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COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA

STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION

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COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, ex rel.

STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION

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CASE NO. PUR-2019-00059

Ex Parte : In the matter of the Commission's

investigation into exhaust relief for the 757 area code

ORDER ASSIGNING HEARING EXAMINER

On April 5, 2019, the North American Numbering Plan Administrator ("NANPA"), as

the neutral third-party numbering plan area relief planner for the Commonwealth of Virginia and

on behalf of Virginia's telecommunications industry ("Industry"),1 filed an application

("Application") requesting that the State Corporation Commission ("Commission")2 approve the

Industry's consensus recommendation for an all-services overlay as the form of relief for the 757

NPA or area code.3 NANPA represents that absent NPA relief, the supply of available telephone

numbers in the 757 area code will be exhausted during the fourth quarter of 2021.4

According to NANPA, the recommended all-services overlay would superimpose a new

NPA (or area code) over the same geographic area covered by the existing 757 NPA and that the

overlay approach has a projected life of 41 years.5 Under the Industry's recommended approach,

1 The Industry is described as current and prospective telecommunications carriers operating in, or considering

operations within, the 757 area code. Application at 1.

2 According to the Application, the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC") delegated authority to the states

to review and approve numbering plan area ("NPA") relief plans. Application at 1 (citing see 47 C.F.R. ¡ì 52.19).

3 Application at 1.

4 Id. NANPA also notes that as the neutral third-party administrator, NANPA has no independent view regarding

the relief option selected by the Industry. Id.

5 Id. at 3.

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all existing customers would retain the 757 area code and would not have to change their

telephone numbers.6 However, NANPA represents that, consistent with FCC regulations,7 the

relief plan would require ten-digit dialing for all calls within and between the 757 NPA and the

new NPA going forward once a phased-in implementation period is complete.8

NOW THE COMMISSION, upon consideration of this matter, is of the opinion and finds

that public comments should be invited about the proposed area code relief plan for the 757 NPA

and that public hearings should be scheduled in the affected area to receive testimony from

public witnesses. We also find that a Hearing Examiner should be assigned to accomplish this,

conduct all further proceedings in this matter on behalf of the Commission, and file a final report

containing the Hearing Examiner's findings and recommendations. Finally, we find that the Staff

of the Commission should be directed to assist in this undertaking.

Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED THAT:

(1) This matter is docketed and assigned Case No. PUR-2019-00059.

(2) As provided by Code ¡ì 12.1-31 and 5 VAC 5-20-120, Procedure before Hearing

Examiners, of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure,9 a Hearing Examiner is

appointed to conduct all further proceedings in this matter on behalf of the Commission.

(3) The Hearing Examiner shall direct that hearings be scheduled at the appropriate

places and times within the 757 area code to receive public witness testimony on the best method

for implementing a new area code.

6 Id.

1 Id. at 3 (citing 47 C.F.R. ¡ì 52.19(c)(3)(ii)).

8 Application at 3-4.

9 5 VAC 5-20-10 etseq.

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(4) The Hearing Examiner shall direct the Commission's Division of Public Utility

Regulation ("Division") to publish newspaper notice about the scheduled public hearings and

how interested persons may submit written comments to the Commission in this case.

(5) The Division, in consultation with NANPA, shall assist the Hearing Examiner with

the arrangements and scheduling of the times and places for the public hearings.

(6) Any interested person may file written comments on the best method for

implementing a new area code by submitting such comments to: Joel H. Peck, Clerk,

State Corporation Commission, c/o Document Control Center, P.O. Box 2118, Richmond,

Virginia 23218-2118. Comments may be submitted electronically by following the instructions

on the Commission's website: . Compact discs or any other

form of electronic storage medium may not be filed with the comments. All comments shall

refer to Case No. PUR-2019-00059.

(7) All documents filed with the Clerk of the Commission in this docket may use both

sides of the paper. In all other respects, all filings shall comply fully with the requirements of

5 VAC 5-20-150, Copies andformat, of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure.

(8) This matter is continued.

AN ATTESTED COPY hereof shall be sent by the Clerk of the Commission to all local

exchange carriers certificated in Virginia as set out in Appendix A; all interexchange carriers

certificated in Virginia as set out in Appendix B; the chairman of the board of supervi sors and

county attorney of each county and upon the mayor or manager (or equivalent official) and city

or town attorney of every city and town in the 757 area code as set out in Appendix C; Kimberly

Wheeler Miller, Esquire, North American Numbering Plan Administrator, 2411 Dulles Comer

Park, Suite 250, Herndon, Virginia 20171; and C. Meade Browder, Jr., Senior Assistant Attorney

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General, Office of the Attorney General, Division of Consumer Counsel, 202 N. 9th Street, 8th

Floor, Richmond, Virginia 23219-3424. A copy hereof also shall be provided to the

Commission's Office of General Counsel and Division of Public Utility Regulation.

APPENDIX A

ACCESS ONE OF VIRGINIA, INC.

KEVIN FENNEL

ACCOUNTING MANAGER

820 W JACKSON BLVD STE 650

ACCESS POINT OF VIRGINIA, INC.

MR. JASON BROWN

REGULATORY

1100 CRESCENT GREEN STE 109

CHICAGO, IL 60607-3057

CARY, NC 27518-8105

ACN COMMUNICATION SERVICES VIRGINIA, L

MR JERMEY SMUCKLER

NORTH AMERICAN GENERAL COUNSEL

1000 PROGRESS PL NE

AIRBUS DS COMMUNICATIONS OF VIRGINIA, I

Paula N. Pileggi

General Counsel & CCO

42505 Rio Nedo

PO Box 9007

Temecula, CA 92590-3726

CONCORD, NC 28025-2449

AIRESPRING VIRGINIA LLC

MS. CYNTHIA FIRSTMAN

REGULATORY

AIRUS VIRGINIA, INC.

JOHN MCCLUSKEY

GENERAL MANAGER

840 S CANAL FL 7

7800 Woodley Ave

VAN NUYS, CA 91406-1722

CHICAGO, IL 60607-4519

ALL POINTS CARRIER SERVICES, LLC

Mr. James Carr

Regulatory

908 Trailview Blvd SE Ste 170

ALLIED TELECOM GROUP, LLC

MR. KEN WILLIAMS

CEO

1400 Crystal Dr Ste 700

Leesburg, VA 20175-4430

Arlington, VA 22202-4153

AMCS NETWORKING SERVICES LLC

THERESA GAUGLER

CORPORATE COUNSEL

4250 FAIRFAX DR

ARLINGTON, VA22203-1665

AMELIA TELEPHONE CORPORATION

Jeff Handley

Manager

State Government Affairs

10025 Investment Dr Ste 200

Knoxville, TN 37932-2667

AOC CONNECT, LLC

MS. MICHELLE SILVIA

STE 700

14030 THUNDERBOLT PL

AT&T COMMUNICATIONS OF VIRGINIA, LLC

MS. SALLY BRIAR

REGULATORY AFFAIRS

342 STONECREST WAY

CHANTILLY, VA20151-3283

NASHVILLE, TN 37209-5246

ATC OUTDOOR DAS, LLC

Juan Tan, Paralegal

10 PRESIDENTIAL WAY

ATLANTECH ONLINE OF VIRGINIA, L.L.C.

MR. ED FINERAN

1010 WAYNE AVE STE 630

WOBURN, MA 01801-1053

SILVER SPRING, MD 20910-5620

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