20041129Decision Memo.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM
TO:COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER
CO MMISSI 0 NER SMITH
COMMISSIONER HANSEN
COMMISSION SECRETARY
COMMISSION STAFF
FROM:DONOVAN E. WALKER
DATE:NOVEMBER 23, 2004
SUBJECT:APPLICATION OF BULLSEYE TELECOM, INC. FOR A CERTIFICATE
OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY, CASE NO. BUL- T -04-
On October 15, 2004, BullsEye Telecom Inc. filed an Application for a Certificate of
Public Convenience and Necessity with the Commission seeking its review and approval. The
Application requests authority for the Company to offer basic resold and facilities-based local
exchange services and resold interexchange service to both residential and business customers
throughout Idaho. BullsEye plans to offer local exchange services through the combination of it
own facilities and an unbundled network element platform (UNE- P) through interconnection
agreements with incumbent local exchange carriers (LECs). The Company intends to offer
service immediately upon certification and approval of its interconnection agreement.
BullsEye is a Michigan corporation authorized by the Idaho Secretary of State to transact
business in the State of Idaho. The Company is authorized to provide local exchange and
interexchange services in approximately thirty-six states. The Company states in its Application
that it has experience operating as a local exchange provider in several states and possesses
considerable telecommunications expertise. The Application states that BullsEye s primary
market is business customers, and they intend to provide network bundled telecommunications
services, which would include long distance service, local exchange service, and selected custom
calling features. The Company intends to offer service in the geographic areas currently served
by Qwest Communications. The Application states that the Company will mirror the basic local
calling scopes of the incumbent LECs. The Application requests waivers of any regulatory
reporting requirements that, although applicable to incumbent LECs, are not applicable to
competitive providers such as BullsEye.
DECISION MEMORANDUM
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the Application be processed by modified procedure.
COMMISSION DECISION
Should the Application of BullsEye Telecom Inc. for a Certificate of Public Convenience
and Necessity be processed by modified procedure?
Donovan E. Walker
DECISION MEMORANDUM