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December 19,2014
Ms. Jean Jewell
Commission Secretary
P.O. Box 83720
Boise, Idaho 83720-007 4
RE: Broadband Tax Credit for January 1,2013 - December 3I,2013Investment - Citizens
Telecommunications Company of Idaho d/b/a Frontier Communications of Idaho
Dear Ms Jewell:
Enclosed for filing with the Commission is the application of Citizens Telecommunications
Company of Idaho d/b/a Frontier Communications of Idaho for a broadband tax credit for
January 1,2013 - December 31,2013. Frontier requests that the Commission find the Company
eligible to receive an Idaho tax credit and that the broadband equipment installedin20l2 meets
the definition of qualified broadband equipment as set out in Idaho Code 63-30291(3Xb).
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 satellite carrier or other type of wireless
carrier.
Citizens Telecommunications Company of Idaho is a telecommunications carrier.
3. Identify the area or location where the equipment is installed in ldaho.
The equipment is installed in: Donnelly, Garden Valley, Homedale, Marsing, McCall,
New Meadows, Parma, and Riggins.
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Phone 972-908-44 l5
Fax214-383-2737
Email : kimberly.a.douglass@ftr.com
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Ms. Jean Jewell
December 19,2014
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4. Describe the type of broadband services offered to the public in ldaho.
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 640 Kbps send and 6 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. Quantiff 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 will be/could be served by the broadband network.
Broadband is now available to approximately 16,107 Frontier Idaho customers. This is
over 90Yo of the total customer base.
8. Provide the dates and time periods that the broadband equipment was installed in
Idaho.
January 1,2013 - December 31,2013.
9. Provide a written description (including the basic schematics or general drawings) of
the relevant broadband network including a description of how the installed equipment
is an "integral part" of the broadband network
The equipment placed on the attached work orders was all placed into service within the
physical borders of the State of Idaho. It is an integral part of a network that permits
broadband signaling to occur.
Ms. Jean Jewell
December 19,2014
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10. Enclose a statement certifying that the applicant has read the applicable statutes for
broadband investment income tax credit and the applicant believes that the subject
broadband equipment qualifies for the tax credit under Idaho Code 63-30291.
Please see the attached statement of certification.
If you have any questions concerning this filing, please contact me at 972-908-4415.
Sincerely,1/,^h,/-)
Kim Douglass
Manager
Compliance - Regulatory Affairs
IDAHO BROADBAND CERTIFICATION
I hereby certify that representatives of Citizens Telecommunications Company of Idaho d/b/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 63-3029I.
Dated: December 19,2014
Manager, Compliance
Citizens Telecommunications Company of Idaho
Citizens Telecommunications Company of ldaho
2013 Broadband lnvestment - ldaho
lD Donnelly
5105731 - DNLY METRO E 1GIG ELEM SCHOOL 275 ROSEBERRY
lD Fairfield
5107088 . FRFD,ID.FIBER BUILD FROM CO TO SYRINGA HH RJW
5107109 . FRFDID - ADD CISCO ME36OO TO FAIRFIELD IDAHO
lD Garden Valley
5T04744 - MCCL INSTALL ACTELIS COOL MASTER HSE TERRACE LAKE
5106017 - GRVYIDXC (S&C) ADD TAsK @ GARDEN VALLEY FOR VDSL
!D Homedale
5033902 - HMDL,ID.FIBER TO THE HMDL SCHOOL BJW CIAC
51OOO82 - UPGRADE HSITO GIGE. HOMEDALE
5101915 - HMDL VDSL ADD VDSL2-24 CARD TO HMDLIDXCH34 CALIX
5106593 - HMDL METE 10MB M1648 504 W |DAHO -CAL/WEST FEED CO
5!07764 - HMDL ID METRO E CAL/WEST SEED TRANSFER CARDS RJW
lD Marsing
5101702 - MRNG INSTALL ACTELIS METRO-E EQUIPMENT MRNG GIVENS
lD McCall
5101811 - MCCL INSTALL ACTELIS METRO-E PAYETTE RVR-BOULDER
51O32OO - MCCL PLACE FIBER MCCALL CO TO VERIZON BUILDING
5103326 - MCCL PLACE TA1248 VARIOUS LOCATIONS MCCALL DISTRIC
5103875 - 2013 MCCALL HUGHESNET BLANKET
st04t76 - MCCLIDXC-BBC RELIEF; ADD(3)VDSL PORT CARD MCCLIDXC
5L04227 - MCCL PURCHASE ACTELIS MLU-32EF MULTI.LINE MCCL CO
5105152 - MCCL UPGRADE IOF TO NEW MEADOWS
5105728 - MCCL -ADD ME36OO FOR SCHOOL DISTRICT 201 LENORA
5L05729 - MCCL METRO E 1OGIG MCCALL HIGH SCHOOL 401 MISSION
5105730 - MCCL METRO E 1OGIG MIDDLE SCHOOL 125 SAMSON TRAIL
5105949 - MCCL FTTCS - AT&T - 225 INDUSTRIAL LOOP MCCALL, ID
5106402 - MCCL ADD CWDM TO NEW MEADOWS
5105445 - MCCL - ADD C|SCO ME3600
5706447 - MCCL - ADD FW4500 CARDS
5106531 - MCCL REPL DEF SLC96 wUMC1000 SYLVAN BEACH ESA
5106650 - MCCL REPL DEF SLC96 wUMC1000 FACTNG SYLVAN BEACH
5106652 - MCCL - FLR-|D000005 MCCLTDXCHlS CO-LOCATE
5108528 - MCCL - ADD CARDS TO C|SCO 7206 BRAS
5108596 - MCCL METRO E PL M1648 TO IDAHO 1ST BANK 2OMEG UPGR
5109062 . PLACE CABLE IN COMFORT WOODS PHASE 2 SUBDIVISION
5109361 - MCCL-ADD CP9145E TO BRUNDAGE MTN RESORT
!D New Meadows
5105151 - NWMD ADD FW45OO FOR IOF AND CAMBRIDGE TELE MEET
5106459 - NWMD ADD BTI 7060 MUXPONDER FOR SYRINGA MEETPOINT
lD Parma
5105649 - PARMTDXCH32(S&C PROJECT) CABLE C7 FOR VDSL SERVTCE
lD Riggins
5104757 - RGNS PL DIST CABLE SALMON RIVER ROAD EXTENSION
5107556 - RGNS METRO E SYRINGA 101 ACES PLACE M1648
Grand Total
11,935.65
11935.65
19,540.52
2654.04
16886.48
88,729.78
29377.32
59352.46
(12,330.00)
-26568.39
84.29
696.7L
6133.51
7423.88
51,581.91
51581.91
4O5,160.97
4943.23
1173.81
10746.08
L4932.27
31034.27
5938.87
90997.35
26t41.73
13820.55
25822.56
1000s.2s
28448.8L
32064.84
26232.L4
22219.25
6469-63
6801.46
35388.17
4874.83
2633.94
4472.53
85,025.89
s4983.25
31042.64
26,263.O1
26263.07
41,831.91
38440.52
3391.39
7t8,739.64
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