20111109Application.pdf

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Suite 200
Allen, Texas 75013November 8, 2011
Phone [phone]
Fax [phone]
Email: kimberly.a.douglass~ftr.com
Ms. Jean Jewell
Commission Secretary
P.O. Box 83720
Boise, Idaho 83720-0074
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RE: Broadband Tax Credit for January 1, 2010 - December 31, 2010 Investment - Citizens
Telecommunications Company of Idaho d//a Frontier Communications of Idaho
Dear Ms Jewell:
Enclosed for filing with the Commission is the application of Citizens Telecommunications
Company of Idaho d//a Frontier Communications of Idaho for a broadband tax credit for
January 1,2010 - December 31, 2010. Frontier requests that the Commission find the Company
eligible to receive an Idaho tax credit and that the broadband equipment installed in 2010 meets
the definition of qualified broadband equipment as set out in Idaho Code 63-30291(3)(b).
1. Name and address of the applicant including a contact person in the event that there
are questions regarding the application and its content.
Kim Douglass, 805 Central Expressway South, Suite 200, Allen, TX 75013
2. Indicate whether the applicant is a telecommunications carrier, a commercial mobile
service carrier, a cable or video provider, a satellte carrier or other type of wireless
carrier.
Citizens Telecommunications Company of Idaho is a telecommunications carier.
3. Identify the area or location where the equipment is installed in Idaho.
The equipment is installed in: Aberdeen, Cascade, Fairfield, Garden Valley, Homedale,
McCall, New Meadows, Parma, Riggins, Whitebird and Wilder.
Ms. Jean Jewell
November 8, 2011
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4. Describe the type of broadband services offered to the public in Idaho.
Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL)
5. State the network transmission rate in bits per second at which subscribers to the
relevant broadband services can send and receive.
Up to 512 Kbps send and 3 Mbps receive
6. Provide the specific list of the equipment types that the application is requesting that
the Commission determine is qualified broadband equipment" as defined in Idaho
Code 63-30291(3)(b). List the brand, manufacturer, model numbers, and or other
distinguishing features of the installed equipment.
Please see attached.
7. Quantify the percentage and number of potential Idaho customers that could be served
with the broadband equipment and the percentage and number of non-Idaho
subscribers that wil be/could be served by the broadband network.
Broadband is now available to approximately 15,899 Frontier Idaho customers. This is
over 93% of the total customer base.
8. Provide the dates and time periods that the broadband equipment was installed in
Idaho.
January 1,2010 - December 31,2010.
9. Provide a written description (including the basic schemàtics or general drawings) of
the relevant broadband network including a description of how the installed equipment
is an "integral part" of the broadband network.
Please see attached.
Ms. Jean Jewell
November 8,2011
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10. Enclose a statement certyig that the applicant has read the applicable statutes for
broadband investment income ta credt and the applicat believes that the subject
broadband equipment quales for the ta credt under Idao Code 63.30291.
Please see the attahed statement of certfication.
If you have any questions concerning this filing, please contat me at 972-908-415.
Sincerely,
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Kim Douglass
Manager
Compliance - Regulatory Affairs
IDAHO BROADBAN CERTIFCATION
I hereby certify that representatives of Citizens Telecommunications Company of Idaho d//a
Frontier Communications of Idaho (the applicant have read the applicable statutes for the
broadband investment tax credit and the applicant believes that the subject broadband equipment
qualifies for the tax credit under Idaho Code 63-30291.
Dated November 8, 2011
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Kim Douglass
Manager, Compliance
Citizens Telecommunications Company of Idaho
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Citizens Telecommunications Company of Idaho d//a Frontier Communications of Idaho
2010 Broadband Investment
Idaho
Description
INSTALL REPEATER SHELF IN ABERDEEN CO IDAHO
PLACE FIBER TRANSPORT CLEAR CREEK OPM CASCADE
INSTALL ADTRAN TA1248 GOSLIN LOOP AFC CASCADE ID.
INSTALL ADTRAN TA1248 IN PONDEROSA AFC CASCADE ID
INSTALL ADTRAN TA1248IN CROWN POINT AFC ID
ADD OFFICE REPEATER SHELF IN CASCADE ID
INSTALL ADTRAN PORTS IN FAIRFIELD TA3000 IDAHO.
INSTALL ADDITIONAL DSL PORTS IN PINETREE SLC ID
INSTALL ADTRAN TA1148 IN GRIMES PASS IDAHO.
