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HomeMy WebLinkAbout20080811_2323.pdfDECISION 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 M:BLC-O8- DECISION MEMORANDUM