20020926Filing from Direct Communications Rockland.pdf

State of Idaho )CERTIFICATION BY ELIGIBLE
)ss TELECOMMUNICATION CARRI ÛR$UANT
County of Power )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 Direct Communications Rockland,Inc.which is an eligible telecommunications
(company name)
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 Direct Communications Rockland,Inc.
(company name)
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 services for 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 na ure
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