20080808Decision Memo.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM
TO:CO MMISSI 0 NER RED FO RD
COMMISSIONER SMITH
COMMISSIONER KEMPTON
COMMISSION SECRETARY
COMMISSION STAFF
LEG AL
FROM:NEIL PRICE
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
DATE:AUGUST 6, 2008
SUBJECT:APPLICATION OF BLC MANAGEMENT LLC DBA ANGLES
COMMUNICATION SOLUTIONS FOR A CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC
CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY; CASE NO. BLC-08-
On July 1 , 2008, BLC Management LLC dba Angles Communication Solution
BLC" or "Company ) filed an Application for a Certificate of Public Convenience and
Necessity pursuant to Idaho Code 99 61-526 through 528 , IDAPA 31.01.01.111 and
Commission Order No. 26665 to provide local exchange telecommunications services within the
State of Idaho. Application at 1.
THE APPLICATION
BLC is a Tennessee corporation and lists its principal place of business as Arlington
Tennessee. Id. at 2. The Company is registered with the Idaho Secretary of State as a foreign
limited liability company and lists TCS Corporate Services, Inc. 5481 Kendall St., Boise, Idaho
83706, as its Idaho registered agent for service. Id.
The Company states that it "initially proposes to provide resold local exchange
services and to purchase unbundled network elements provided by existing LECs: Qwest North
Qwest South, and Verizon.Id. at 4. BLC has not installed facilities in Idaho and has no current
plans to do so but adds that it "may do so in the future.Id.
BLC states further that it intends to offer "all forms of intrastate local exchange and
interexchange telecommunications. . .Id. at 4-5. The Company will offer resold and
facilities-basedlUNE interexchange and local exchange telecommunications services in all areas
in Idaho that are currently being served by incumbent local exchange carriers. Id. at 5. The
DECISION MEMORANDUM
Company will not offer services in areas being served by local exchange carriers who qualify for
the small or rural carrier exemption under section 251 ofthe Federal Telecom Act of 1996. Id.
The Application states that BLC has not initiated negotiations for resale or
interconnection agreements. Id. at 8. The Company s Application does not seek authority to
institute an escrow account because it will not require advanced payments or deposits from its
customers. Id.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff has reviewed BLC's Application and recommends that it be processed through
Modified Procedure.
COMMISSION DECISION
Should BLC's Application for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity be
processed through Modified Procedure?
AJ~
Neil Price
Deputy Attorney General
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DECISION MEMORANDUM