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Home My WebLink About20180831Application.pdfAugust 20,2OL8 REC E IV ED 'lill$ li't:[ 3 I P]l l: 56 CenturyLink'ATTd?rv Jean D. Jewell Commission Secretary ldaho Public Utilities Commission P.O. Box 83720 Boise, ldaho 837 2O-0O7 4 L6N-r- t,,?* ol Dear Ms. Jewell, Enclosed is the application of CenturyTel of ldaho, lnc. for the broadband tax credit for the year 2017 This application is being submitted for Commission determination that the broadband equipment installed for 2OL7 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, L 71203 Contact Person: Johnathan Groan, Director Corporate lncome Tax Phone:318-330-6390 CenturyTel of ldaho, lnc. is a Telecommunications Carrier 2. tdentify the area or location where the equipment is installed in tdaho. Please refer to Exhibit 1 for equipment installed in the year 2017. See Exhibit 2 for retirements. Broadband investment and retirements by year are as follows: YEAR INVESTMENT RETIREMENTS NET INVESTMENT 2077 s803,005 (Sssol 5802,M9 100 CenturyLink Drive Monroe, LA71203 Tel: 318.388.9000 www.centu rylin k.co m IU rssloN 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 2Ot7. 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 53-30291. Please refer to Exhibit 1 for the year 2017. 5. lnstallation dates: Please refer to Exhibit 1 for the year 2077 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 2017. 9. Certified statement from applicant: Please See Exhibit 5. lf you have any questions concerning this filing, please contact me at (318) 330-6390. Sincerely, / Johnathan Groan Director Corporate lncome Tax Encl ) EXHIBIT 1 Equipment Installed ln ldaho 20L7 CENTURYTEL OF |DAHO, tNC. BROADBAND EQUIPMENT INSTAIIED IDAHO 2017 EXHIBIT 1 lnvestment Reason / lnitiative TEADORE SATMON Grand Total DSL EXISTING MKT EXPANSION ENGINEERING FIBER OPTIC TRANSM tSStON/DLC DSt GROWTH 151,833 43t,852 97,677 4,359 583,685 87,677 4,358 CONSTANTS HSI BANDWIDTH AUGMENTATION 530 630 ENGINEERING NATIONAL MARKETABTE REVENUE - FEDERAT 23,700 23,700 FIBER OPTIC TRANSM ISSION/DLC NATL MARKET REV - BUSINESS 29,835 10,316 29,835 t0,316 ENGINEERING NETWORK PIAN . ACCESS 2,969 2,969 CONSTANTS NETWORK PIAN . SWITCHING 5,027 5,027 ENGINEERING NETWORK RETIABILITY 6,074 6,0t4 ENGINEERING 48,855 48,855 16t,847 641,158 803,005 EXHIBIT 1 Grand Total EXH!BIT 2 Equipment Retirements 20L7 CENTURYTEL OF IDAHO, INC. IDAHO BROADBAND RETIREMENTS 2017 RETIREMENTS BY VINTAGE rDAHO CODE SECT|ON. 63-30298 TOTAT RETIREMENTS 2017 556 YEAR VINTAGE RETIREMENTS 2077 v2013 556 2077 v2014 0 2017 v2015 0 2077 v2076 0 2017 v2077 0 EXHIBIT 2 EXH!BIT 3 Network Transmission Rates 20L7 CENTURYTET OF IDAHO, INC. IDAHO BROADBAND CREDIT 2017 NETWORK TRANSMISSION RATES quEsTroN # 4 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. Where mbps means megabits per second. These are download speeds. Upload speeds vary. These are availability counts, not subscribership counts. ID [Us 40 mbps 20mbps 12mbps Tmbps 5mbps 3mbps 1.5mbps 256kbps TotallD EOY 2017 0 1,452 0 2,t31,166 1L2 476 53 4,340 EXHIBIT 3 EXH!BlT 4 Idaho Broadband Subscribers 20L7 CENTURYTEL OF IDAHO, INC. IDAHO BROADBAND CREDIT 2017 PERCENTAGE AND NUMBER OF POTENTIAT SUBSCRIBERS QUESTION fi8 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 oftime. lD LUs TOTAT ru's TOTAT QUATIFIEO tu's QUALIFIED tu's EOY 2017 5,L20 4,340 85% EXHIBIT 4 EXHIBIT 5 Idaho Broadband Certification 20L7 IDAHO BROADBAND CERTIFICATION EXHIBIT 5 20L7 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 63-3029L t-.. onathan bi nson SVP North American Tax EXHIBIT 5