20020923Filing from Albion.pdf

ATC COMMUNICATIONS 2 2 SEP 23 PM 3:08
225 West North Street P.O.Box 98 Albion,fdaho 83311
Telephone:[phone] Fax:[phone] e-mail:[e-mail] 200UTlllíESCOMNISSION
September 19,2002
Via Certified Mail
Ms.Jean Jewell,Executive Secretary
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
Statehouse Mail
472 W.Washington Street
Boise,Idaho 83702
Dear Ms.Jewell:
Re:CC Docket No.96-45
This is to certify that Albion Telephone Company,Inc.d.b.a.ATC Communications ("the
company"),will use its Interstate Common Line Support and Long Term Support only for the
provision,maintenance,and upgrading of facilities and service for which the support is intended.
With the enclosed certification,Albion Telephone Company hereby respectfully requests that,
Pursuant to 47 C.F.R.§§54.314(a),(c)and (d),the Commission make and file,no later than
October 1,2002 with the Administrator of the Federal High Cost Universal Service Fund and the
Federal Communications Commission the enclosed certification,and the Commission include
Albion Telephone Company in the list of carriers to which such certification applies.
Sincerely,
Albion Telephone C mpany,d.b.a.ATC Communications
Rich Redman
Vice President
CC:Conley Ward
Givens Pursley LLP
State of Idaho )CERTIFICATION BY ELIGIBLE
)ss TELECOMMUNICATION CARRIER PURSUANT
County of Cassia )TO FCC ORDER NO.01-157
Affidavit of Business or Corporate Officer
Section 254(e)of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 requires that an eligible telecommunications
carrier receiving federal universal service support "shall use that support only for the provision,maintenance,and
upgrading of facilities and services for which the support is intended."In FCC Order No.01-157 issued May 23,
2001,the Federal Communications Commission concluded "that states should be required to file annual
certification with the Commission to ensure that carriers use universal service support 'only for the provision,
maintenance and upgrading of facilities and services for which the support is intended'consistent with Section
254(e)."Fourteenth Report and Order,Twenty-Second Order on Reconsideration,and Further Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking in CC Docket No.96-45,and Report and Order in CC Docket No.00-256,¶l87.Accordingly,the
undersigned states and verifies under oath as follows:
1.I am an officer of Albion Telephone Company,Inc.which is an eligible telecommunications
carrier for receiving federal universal service support under Section 214(e)of the Telecommunications Act of 1996.
2.All federal universal service support funds received by Albion Telephone Company,Inc.
during the current calendar year will be used in a manner consistent with Section 254(e);that is,for the provision,
maintenance,and upgrading of facilities and servicesfor which the support is intended.The company will continue
to comply for the period January 1,2003,through December 31,2003,to be eligible for federal universal service
support.
3.This verification and affidavit is provided to the Idaho Public Utilities Commission to enable the
IPUC to certify to the Federal Communications Commission that federal universal support received by the eligible
carriers in the state will be used in a manner consistent with Section 254(e)of the Telecommunications Act.
Date Si ature
Print Name and Title
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me this day of 4002.
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My Commission expires
MARIJANEJOLLEYNOTARYPUBUC
STATE OF IDAHO