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Home My WebLink About20150909Application.pdfATTd7rF Centurylink'August L8,zOLs Jean D. Jewell Commission Secretary ldaho Public Utilities Commission P.O. Box 83720 Boise, ldaho 83720-OO7 4 Jil! L. I li rr- i:^l +. ror,r v. {_U 1', trN'T- 15'D{ Dear Ms. Jewell, Enclosed is the application of CenturyTel of ldaho, lnc. for the broadband tax credit for the year 2OL4. This application is being submitted for Commission determination that the broadband equipment installed for 20L4 meets the definition of qualified broadband equipment as found in ldaho code 63- 3029r. 1. Name address of the applicant: CenturyTel of ldaho, lnc. 100 CenturyLink Drive Monroe, LA7L2O3 Contact Person: Jonathan Robinson, Vice-President Tax Phone: 318-330-6251 CenturyTel of ldaho, lnc. is a Telecommunications Carrier 2. ldentify the area or location where the equipment is installed in ldaho. Please refer to Exhibit 1 for equipment installed in the year 2014. See Exhibit 2 for retirements. Broadband investment and retirements by year are as follows: YEAR INVESTMENT RETIREMENTS NET INVESTMENT 20t4 s73,9s3 So s73,9s3 100 CenturyLink Drive Monroe, LA71203 Tel: 318.388.9000 Fax: 318.388.9093 www.centu rylink.com 3. Type of Broadband service offered to the public in ldaho. CenturyTel of ldaho uses terrestrial wire line technology. Various forms of DSL-based equipment are used (ADSL & VDSL in various vintages). Transport is a mix of fiber optic and metallic cable, which typically is also supporting traditional telephony services. Equipment terminals are located in Central Office buildings, remote buildings and in cabinets on concrete pads each serving a neighborhood. 4. Network Transmission rate: Please refer to Exhibit 3 for the year 2Ot4. 5. Provide a specific list of equipment types that the application is requesting the Commission to determine is "qualified broadband equipment" as defined in ldaho Code Section 63-3029!. Please refer to Exhibit 1 for the year 2OL4. 5. lnstallation dates: Please refer to Exhibit 1 for the year 2OL4. 7. Written description of our Broadband Network including a description of how the installed equipment is an "integral part" of the broadband network: Services are supported by our telecommunications network which consists of voice and data switches (circuit and packet), copper and fiber optic cables and transmission equipment. At central office building and at remote sites, multiplexers and advanced digital switches are controlled by licensed software. Fiber-optic cable is the primary transport media between nodes including interconnection points with other carriers. We continue to enhance and expand our network as broadband enabled technology improves and as customers, new and existing, demand significant additional capacity. 8. Percentage and number of potential subscribers: Please refer to Exhibit 4 for the year 2OL4. 9. Certified statement from applicant: Please See Exhibit 5. lf you have any questions concerning this filing, please contact me at (318) 330-6261. Sincerely, fl",4{)fi*',/ Jonathan Rdbinson Vice President- Tax Encl EXHIBIT 1 Equipment Installed In ldaho 2014 EXCHANGE INVESTMENT REASON DESCRIPTION LEADORE SALMON Grand Total DSL GROWTH CONSTANTS 2,536 2,536 HSI BANDWIDTH AUGMENTATION ENGINEERING 6,195 6,195 NEW FEATURES 979 979 NATL MARKET REV - BUSINESS ENGINEERING 5,464 5,464 FIBER OPTIC 29,199 29,t99 TRANSMTSSTON/DLC 74,159 1,4,L59 NETWORK PLAN - ACCESS CONSTANTS 13,838 13,838 COPPER 997 997 ENGINEERING 7,444 L,404 NETWORK RELIABILITY ENGINEERING 8 (828)(820) SWITCHING 0 0 0 Grand Total 65,205 8,748 73,953 CENTURYTEL OF IDAHO, INC Equipment lnstalled ln ldaho 2014 EXHIBIT 1 EXHIBIT 1 EXHIBIT 2 Equipment Retirements 20L4 CENTURYTEL OF IDAHO IDAHO BROADBAND RETIREMENTS 2014 RETIREMENTS BY VINTAGE TDAHO CODE SECTION. 63-30298 At RETIREMENTS 2014 0 YEAR VINTAGE RETIREMENTS 20t4 v2010 0 20t4 v207L 0 2014 v20L2 0 20L4 v2013 0 20t4 v20L4 0 EXHIBIT 2 EXHIBIT 3 Network Transmission Rates 20L4 CENTURYTET OF IDAHO, INC. IDAHO BROADBAND CREDIT NETWORK TRANSMISSION RATES qUESTION f 4 lD LUs 40 mbps 20mbps 12mbps Tmbps 5mbps 3mbps 1.5mbps 256kbps TotallD EOY 2014 0 0 0 3.277 683 188 354 258 4,760 Where LU means Living Unit. A Living Unit is a street address where CenturyTel of ldaho, lnc. might send a bill and where wireline plant is not far away. Where mbps means megabits per second. These are download speeds. Upload speeds vary. These are availability counts, not subscribership counts. EXHIBIT 3 EXHIBIT 4 ldaho Broadband Subscribers 20r4 CENTURYTEL OF IDAHO, INC. IDAHO BROADBAND CREDIT PERCENTAGE AND NUMBER OF POTENTIAL SUBSCRIBERS QUESTTON #8 NOTE:Where LU means Living Unit. A Living Unit is a street address where CenturyTel of ldaho, lnc. might send a bill and where wireline plant is not far away. A working Living Unit is an address where CenturyTel of ldaho, lnc. now sends a bill for some type ofservice, not necessarily internet access service and not necessarily telephony service. A qualified LU is an address where DSl-based service could be provisioned in a short interval of time. lD LUs rnTAt I t t'|( TOTAT QUALIFIED il tic % QUALIFIED il trc EOY 2014 5,026 4,760 95% EXHIBIT 4 EXHIBIT 5 Idaho Broadband Certification 20L4 I DAHO BROADBAND CERTIFICATION EXHIBIT 5 I hereby, certify that Representatives of CenturyTel of ldaho, lnc. (the applicant) have read the application statutes for the broadband investment income tax credit and the applicant believes that the subject broadband equipment qualifies for the tax credit under ldaho Code Section 53-3029I .