19980108Certificate No 335.doc

BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION

IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF GROUP LONG DISTANCE, INC. FOR A CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY TO OPERATE AS A LOCAL EXCHANGE CARRIER WITHIN THE STATE OF IDAHO.
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CERTIFICATE NO. 335

It is hereby certified that this Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (Certificate No. 335) is issued to Group Long Distance, Inc. of Idaho (GLD) to authorize GLD to provide Title 61 regulated telecommunications services, including basic exchange services, within parts of the state of Idaho. The Commission approved GLDs Certificate by Order No.27304 issued January 6, 1998. Order No. 27304 limits the areas in which GLD 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. 27304.
DONE by Order of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission at Boise, Idaho this day of January 1998.

DENNIS S. HANSEN, PRESIDENT

RALPH NELSON, COMMISSIONER

MARSHA H. SMITH, COMMISSIONER

ATTEST:

Myrna J. Walters
Commission Secretary

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CERTIFICATE NO. 335