20020829Application.pdf

Ty WESTCOM L.L.C.d.b.a.DIGI I AL EASY CHAIR
1488 E.Blue Tick Street Meridian,ID 83642
[phone] Office [phone] FAX [phone] Help Desk
8 August 2002 NE W CASE N 2
Idaho Public Utilities Comnussion
472 W.Washington
Boise,ID 83702
Dear Commission,
We would like to apply to the Idaho Public Utilities Commission for a determination whether
installed equipment qualifies for an income tax credit per Idaho Code Section 63-3029I(3)(b).Please
find followingthe necessary information and responses to IPUC Order 28784:
1)Applicant:WestCom,LLC dba Digital Easy Chair (an Idaho Limited Liability Company)
1488 E.Blue Tick Street
Meridian,ID 83642
Contact:TimothyJ.Taylor
208/888-4039
Applicant has applied and received its Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity.
Applicant provided internet access services only during calendar year 2001.
2)Applicant installed equipment in Bear Creek Subdivision off of Stoddard and Victory Roads
in Meridian,Idaho.
3)Applicant offered high speed internet access,e-mail,and community portal services during
calendar year 2001.
4)Network transmission rate is limited per subscriber.Service has a minimum speed of
256 Kilobits per second (256 Kbps)download and upload.Subscribers can obtain higher
speeds for additional subscription costs.Speeds of up to 1.5 Mbps are priced in our
literature.
5)Addendum A is attached listing equipment or network facilities including the brand or
vendor,the models,and the costs.
6)Addendum A is attached listing equipment or network facilities including the dates or periods
when the equipment/facilities were installed.
7)Addendum B is attached which is a map of the subdivision.The switch equipment is located
in a small building at the northwest corner of the subdivision.This building serves as a
"Headend"with all homes being connected to this point via fiber optic cable.Trunk lines of
multiple stand fiber ,tic cables run throughconduits to eack ~eneral area of the subdivision.
A lower strand cou fiber optic cable is then spliced onto tL igher strand count cable and
run througha conduit into each home.Equipment is placed at each home to transition from
fiber optics to copper based,structured wiring within the home.The Headend Building is
connected to an Internet source via the installation of trunk line back to Boise,Idaho from an
outside vendor.
8)Bear Creek Subdivision will have 326 homes with an average of 3.5 residents per home.The
total number of potential subscribers is estimated at 1,140.All subscribers (100%)wouldbe
Idaho Residents.
9)Applicant and Applicant's CPA have read the applicable statutes for broadband investment
income tax credit and believe that the attached list of equipment/facilities qualifies for the tax
credit under Idaho Code Section 63-3029I.
Respectfully submitted,
TimothyJ aylor
Managing Member
Broadband Equipment
As of December 31,2001
Date/PeriodsVendororBrandModelorDescriptionofNetworkFacilitiesCost
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Installed
World Wide Packets LE-216 switch 19,562.76 12-Dec-01WorldWidePacketsLE-211 switch 3,221.51 12-Dec-01
World Wide Packets LE-LENS switch Management Software
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1,837.99 12-Dec-01Cisco7206Router3,000.00 15-Nov-01
Dell 1550 Servers 3,733.07 12-Dec-01EnterasysRouter3,675.00 12-Dec-01
Various Equipment Building 8,700.49 _Sep through Nov 2001APCEquipmentBuildingPowerBackupSystem6,267.32 23-Nov-01
Mighty Mo Equipment Racks 1,297.40 09-Nov-01
Sun Netra Server 4,506.42 12-Dec-01DasCoofIdahoConduitBearCreek#1 (PVC &innerduct)49,325.54 Aug through Oct 2001DasCoofIdahoConduitBearCreek#2 (innerduct)17,357.00 Nov-01DasCoofIdahoConduitBearCreek#3 (innerduct)19,318.00 Dec-01DasCoofIdahoConduittoHouse(PVC)4,955.96 Sep through Dec 2001
J.M.Roche &Associates,Inc.Fiber Optic Cable Bear Creek #1 (single mode)38,476.66 Sep through Dec 2001IdaCommFiberOpticTrunktoBearCreek(1 Gbps)60,000.00 15-Nov-01
TOTAL 245,235.12