TELECOMMUNICATIONS

28. Active Residential and Business Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (CLECs) Licensed to Serve in D.C. in CY 2012–CY 2016

The number of Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (CLECs) serving business customers decreased by two, from 55 in 2015 to 53 in 2014. The number of CLECs serving residential customers decreased by three from ten in 2015 to seven in 2016.

Source: DCPSC and CLECs and Verizon Annual Survey (2015)

29. Cumulative Number of Telecommunications Interconnection Agreements (TIA) Approved in CY 2012–CY 2016

The DCPSC has 90 days to approve each Telecommunication Interconnection Agreement (TIA) that were processed. In CY 2016 five Interconnection Agreements were processed by Commission orders.  All five orders were issued on a timely basis.  bringing the total approved as of the end of 2016 to 386. 

Source: DCPSC

30. Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (CLECs) Revenues (in Percentage of Total Telecom Revenue and in Million Dollars) CY 2012–CY 2016

CLECs revenue decreased by approximately 1.8% from $56M in 2015 to $55M in 2016*.

In 2016 the CLECs percentage of total telecom revenue increased by 2%.

* The 2016 data is preliminary based on the 2016 CLECs survey responses.

Source: DCPSC and CLECs and Verizon Annual Survey (2016)

31. Competitive Local Exchange Providers' (CLECs) Share of Lines in D.C. in CY 2012–CY 2016

In 2016, CLECs share of residential lines decreased by 0.3% from 14.2% to 13.9%. CLEC share of business lines increased from 31.7% to 34.0%.

Source: DCPSC and CLECs and Verizon Annual Survey (2016)

32. Verizon Average Residential Telephone Bills in DC, MD and VA (Flat Rate Service) in CY 2012–CY 2016

The District of Columbia has the lowest basic charge for flat rate service in the region.

MD and VA rates are estimated based upon available tariffs for flat rate service.

Source: DCPSC and CLECs and Verizon Annual Survey (2016)

33. Enrollment in Verizon's Low-Income Economy II Service Program in CY 2012–CY 2016

Enrollment in Verizon's low-income Economy II service program (also known as Lifeline) has been decreasing every year since 2011. In 2013, it decreased by 55%, which could be explained by changes in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) eligibility verification process. Enrollment continued to decrease in CY 20156 with 661 validated customers, i.e. a 19% reduction from 817 in CY 2015.  

Source: Verizon

34. Number of Active Pay Telephones by Ward in CY 2012–CY 2016

The number of active pay telephones decreased from 37 in CY 2014 to 21 in CY 2015. In 2016 pay telephones numbered 22 (an increase of 1).  

Ward 3 remained without an active pay telephone for a fourth year. Ward 1 has the most with seven pay telephones, which remains the same as the previous year.

Source: Verizon

35. Verizon's Rights-Of-Way Fees (ROW) CY 2012–CY 2016

Centrex line is an equivalent of eight non-Centrex lines. For this reason, ROW per line is eight times lower for Centrex than for non-Centrex.

Verizon files its Rights-of-Way (ROW) fees in accordance with the Company’s General Regulations Tariff, PDC No. 201, Section 1A, Page No. 2.  The fee appears as a separate line item on customers’ bills. The DCPSC audits the fees to verify the costs.  The graph shows Verizon’s ROW fees have trended upward in both Centrex and non-Centrex line rates between the years 2012 and 2016.  The Centrex rate is for business customers (two or more lines) and the non-Centrex rate is for residential customers (single lines).

Source: DCPSC

36. DC Telephone Relay Service (TRS) Total Session Minutes and Total Complete Calls in CY 2015–2016

Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS)
Phone Number: 711

Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS) is a telephone service that allows persons with hearing or speech disabilities to place and receive telephone calls. TRS is available in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. territories for local and/or long distance calls. Hamilton Relay is the D.C. TRS provider in the District.

A completed call is when a call hits the relay switch, is answered by a Communications Assistant (CA) and then performs an outbound call (through relay) to an end user. For most of the 2015-2016 contract year, total complete calls and total session minutes remained steady.

Source: Hamilton Relay

37. D.C. Captioned Telephone (CAPTEL) Service Total Session Minutes and Total Complete Calls in CY 2015–2016

D.C. Captioned Telephone (CAPTEL) Service is used by District residents who use a Captioned Telephone (CAPTEL). A CapTel phone allows people to receive word-for-word captions of their telephone conversations. The captions are displayed on the phone’s built-in screen so the user can read the words while listening to the voice of the other party.

Session minutes accumulate from when the CA (Communication Assistant) answers the call into relay switch to when they disconnect with the originating caller. This includes set up and wrap up with the originating caller into relay, along with conversation minutes. For most of the 2015-2016 contract year, total D.C. CapTel total complete calls and total session minutes remained steady.

