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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>At least the state of Iowa, there is a 6-month + 6-month window for an ILEC to respond to interconnection requests by a CLEC. In our situation, we were the ILEC that didn’t want our competitor in our HQ town, but the rules said we had to comply, so after doing our legal due diligence, we did.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Frank<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> voiceops-bounces@voiceops.org [mailto:voiceops-bounces@voiceops.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Rob Hutton<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, August 21, 2012 6:16 PM<br><b>To:</b> voiceops@voiceops.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [VoiceOps] SIP Trunk service for 706-778<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Paetec does not offer service in the area. Evidently the local company still has enough autonomy to decide what they want and don't want in their service area...<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;-qt-paragraph-type:empty;-qt-block-indent:0;-qt-user-state:0'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;-qt-block-indent:0;-qt-user-state:0'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>On Monday 20 August 2012 23:17:00 Lee Riemer wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;-qt-block-indent:0;-qt-user-state:0'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>> Setup an origination SIP trunk with Paetec/Windstream then "port" the <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;-qt-block-indent:0;-qt-user-state:0'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>> numbers.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;-qt-block-indent:0;-qt-user-state:0'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;-qt-block-indent:0;-qt-user-state:0'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>> On 8/20/2012 10:10 PM, Matt Yaklin wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;-qt-block-indent:0;-qt-user-state:0'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>> ><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;-qt-block-indent:0;-qt-user-state:0'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>> ><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;-qt-block-indent:0;-qt-user-state:0'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>> > On Mon, 20 Aug 2012, Alex Balashov wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;-qt-block-indent:0;-qt-user-state:0'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>> ><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;-qt-block-indent:0;-qt-user-state:0'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>> >> On 08/20/2012 11:03 PM, Matt Yaklin wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;-qt-block-indent:0;-qt-user-state:0'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>> >><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;-qt-block-indent:0;-qt-user-state:0'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>> >>> Isn't there anything crafty you can do like order 10<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;-qt-block-indent:0;-qt-user-state:0'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>> >>> POTS to the location. Wait 30 days and port the numbers<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;-qt-block-indent:0;-qt-user-state:0'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>> >>> to cell phones. ILEC no longer controls the numbers.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;-qt-block-indent:0;-qt-user-state:0'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>> >>><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;-qt-block-indent:0;-qt-user-state:0'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>> >>> Find a CLEC in the state who has a switch and port the<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;-qt-block-indent:0;-qt-user-state:0'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>> >>> numbers to them. They provide the SIP trunk.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;-qt-block-indent:0;-qt-user-state:0'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>> >>><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;-qt-block-indent:0;-qt-user-state:0'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>> >>> Order a quality internet connection to the site in question<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;-qt-block-indent:0;-qt-user-state:0'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>> >>> and bring up the SIP trunk with a CLEC. You have 10 numbers<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;-qt-block-indent:0;-qt-user-state:0'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>> >>> to work with.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;-qt-block-indent:0;-qt-user-state:0'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>> >><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;-qt-block-indent:0;-qt-user-state:0'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>> >> Well, the issue is: port these numbers out to whom? It would have to <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;-qt-block-indent:0;-qt-user-state:0'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>> >> be someone who is interconnected with Windstream [in a way <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;-qt-block-indent:0;-qt-user-state:0'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>> >> serviceable for that particular area, as per Windstream], and that's <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;-qt-block-indent:0;-qt-user-state:0'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>> >> exactly what's missing here.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;-qt-block-indent:0;-qt-user-state:0'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>> >><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;-qt-block-indent:0;-qt-user-state:0'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>> ><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;-qt-block-indent:0;-qt-user-state:0'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>> > I figured someone in this list from telcodata could swing it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;-qt-block-indent:0;-qt-user-state:0'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>> > There are cell phone companies and a couple of CLECs like ALEC LLC<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;-qt-block-indent:0;-qt-user-state:0'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>> > (IBBS.com I think they are).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;-qt-block-indent:0;-qt-user-state:0'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>> ><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;-qt-block-indent:0;-qt-user-state:0'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>> > And Windstream cannot possibly block a port to a cell phone company.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;-qt-block-indent:0;-qt-user-state:0'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>> > I though the FCC solved that issue years ago. Right?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;-qt-block-indent:0;-qt-user-state:0'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>> ><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;-qt-block-indent:0;-qt-user-state:0'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>> > <a href="http://www.telcodata.us/search-area-code-exchange-by-ratecenter-state?ratecenter=CORNELIA&state=GA">http://www.telcodata.us/search-area-code-exchange-by-ratecenter-state?ratecenter=CORNELIA&state=GA</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;-qt-block-indent:0;-qt-user-state:0'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>> ><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;-qt-block-indent:0;-qt-user-state:0'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>> ><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;-qt-block-indent:0;-qt-user-state:0'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>> > But I am way up here in NH with a single area code for the whole<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;-qt-block-indent:0;-qt-user-state:0'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>> > state. Things are simpler here.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;-qt-block-indent:0;-qt-user-state:0'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>> ><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;-qt-block-indent:0;-qt-user-state:0'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>> > matt<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;-qt-block-indent:0;-qt-user-state:0'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>> ><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;-qt-block-indent:0;-qt-user-state:0'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>> ><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;-qt-block-indent:0;-qt-user-state:0'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>> >><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;-qt-block-indent:0;-qt-user-state:0'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>> > _______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;-qt-block-indent:0;-qt-user-state:0'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>> > VoiceOps mailing list<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;-qt-block-indent:0;-qt-user-state:0'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>> > <a href="mailto:VoiceOps@voiceops.org">VoiceOps@voiceops.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;-qt-block-indent:0;-qt-user-state:0'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>> > <a href="https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/voiceops">https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/voiceops</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;-qt-block-indent:0;-qt-user-state:0'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;-qt-block-indent:0;-qt-user-state:0'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;-qt-paragraph-type:empty;-qt-block-indent:0;-qt-user-state:0'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>