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New Vendors are encouraged to access the About
TSP webpage for background information on the TSP Program.
The TSP Program rules, as specified in the TSP Report and
Order (FCC 88-341), authorize priority treatment to the following telecommunications
services:
Domestic NS/EP Services:
- Common carrier services that
are interstate and foreign telecommunications services
- Common carrier services that
are intrastate telecommunications services inseparable from interstate
or foreign telecommunications services, including intrastate telecommunications
services to which TSP priority levels are assigned
- Services that are provided
by government and noncommon carriers and are interconnected to common
carrier services assigned TSP priority levels.
Control Services and Orderwires:
The TSP Program established by the FCC's TSP Program rules is not applicable
to control services or orderwires owned by a service vendor and needed for
provisioning, restoration, or maintenance of other services owned by that
service vendor. Such control services and orderwires shall have priority
provisioning and restoration over all other telecommunications services
(including TSP services) and shall be exempt from preemption. However, the
TSP Program established by the FCC's TSP Program rules is applicable to
control services or orderwires leased by a service vendor. Other
Services: In addition, priority treatment may be authorized at the
discretion of, and upon special arrangements by, the NS/EP TSP Program
users involved, to the following telecommunications services:
- Government or noncommon carrier
services that are not connected to common carrier provided services
assigned a priority level
- Portions of U.S. international
services that are provided by foreign correspondents. (U.S. telecommunications
service vendors are encouraged to ensure that relevant operating arrangements
are consistent to the maximum extent practicable with the TSP Program.
If such arrangements do not exist, U.S. telecommunications service vendors
should handle service provisioning and restoration in accordance with
any system acceptable to their foreign correspondents that comes closest
to meeting the procedures established in the FCC's TSP Program rules.)
The TSP Program has two components: provisioning and
restoration. A provisioning priority is obtained to facilitate priority
installation of new telecommunications services. Provisioning on a priority
basis becomes necessary when a service user has an urgent requirement for
a new NS/EP service that must be installed immediately (e.g., an emergency)
or by a specific due date (e.g., essential) that can be met only by a shorter
than standard service vendor provisioning timeframe. A
restoration priority is assigned to new or existing telecommunications
services to ensure restoration before non-TSP services. Priority restoration
should be assigned to a new service when interruptions may have a serious,
adverse effect on the supported NS/EP function. TSP restoration priorities
must be requested and assigned before a service outage occurs.
To provide priority provisioning
or restoration of a telecommunications service, a service vendor must
receive a service order containing a TSP Authorization Code. The TSP Authorization
Code, a 12-digit alphanumeric code, serves as official authorization from
the OPT for a TSP vendor to provide priority provisioning and/or restoration
to an identified service. The TSP Authorization Code has two parts: (1)
the TSP control identifier (ID), an alphanumeric identifier for tracking
purposes, and (2) the TSP priority levels that identify the provisioning
and restoration priority-level assignment. The TSP provisioning priority
level will be E (the highest), 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5. Note: Priority level
"E" is assigned only to Emergency provisioning requests. The TSP restoration
priority level will be 1 (the highest), 2, 3, 4, or 5. A zero (0) in either
priority-level position indicates no priority. Note that prime service
vendors are required to forward TSP Authorization Codes to applicable
subcontractors to ensure that priority-level assignments of NS/EP services
are accurately identified "end-to-end."
In addition, service vendors
are required to provision and/or restore NS/EP telecommunications services
according to the following priority-level-based sequence:
- Restore TSP services assigned
restoration priority 1;
- Provision Emergency TSP Services
assigned provisioning priority E;
- Restore TSP Services assigned
restoration priority 2, 3, 4, or 5; and
- Provision TSP Services assigned
provisioning priority 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5.
Service vendors should refer NS/EP customers who request
priority provisioning and restoration of services to the OPT
for detailed information on the TSP Program.
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