200407261st Response of CenturyTel to Staff.pdf

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IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION FROM
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REQUESTING EXTENDED AREA SERVICEINTO SALMON, IDAHO.
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RESPONSES OF CENTURYTEL OF IDAHO TO THE FIRST
PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF
Request No.1: The Commission is considering the EAS requested by the approximately
50 residents of Rural Telephone s Shoup exchange (prefix 394) into the CenturyTel
exchanges of North Fork and Salmon. Please describe any facility upgrades or new
equipment that would be required by CenturyTel to implement this EAS. Itemize the
type of equipment/facilities, labor required and the estimated cost. Additionally, please
describe and document any other costs or lost revenues that CenturyTel would seek to
recover if this EAS were granted.
Response:
Please refer to the enclosed diskette, which contains an Excel file containing CenturyTel
of Idaho s analysis to date of the lost revenues and costs that would be incurred should
the proposed EAS routes be implemented. A copy of the information contained therein is
also enclosed (see Exhibits 1-3). Please note the following with respect to the analysis:
1) Our engineers are currently doing a study to determine if additional equipment
and/or facilities will be required to provide this service. This analysis does not
include that additional equipment.
2) We will send a revised analysis after our engineers' study is complete.
3) This analysis assumes 160 hours (80 each in North Fork and Salmon) of labor
to prepare our switches to provide EAS service. This number may change as a
result of the engineers' study.
4) The net monthly impact of $730 ($0.18 per access line per month for our 4 103
access lines) does not include the cost of leasing a Tl from Rural Telephone
Company to provide EAS service to Shoup. To demonstrate the potential impact
of this cost, if the Tllease cost was $1 000 per month, it would increase the cost
to $1 730 per month ($0.42 per access line per month).
Name: Larry D. Callison
Title: Manager - State Government Relations
Location: 100 CenturyTel Drive, Monroe, Louisiana 71203
Phone Number: [phone]
Request No.2: Does CenturyTel foresee any significant problems in providing the
described EAS? Does CenturyTel suggest any alternatives to this EAS?
Response:
As indicated in the response to Request No., CenturyTel has not completed its
engineering study to determine whether additional equipment or facilities might be
necessary, but expects to have those results available in the very near future. However
CenturyTel does not anticipate any significant problems in providing the proposed EAS
regardless of the results of the study, other than the potential higher cost involved.
CenturyTel does not have an alternative to EAS to suggest at this time.
Name: Larry D. Callison
Title: Manager - State Government Relations
Location: 100 CenturyTel Drive, Monroe, Louisiana 71203
Phone Number: [phone]
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