19980717Certificate No 344.doc

BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION

IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF ELECTRIC LIGHTWAVE, INC. FOR A CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY TO PROVIDE LOCAL EXCHANGE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE WITHIN IDAHO.
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CERTIFICATE NO. 344

It is hereby certified that this Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (Certificate No. 344) is issued to Electric Lightwave, Inc. (ELI) to authorize ELI to provide Title 61 regulated telecommunications services, including basic exchange services, within parts of the state of Idaho. The Commission approved ELIs Certificate by Order No. 27627 issued July 15, 1998. Order No. 27627 limits the areas in which ELI is authorized to provide Title 61 services as depicted in the map attached to this Certificate as Exhibit A. This Certificate is predicated upon and is issued pursuant to the findings of the Commission in Order No. 27627.
DONE by Order of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission at Boise, Idaho this day of July 1998.

DENNIS S. HANSEN, PRESIDENT

RALPH NELSON, COMMISSIONER

MARSHA H. SMITH, COMMISSIONER

ATTEST:

Myrna J. Walters
Commission Secretary

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