Virginia Law

A. A LEC subject to a docketed commission investigation of its service quality relating to this section shall file reports as directed by the commission. The reports shall be subject to commission audit.

B. A LEC shall comply with the following performance standards:

1. A LEC shall restore all out-of-service trouble reports within 24 hours, per calendar month, on a statewide basis, for customers stating a medical necessity when restoration is feasible. As used in this subdivision, "feasible" means service can be restored unless there exists a condition beyond the control of a LEC.

2. A LEC shall restore no less than 80% of out-of-service trouble reports within 48 hours, and no less than 95% within 96 hours, per calendar month, on a statewide basis, excluding Sundays and LEC-recognized holidays for business customers, and excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and LEC-recognized holidays that do not result in three consecutive excluded days for residential customers. A LEC subject to performance reporting pursuant to subsection A of this section shall calculate its results by dividing the number of out-of-service customer trouble reports restored within 48 hours and 96 hours respectively in the given month by the number of out-of-service customer trouble reports restored in the given month. The quotient is then multiplied by 100 to produce the result as a percentage. A LEC may exclude customer-caused delays, and extended intervals that are explicitly accepted or requested by customers. Upon request by the commission's staff, a LEC shall submit for approval a satisfactory description of (i) the criteria the LEC will apply to determine such explicit acceptance or request by a customer, and (ii) the method the LEC will employ to record such explicit acceptance or request.

3. A LEC shall answer calls to its repair customer call centers with an average SAI of no greater than 60 seconds and shall answer calls to its customer call centers with an average SAI of no greater than 180 seconds, per calendar month, on a statewide basis. A LEC subject to performance reporting pursuant to subsection A of this section shall calculate its results by dividing the cumulative SAI in seconds in the given month by the number of calls answered by a live agent in the given month. A LEC shall exclude from its calculation customer-initiated web transactions and customer-initiated automated transactions.

4. A LEC shall complete no less than 90% of installation service orders within five business days of a customer's request, per calendar month, on a statewide basis. A LEC subject to performance reporting pursuant to subsection A of this section shall calculate its results by dividing the number of installation service orders completed within five days in the given month by the number of service orders completed in the given month. The quotient is then multiplied by 100 to produce the result as a percentage. A LEC may exclude customer-caused installation delays, service orders for the installation of more than five NALs at one customer location, and extended intervals that are explicitly accepted or requested by customers. Upon request by the commission's staff, a LEC shall submit for approval a satisfactory description of the criteria the LEC will apply to determine such explicit acceptance or request by a customer and the method the LEC will employ to record such explicit acceptance or request. A LEC may exclude installation service orders that involve porting telephone numbers, the delivery of which has been delayed by another LEC, or any other communications provider.

5. A LEC shall meet no less than 90% of installation and repair commitments, per calendar month, on a statewide basis. A LEC subject to performance reporting pursuant to subsection A of this section shall calculate its results by dividing the number of installation and repair commitments met in the given month by the number of commitments made in the given month. The quotient is then multiplied by 100 to produce the result as a percentage.

6. A LEC shall not exceed a 16% repeat report rate, per calendar month, on a statewide basis. A LEC subject to performance reporting pursuant to subsection A of this section shall calculate its results by dividing the number of repeat reports in the given month by the number of trouble reports cleared in the given month. The quotient is then multiplied by 100 to produce the result as a percentage.

7. A LEC shall not exceed a 0.35% central office trouble report rate, per calendar month, on a statewide basis. A LEC subject to performance reporting pursuant to subsection A of this section shall calculate its results by dividing the number of central office related trouble reports in the given month by the number of NALs at the end of the given month. The quotient is then multiplied by 100 to produce the result as a percentage.

8. A LEC shall not exceed a 3.0% outside plant trouble report rate, per calendar month, on a statewide basis. A LEC subject to performance reporting pursuant to subsection A of this section shall calculate its results by dividing the number of outside plant related trouble reports in the given month by the number of NALs at the end of the given month. The quotient is then multiplied by 100 to produce the result as a percentage.