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Competitive Topics Forum
08/28/03
The meeting began at 10:30 a.m. Updates were provided on the following Topics.
Topic B-4 (Line loss notification process) was initiated by both Allegiance and
WorldCom. At the July 17, 2003 meeting, Allegiance indicated that the issue could
be closed. At the August 28 meeting, WorldCom also indicated that this was no longer
an issue for them and could be closed.
Topic EEL-3 (Credits for EEL conversions) has not yet been addressed by the Forum;
this Topic may be impacted by the FCC's Triennial Review.
In regard to Topic P-3 (10 digit translations), BellSouth indicated that this issue
did not have a quick fix and would look into the possibility of developing a project
on this topic.
Topic P-4 (Number reassignments) was closed at the August 28, 2003 meeting but Sharon
Norris indicated she would check with Denise Berger to see if she could determine
how this issue was resolved; Sharon will report back to the next meeting.
Discussion on Topic PO-1 (End user migration) was led by David Christian with Verizon.
He discussed how the industry team had worked to develop a draft rule and provided
a list of open issues that had not yet been resolved. The draft rule and open issues
were briefly discussed and Forum participants are to file comments by September
29 with Richard Tudor on their positions on the open issues.
The next meeting for the Forum was set for October 9, 2003 at 10:30 am. At that
meeting there will be brief updates on other open Topics with the majority of the
meeting spent on discussion of Topic PO-2 - End User Migration.