20080125Decision memo.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM
TO:CO MMISSI 0 NER REDFORD
COMMISSIONER SMITH
COMMISSIONER KEMPTON
COMMISSION SECRETARY
COMMISSION STAFF
LEGAL
FROM:NEIL PRICE
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
DATE:JANUARY 23, 2007
SUBJECT:APPLICATION OF BUDGET PREPAY, INc. DBA BUDGET PHONE
COMP ANY FOR A CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND
NECESSITY; CASE NO. BPP-07-
On November 14, 2007, Budget PrePay, Inc. dba Budget Phone ("Budget") filed an
Application for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity to provide facilities-based and
resold local exchange telecommunications services in the State of Idaho pursuant to Commission
Order No. 26665.
THE APPLICATION
Budget is a Louisiana corporation and lists its principal place of business as Bossier
City, Louisiana. Application at 1. The Company is registered with the Idaho Secretary of State
as a limited liability company and lists TCS Corporate Services, 5527 Kendall Street, Boise
Idaho 83706, as its Idaho registered agent for service. Id. at 2.
Budget states that the Company "is in good standing under the laws of the state of
Louisiana" and that it is "authorized to do business as a foreign (Company J in the state ofIdaho.
Id. Applicant initially proposes to provide resold local exchange services and to purchase
unbundled network elements provided by. . . Qwest North, Qwest South and Verizon.Id. at 4.
Budget does not currently own facilities or property in Idaho and "has no current
plans to install facilities in Idaho. ..Id. at 4. The Company states that it does not intend to
service areas already serviced by LECs that qualify as small or rural local exchange carriers
under Section 251 of the federal Telecom Act of 1996. Id. at 4-5. The Company has also
DECISION MEMORANDUM
provided the Commission with the appropriate financial information; map of its proposed service
territory in Idaho; and illustrative tariffs. See Id. at 6, Exhibits 3-
ST AFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff has reviewed Budget's Application and recommends that it be processed
through Modified Procedure.
COMMISSION DECISION
Should Budget's Application for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity
be processed through Modified Procedure?
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Deputy Attorney General
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