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13. Subject to the conditions set forth below, we also delegate authority to the New
Hampshire Commission to require NXX code applicants to demonstrate that they have met
certain fill rates in previously assigned NXX codes prior to obtaining additional numbering
resources for use in a rate center, even if the NPA is not in jeopardy.28 In prior orders, the
Commission stated that the establishment of fill rates would encourage more efficient use of
NXX codes.2 In these orders, the Commission addressed the competitive concerns associated
with a fill-rate regime,30 and parties commenting in the instant proceeding have not raised any
new concerns. Based on Commission precedent, we delegate authority to the New Hampshire
Commission to establish fill rates, subject to the same conditions the Commission imposed in
prior orders.
14. Although we do not wish to dictate the parameters of the fill-rate regime, we urge
the New Hampshire Commission to allow for some flexibility in establishing fill rates and
applying them to carriers. Our primary concern is that fill rates not be applied in such a manner
as to deprive customers of their choice of carriers from whom to purchase service upon request.
15. We are also concerned about the impact of multiple, disparate number
conservation regimes on the availability of telecommunications services and the industry's
ability to forecast and plan properly for exhaust of the NANP.31 Therefore, during its
implementation of this authority, we ask that the New Hampshire Commission consult and
coordinate with other state commissions that may obtain authority to'impose fill rates.32 We
encourage the New Hampshire Commission to establish fill rates that are not inconsistent with
those imposed by other states.
16. The New Hampshire Commission may only consider a carrier's fill rate in
relation to growth codes. In its prior orders, the Commission determined that a carrier's ability
to establish a service "footprint" should not be restricted.33 That is, a carrier ought to be able to
obtain initial numbering resources in rate centers where the carrier is authorized to offer service
28 The Pennsylvania Numbering Order authorized states to consider imposing usage thresholds on carriers before
obtaining NXX codes within the same rate center in jeopardy situations subject to state-ordered NXX code rationing
plans. Pennsylvania Numbering Order at 19025-26, [ 24.
29 See, e.g., Massachusetts Delegation Order at 1 31.
30 See, e.g., Massachusetts Delegation Order at TI 32-36.
31 See Pennsylvania Numbering Order at 19019-20, 15.
32 See Common Carrier Bureau Seeks Comment on State Utility Commission Requests for Additional Authority To
Implement Telecommunications Numbering Conservation Measures, Public Notice, NSD File Nos. L-98-136, L-9919,
L-99-21, L-99-27, L-99-33, DA 99-1198 (rel. June 22, 1999) (California, Florida, Maine, Massachusetts, New
York); Common Carrier Bureau Seeks Comment on the Texas Public Utility Commission Petition for Delegation of
Additional Authority to Implement Number Conservation Measures, Public Notice, NSD File No. L-99-55, DA 991380,
(rel. July 14, 1999); Common Carrier Bureau Seeks Comment on the Connecticut Department of Public Utility
Control's Petition for Delegation of Additional Authority to Implement Area Code Conservation Measures, Public
Notice, NSD File No. L-99-62, DA 99-1555 (rel Aug. 5, 1999).
33 See, e.g., Massachusetts Delegation Order at 1 35.1257
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