ExecutiveSummaryofBearingPoint’sPerformance.docVIP

Before the FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20554 In the Matter of ) ) Joint Application by SBC Communications Inc., ) Illinois Bell Telephone Company, Indiana Bell ) Telephone Company Incorporated, The Ohio Bell ) WC Docket No. 03-167 Telephone Company, Wisconsin Bell, Inc., and ) Southwestern Bell Communications Services, Inc. ) for Provision of In-Region, InterLATA Services ) in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and Wisconsin ) REPLY AFFIDAVIT OF JAMES D. EHR AND SALVATORE T. FIORETTI REGARDING THIRD-PARTY PERFORMANCE EVALUATION TABLE OF CONTENTS SUBJECT PARAGRAPH INTRODUCTION 1 PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF AFFIDAVIT 3 rather than focus EXCLUSIVELY on the bearingpoint pmr test, The State Commissions reviewed the “Totality of the evidence” 11 The ey audit demonstrates that the boc applicants’ performance data are reliable 18 THE EY AUDITS WERE NOT AN “END-RUN,” RATHER, THEY RESULTED IN SIGNIFICANT AND ACCELERATED CORRECTIVE ACTIONS 19 EY IS INDEPENDENT AND OBJECTIVE 28 EY’S PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT AUDITS WERE COMPREHENSIVE AND RIGOROUS AND SHOULD BE RELIED UPON BY THE COMMISSION 33 THE COMMISSION’S PRECEDENT SUPPORTS THE USE OF THE EY PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT AUDIT 41 bEARINGPOINT’S Illinois August 1, 2003 report continues to Indicate positive progress and demonstrates that the sbc midwest results can be relied upon 43 COMPARISON OF SBC MIDWEST BEARINGPOINT TEST WITH OTHER BOC TESTS 46 INTERPRETING THE BEARINGPOINT TEST RESULTS 50 THE BEARINGPOINT TEST RESULTS SUPPORT THE BOC APPLICANTS’ APPLICATION 58 Data Collection and Storage – PMR1 59 Data Integrity Analysis – PMR4 72 Metrics Calculations and Reporting – PMR5 77 PMR5 Analysis 78 Responses to BearingPoint’s Additional Observations 86 PMR5 Observations: 643, 687, 697, 751, 792, 809, 823, 856, 859, 864, 866, 871, 872, 873, 874, 875, 876, 878, and 880 87 Billing Observations: 864 and 871 111 CONCLUSION 118 Schedule of Attachments Attachme