4. Exit Plan
An exiting CLEC must file an application to withdraw from service and must continue to provide service until the Commission approves the application. The application must contain an exit plan, and be filed with the Commission at least 90 days in advance of the proposed date for the CLEC's discontinuance of service.
Applicant filed its application and exit plan on July 13, 2007. The application required supplementation to be in compliance with our requirements. The Commission's Communications Division (CD) has reviewed the exit plan, and worked with Applicant to revise the plan.5 The revised exit plan provides for a February 21, 2008 "cut-off date,"6 and a March 20, 2008 exit date to ensure Applicant's remaining customers receive adequate notice7 before they are migrated to another carrier and to provide the default carriers sufficient time to undertake the migration. The CD has determined that Applicant's revised exit plan satisfies our requirements. Therefore, Applicant's exit plan is adequate and timely filed.
5 The CD was formerly named the Telecommunications Division.
6 The "cut-off date" is the date TWCIS can start placing its customers on "soft dial tone." "Soft dial tone" is audibly the same as a regular one, except that there is no actual service active on the line.
7 The November 14, 2007 Customer Notice advised customers of the need to make a change in providers by December 7, 2007.