Source: Hamilton Relay

38. Default and Active Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (CLECs) Serving the District in CY 2016

#
Company
Customer Service
Telephone No.
Residential
Commercial
1
Access One, Inc
800-804-8333
X
2
Access Point, Inc
800-957-6468
X
X
3
ACN Communication Services, Inc.
877-226-1010
X
X
4
Airespring, Inc.
888-389-2899
X
5
AT&T Corp. f/k/a/ AT&T Communications of Washington DC, LLC
202-457-2267
X
6
Atlantech Online, Inc.
310-589-3060
X
7
BCM One, Inc. f/k/a/ McGraw Communications, Inc.
888-543-2000
X
8
BCN Telecom, Inc.
908-367-5600
X
X
9
Birch Communications of the Northeast, Inc. d/b/a Birch Communications
877-772-4724
X
10
Block Line Systems, LLC
610-355-9733
X
11
Broadband Dynamics, LLC
888-801-1034
X
12
Broadview Networks, Inc.
800-276-2384
X
X
13
Broadwing Communications LLC f/k/a Focal Communications
877-2LEVEL3
X
14
BullsEye Telecom Inc.
248-784-2500
X
15
Business Telecom, Inc. d/b/a EarthLink Business III
888-832-5802
X
16
CenturyLink Communications, LLC f/k/a/ Qwest Communications Company, LLC
800- 238-3095
X
17
CTC Communications Corp. d/b/a EarthLink Business II
800-374-2350
X
18
Dynalink Communications, Inc.
212-352-7307
X
19
EnTelegent Solutions, Inc.
704-323-7488
X
20
France Telecom Corporate Solutions L.L.C.
866-280-3726
X
21
GC Pivotal, LLC d/b/a Global Capacity
866-226-4244
X
X
22
Global Crossing Local Services f/k/a Global Crossing Telemanagement, Inc.
877-2LEVEL3
X
23
Granite Telecommunications, LLC
866-847-5500
X
24
inContact, Inc. f/k/a UCN, Inc.
866-541-0000
X
25
Level 3 Communications, LLC
877-2LEVEL3
X
26
Level 3 Telecom of DC f/k/a TW Telecom of D.C. LLC., f/k/a Time Warner Telecom of D.C. LLC., f/k/a Xspedius Management Co.
877-2LEVEL3
X
27
Lightower Fiber Networks I, LLC
703-434-8533
X
28
Lightower Fiber Networks II, LLC f/k/a Sidera Networks, LLC f/k/a RCN New York Communications, LLC
703-434-8533
X
29
MassComm, Inc. d/b/a MASS Communications
212-201-8000
X
30
Matrix Telecom, Inc. d/b/a Trinsic Communications
800-827-3374
X
X
31
MCImetro Access Transmission Services LLC d/b/a Verizon Access Transmission Services
1-888-MCI-LOCAL
X
32
McLeod USA Telecommunications Services, L.L.C.
319-790-6702
X
33
Metropolitan Telecommunications of DC d/b/a MetTEL
1-800-876-9823
X
34
Mitel Cloud Services f/k/a Mitel NetSolutions, Inc. f/k/a Inter-Tel Netsolutions, Inc.
866-594-9493
X
35
Mobilitie Management LLC
949-999-5790
X
36
Netwolves Network Services, LLC
800-676-8870
X
37
New Horizons Communications Corp.
866-241-9423
X
38
NOS Communications, Inc.
702-569-4667
X
39
One Voice Communications, Inc.
877-363-3133
X
40
Paetec Communications, LLC
319-790-6702
X
41
Peerless Network of the District of Columbia, LLC
312-506-0920
X
42
Quantum Shift Communications, Inc. d/b/a VCOM Solutions
800-804-8266
X
43
Securus Technologies, Inc.
972-277-0472
X
44
Spectrotel, Inc.
732-345-7834
X
45
Talk America, Inc.
804-422-4729
X
X
46
Telco Experts, LLC
800-787-5050
X
47
TelCove Operations, LLC
877-2LEVEL3
X
48
TelePacific Corp. f/k/a/ DSCI, LLC
877-344-7441
X
49
Teleport Communications America, LLC f/k/a Teleport Communications of Washington, DC, Inc.
202-457-2267
X
50
TNCI Operating Company, LLC
1-800-600-5050
X
51
US LEC of Virginia LLC d/b/a PAETEC Business Services
319-790-6702
X
52
VDL, Inc. d/b/a Global Telecom Brokers
410 581-4833 x125
X
53
XO Communications Services, Inc.
877-912-4829
X

Default and 52 Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (CLECs)
Serving the District as of December 31, 2016.
52 CLECs provided non-residential service and 7 provided residential service as of December 31, 2016.