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SYSTEMS’s request for intermediate numbers. BellSouth will also pursue all
appropriate steps (including submitting a safety valve request (petition) to the
appropriate Commission if the numbering request is denied by the national
administrator) to satisfy TC SYSTEMS’s request for intermediate numbers. In
these cases, BellSouth is not obligated to fulfill the request by TC SYSTEMS for
intermediate numbers unless, and until, BellSouth’s request for additional
numbering resources is granted.
1.2.3 TC SYSTEMS agrees to supply supporting information for any numbering
request and/or safety valve request that BellSouth files pursuant to Section 1.2.2
above.
1.3 TC SYSTEMS acknowledges that there may be instances where there is an
industry shortage of available telephone numbers in a NPA. These instances occur
where a jeopardy status has been declared by NANPA and the industry has
determined that limiting the assignment of new numbers is the appropriate method
to employ until the jeopardy can be alleviated. In such NPA jeopardy situations
where assignment of new numbers is restricted as per the jeopardy guidelines
developed by the industry, BellSouth may request that TC SYSTEMS cancel all or
a portion of its unassigned intermediate numbers. TC SYSTEMS’s consent to
BellSouth’s request shall not be unreasonably withheld.
2. LOCAL SERVICE PROVIDER NUMBER PORTABILITY - PERMANENT
SOLUTION (LNP)
2.1 The Parties will offer Number Portability in accordance with rules, regulations and
guidelines adopted by the Commission, the FCC and industry fora. BellSouth is
currently offering permanent Local Number Portability in all of its serving areas.
2.2 To limit service outage, BellSouth and TC SYSTEMS will adhere to the process
flows and cutover guidelines for porting numbers as outlined in the LNP
Reference Guide, as amended from time to time. The LNP Reference Guide,
incorporated herein by reference, is accessible via the Internet at the following site:
http://www.interconnection.bellsouth.com. All intervals referenced in the LNP
Reference Guide shall apply to both BellSouth and TC SYSTEMS. No changes to
the LNP Reference Guide will be executed by BellSouth without following the
Change Control Process, where applicable.
2.2.1 Unless otherwise mutually agreed to by the Parties, such agreement not to be
unreasonably withheld, BellSouth will provide ordering and provisioning support
for TC SYSTEMS’s LNP requests during normal business hours which are
currently Monday through Friday 8 a.m. until 6 p.m. EST and 8 a.m. until 6 p.m.
CST. Ordering and provisioning support required by TC SYSTEMS outside of
these hours will be considered outside of normal business hours and will be subject
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