BEFORE THE WASHINGTON UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION


In the Matter of Permissive 11-Digit  ) DOCKET NO. UT-001992   
Dialing for Local Calls to Become  )
Effective by October 2001, to be  ) ORDER GRANTING WAIVER OF  
Implemented in the Seattle Local   ) IMPLEMENTATION OF
Calling Area by January 1, 2001.  ) PERMISSIVE 11-DIGIT
) DIALING FOR LOCAL CALLS 
) BY JANUARY 1, 2001 IN THE SEATTLE
.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . ) LOCAL CALLING 
AREA
       

MEMORANDUM

On September 28, 2000, in Docket Number UT-001275 the Commission ordered the 
industry to implement mandatory 11 (eleven) digit dialing by October 20, 2001, 
the date on which the 564 area code overlay will be implemented.  Permissive 
11-digit dialing for local calls is required to be implemented in the Seattle 
local calling area by January 1, 2001.  

On December 15, 2000, AT&T Communications of the Northwest (AT&T) filed a 
petition for waiver of the Commission’s Order in Docket UT-001275.  AT&T is 
seeking a waiver of the Order only as it applies to the implementation of 
11-digit dialing in the Seattle local calling area by January 1, 2001.  AT&T 
has an abnormal amount of translation work at this time, due to necessary 
changes in 253 Screening Indexes, 628 Normalized Office Codes (NOCs), the 
requirement to examine special classes of service for all their customers, and 
competing workload related to consolidation of rate centers in Whatcom County 
on that was implemented on December 11, 2000.   The rate center consolidation 
has been done with industry cooperation, to pursue number conservation.   

  AT&T asserts that it will implement permissive 11-digit dialing for the 
Seattle local calling area by February 1, 2001.  

The Commission has jurisdiction pursuant to RCW 80.36.610, which authorizes the 
Commission to conduct proceedings and take actions contemplated for action by 
state commissions under the Telecommunications Act of 1996.  That act, as 
implemented by the Federal Communications Commission, authorizes state 
commissions to address issues surrounding area code relief plans.  47 U.S.C. ' 
251(e)(1); 47 C.F.R. ' 52.19(a).

The Commission also has jurisdiction pursuant to RCW 80.01.040.

This matter was brought before the Commission at its regularly scheduled open
Meeting on December 27, 2000.  The Commissioners, having been fully advised in 
the matter,
and having determined the following order to be consistent with the public 
interest, enter the following order and related provisions.


ORDER

  The Commission grants the petition filed by AT&T Communications of the 
Northwest for a one-month waiver to implement permissive 11 digit dialing for 
local calls in the Seattle local calling area by January 1, 2001.  The new 
deadline is February 1, 2001.  


DATED at Olympia, Washington, and effective this 27th day of  December, 2000.

 WASHINGTON  UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION



       MARILYN SHOWALTER, Chairwoman



       RICHARD HEMSTAD, Commissioner



       WILLIAM R. GILLIS, Commissioner