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Kentucky Public Service Commission Overturns Pooling Administrator's Determination on Numbering Resources

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The Kentucky Public Service Commission has issued an order on July 31, 2025, overturning the decision of the Pooling Administrator to deny Cincinnati Bell Telephone, LLC d/b/a Altafiber Network Solutions (Cincinnati Bell) the assignment of additional numbering resources. Cincinnati Bell had requested 6,000 consecutive and sequential Direct Inward Dial (DID) numbers in the 859 area code to serve its customer, St. Elizabeth Healthcare. The Pooling Administrator denied the request, citing that Cincinnati Bell did not meet the utilization and months-to-exhaust criteria established by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). However, the Commission found that Cincinnati Bell had demonstrated a verifiable need for numbering resources and had exhausted all other available remedies.

Key Takeaways:

  • The Kentucky Public Service Commission has overturned the Pooling Administrator's decision to deny Cincinnati Bell the assignment of additional numbering resources.
  • Cincinnati Bell requested 6,000 consecutive and sequential DID numbers in the 859 area code to serve its customer, St. Elizabeth Healthcare.
  • The Pooling Administrator denied the request, citing that Cincinnati Bell did not meet the utilization and months-to-exhaust criteria established by the FCC.
  • The Commission noted that Cincinnati Bell had demonstrated a verifiable need for numbering resources and had exhausted all other available remedies.
  • The Commission directed the Pooling Administrator to assign Cincinnati Bell six new thousands-block for the Covington rate center in Kentucky.
  • The numbering resources considered in this Order are to be assigned for the sole use of serving Cincinnati Bell's customer, St. Elizabeth, in the Covington rate center.
  • If the numbering resources requested by Cincinnati Bell are not needed to meet the service requirements of its customer, St. Elizabeth, the associated numbering resources approved in this Order should be returned to the Pooling Administrator.

Statistics:

  • 6,000 consecutive DID numbers requested by Cincinnati Bell in the 859 area code.
  • Numbering resources considered in this Order are to be assigned for the sole use of serving Cincinnati Bell's customer, St. Elizabeth, in the Covington rate center.
  • The Pooling Administrator denied the request due to non-compliance with FCC criteria.
  • The Commission overturned the Pooling Administrator's decision, directing the assignment of six new thousands-block for the Covington rate center in Kentucky.

Sources:

  • Public Service Commission of Kentucky, ORDER NO. 2025-00202: COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY BEFORE THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION IN THE MATTER OF: ELECTRONIC PETITION OF CINCINNATI BELL TELEPHONE LLC D/B/A ALTAFIBER NETWORK SOLUTIONS FOR REVIEW OF A DECISION OF THE POOLING ADMINISTRATOR, July 31, 2025.
  • Federal Communications Commission, 47 C.F.R. § 52.15(g)(5).
  • Cincinnati Bell Telephone Company LLC, dba Altafiber Network Solutions, Petition for Review of Decision of Pooling Administrator, filed June 19, 2025.

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