and Qwest carrying out commitments it made to satisfy concerns raised by individual CLECs. Wyo. PSC found Qwest is in compliance with checklist items 3 and 12. PSC declined at this time to rule on Qwest’s compliance with items 7-10. Agency PSC said Qwest has made efforts to address general CLEC concerns in these areas, but there were certain concerns specific to particular Wyo. CLECs that still needed resolution. PSC said it also wanted to see regional performance measurement audit results before reaching conclusions on remaining items. Mont. PSC found Qwest has fully complied with item 12, local dialing parity, but didn’t reach conclusions about remaining 5 items under review. PSC said it will be addressing other items this summer through comment-and-reply cycles and briefs, without need for industry workshop sessions. Like Iowa and Wyo., Mont. PSC also wants to see performance audit results. Other Qwest states in collaboration on the 6 checklist items are Ida., Utah, N.D. and N.M.