The Florida Public Service Commission ordered Neustar to give AT&T...
The Florida Public Service Commission ordered Neustar to give AT&T additional numbering resources for the Gainesville, Fla., region. Neustar had previously denied AT&T’s request for a number block of 10,000 numbers, saying the telco “did not meet the utilization criteria,”…
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said the PSC’s Monday order (http://xrl.us/bodebs). AT&T appealed that decision to the PSC Jan. 22. The PSC’s analysis focused on how the technology surrounding numbering resources has shifted. “The new Months-to-Exhaust criteria creates a disadvantage for carriers with multiple switch rate centers because it is now based on rate centers, rather than switches,” it said. “One switch in a multiple-switch rate center may be near exhaust while the average Months-to-Exhaust for the rate center is above six months, thus preventing a carrier from obtaining additional numbering resources for the switch near exhaust.” The PSC expressed concern that “denial of additional numbering resources also poses a possible barrier to competition” and said that AT&T had demonstrated it had customer need for these numbering resources.