INSTALL ADTRAN TA1248IN TERRACE LAKES IDAHO.
REPLACE RECTIFIERS AND PDU TERRACE LAKES IDAHO.
INSTALL ADDITIONAL DSL IN JOHNSTONE RD AFC HMDL.
UPGRADE PROCESSOR FOR HOMEDALE BORDER ROUTER
INSTALL ADTRAN TA1148 ON SOUTHSIDE DRIVE IDAHO
PURCHASE SPARE ADTRANS FOR HOMEDALE ID DISTRICT.
HMDL ID.FIBER TO THE HMDL SCHOOL BJW CIAC
UPGRADE CALIX CONNECTION TO THE PSAX. HOMEDALE ID
INSTALL CISCO ONS-15454IN HOMEDALE CO IDAHO.
HMDL ID.FIBER TO THE HMDL SCHOOL BJW CIAC
INSTALL ACTELIS METRO-E EQUIPMENT IN HOMEDALE ID
REPLACE RECTIFIERS IN HOMEDALE ID CO
UPGRADE 7 REMOTES TO GIGE TRANSPORT IDAHO.
INSTALL ADTRAN OPTI-6100 IN MCCALL AND SALT LAKE.
ADDITIONAL SUBTENDING IN MCCALL & CASCADE TA5000
CIAC PLACE FIBER MH413 TO BRUNDAGE & VERIZON CELL
IDAHO SPECIAL CIRCUIT BLANKET 2009
UPGRADE CISCO/PSAX CONNECTION. MCCALL ID
IDAHO SPECIAL CIRCUIT BLANKET 2010
ADD OFFICE REPEATER SHELF IN BRUNDAGE MW SITE.
INSTALL ADTRAN TA1248 #2 IN PRICE VALLEY IDAHO.
INSTALL ADTRAN TA1248 #21N WHITNEY RANCH IDAHO.
INSTALL ADTRAN TA1248 #31N ROSWELL IDAHO.
EQUIP APPLE VALLEY OPM WITH TA1200F HOMEDALE ID
INSTALL REPEATER SHELF IN PARMA CO IDAHO.
INSTALL ACTELIS METRO-E EQUIPMENT IN PARMA 10
INSTALL ADTRAN TA1148 #2 IN RAPID RIVER IDAHO.
INSTALL ADTRAN TA1248 #51N RIGGINS IDAHO.
INSTALL FIBER AND TA1200F AT POLLOCK SLC IDAHO.
INSTALL GO-DIGITAL SYSTEMS IN WHITEBIRD CO. IDAHO.
INSTALL GO-DIGITAL SYSTEMS IN WHITEBIRD CO. IDAHO.
INSTALL ADTRAN TA1248 #2 IN GRAVELY POINT IDAHO.
INSTALL ADTRAN TA1248 #11N LOWER PLEASANT IDAHO.
Total
Exchange
ABERDEEN $CASCADE $
CASCADE $
CASCADE $
CASCADE $CASCADE $
FAIRFIELD $
GARDEN VALLEY $
GARDEN VALLEY $
GARDEN VALLEY $
GARDEN VALLEY $
HOMEDALE $
HOMEDALE $
HOMEDALE $
HOMEDALE $
HOMEDALE $
HOMEDALE $
HOMEDALE $
HOMEDALE $
HOMEDALE $
HOMEDALE $MCCALL $MCCALL $MCCALL $MCCALL $
MCCALL $
MCCALL $MCCALL $MCCALL $
NEW MEADOWS $
NEW MEADOWS $PARMA $PARMA $PARMA $PARMA $RIGGINS $RIGGINS $RIGGINS $
WHITEBIRD $
WHITEBIRD $WILDER $WILDER $
Total $
12,806.97
76.00
19,243.59
10,727.50
21,712.00
12,429.03
6,857.94
7,835.65
10,066.90
50,688.29
16,575.76
230.57
35,154.89
14,759.06
10,595.84
20,331.60
329.92
64,671.48
6,340.79
30,546.84
193.35
54,697.53
23,322.37
10,253.38
183,028.35
4,748.94
17,243.03
131,164.06
15,432.80
15,279.29
8,706.07
10,680.92
21,245.21
13,615.61
23,560.50
13,482.67
8,845.00
4,676.05
1,249.19
34,530.24
11,246.54
11,411.82
$ 1,291,495.66