20 Va. Admin. Code § 5-425-20 - General provisions

A LEC shall:

1. Provide to its end-user customers access to E-911 service on all NALs;

2. Provide each relevant PSAP with a means for immediate access to LEC personnel that are capable of providing information related to the PSAP's E-911 services. Such LEC contact shall be available on a 24-hour basis, 365 days a year. Any changes to this contact information shall be communicated in writing, including email, text, or facsimile, to affected PSAPs within 24 hours;

3. Provide LEC company identification codes on each ALI record submitted to the E-911 ALI database provider;

4. Provide ALI record information such that its E-911 database error rate, for a given PSAP, is no greater than 1.0%. The ALI database error rate shall be the number of a LEC's incorrect ALI address records divided by the total number of a LEC's ALI records queried during a calendar quarter;

5. Submit, or cause to be submitted, no less than 95% of all E-911 ALI database affecting changes (including nonpublished and nonlisted telephone numbers) to the E-911 ALI database provider within 48 hours of the LEC's receipt of notice of the change and 100% within 72 hours, excluding holidays and weekends;

6. Correct, or cause to be corrected, any ALI record within 48 hours of receiving written notification, including email, text, and facsimile, excluding holidays and weekends;

7. Exclude, or cause to be excluded, from the ALI database, ALI records that contain telephone numbers that cannot convey ANI;

8. Provide ALI record information relating to an E-911 emergency immediately upon the request of a verified authorized agent of the PSAP;

9. Advise customers applying for foreign exchange, foreign central office service, or any other wireline service, when there is the potential for problems in reaching the appropriate PSAP;

10. Render to a requesting PSAP, where the LEC provides ALI database services, detail sufficient to verify the accuracy of ALI database telephone number, name, and address information and company identification codes for each ANI. Such information shall be provided to the PSAP by the LEC on no more than a semi-annual basis and at a reasonable cost;

11. Render to a PSAP, upon request, on no more than a semi-annual basis, at no charge, detail sufficient to verify the accuracy of its E-911 services billing. This shall include (i) the total number of LEC ANI records of customers within the PSAP's jurisdiction served at each LEC end office, and (ii) the names of the other PSAPs served by each LEC end office where it serves more than one jurisdiction; and

12. Notify each relevant PSAP at least 30 days prior to the commencement or discontinuance of local exchange telecommunications services.

Notes

20 Va. Admin. Code § 5-425-20

Derived from Virginia Register Volume 20, Issue 23, eff. July 1, 2004; Amended Virginia Register Volume 34, Issue 24, eff. 8/1/2018.

Statutory Authority: § 12.1-13 of the Code of Virginia.