20040106Nextel Exhibits 109 110 Submitted at Hearing.pdf

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BEFORE THE MISSISSIPPI PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
APPLICATION OF
NPCR,. mc. d/b/a NEXTEL PARTNERS
FOR DESIGNATION AS AN BLIGIBLB
TELBCOMMuNICA TrONS CARRIER
UNDER 47 U.C. ~ 214(0)(2)
DOCKET NO- 03-UA-O256
ORDER.
THIS DAY. there came on fin- consideration by the Mississippi Public Service
Co.tnnIission ('"CommissiQll ) the Application ofNPCR, Inc. d/b/a Nextel Paxm.ers ("Nextel
Partners ) for designation as a carrier eligible for federal univcnlal service support pursuant td
Section 214(e) ofthc Teleconnn'Lmications Act of1996 ("'TA96"). The Commission, being fully
apprised in the premises IIIld havmg coDSidered the documents, responses ofNc:xte1 Partners to
disoovcry requests submitted by the Mississippi Public Utilities
Staff (ccMPUS"). and the record
before it, as authorized by law and upon recOJDInendatioD of the MPUS. finds as follows, to-wit:
On April 17, 2003, Ne:xtel Partners filed ~th the Commission its Application
pursuant to Section 214( e) of the Telecommwrlpations Act of 1996 and Federal
COIDIJiunications
Co~ssion ("FCC" Rules 47 C.F.R: ~~ 54.201 through 54.207, requesting designation as an
Eligible Telecommunications Camer 'ET j for its cuncnt service area which includes the
State of Mississippi (the "designated service area
The Commission has jurisdiction to enter this Order, and entry hereof is m the
public intet'est.
Due and proper notice ofthl:l Application was given to all interested persons as
required by law and the Commil5~.;jon s Public UtiHti~ Rules of Practice and Procedure.
BeIlSouth TelecQrnmunications, Inc. C"'BellSouth") illtervenec;i and became a partyof record in this matter;
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Nadel Partners provides wireless teleco\umunications services throughout certain
designated areas of the State ofMissislrippi
PUtSWII1t to licenses issued by the FCC.
Pursuant to 41 D.C. ~ 214(e) and FCC Rule 47 C.P.R. ~ S4.201 to qualify
under federal Jaw as a telecomnl\1Dications camer eligj.ole for universal service
1i.mding. carriers
must satisfy certain teqwnunents or qualify for
a. waiver of those requirements. An ETC must
offer the following services:
Voice grade access to the public switched network;
ADcess to fteo of chaxge "loca1 usage" defined as an amount of minutes of use of
exchange service;
Dual tone multi-ftcquency signAln,g or its functional equivalent;
Single-party service or its functional equivalent;
Access to emergency services;
Access to operator services;
Access to directory assistance;
Access to UrtereJ(chauge services;
Toll limitations scrvipes for qualifying low-income customers.
Qnalifled ETCs must offer these services either using their own fucilities or a
combination of their ~wn facilities and the resale of services of another faci1ities~
b8Sed carrier.
Furtbc.r. ETCs must advertise the availability ot; and the prevailing prices for, the univemal
services throughout the area in which they have been designated as an ETC. Nextcl Partners
satisfies th=sc requirements and shall continue to comply with each of these provisions regarding
sorvice provision and offerings.
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Nextcl Partnexs win implement a program to advertise the availabilityofthc::
abovc-refcmmced services and related charges UBing media of geneml distribution in its
certificated service area ~ required by Section 254(c)(1)(B) ofTA96 and Section 54.201(d)(2)
of the FCC's Rules.
The Commission finds that N exte1 Partners is capable of providing the services
required for ETC designation and is capable of providing such services with an adequate degree
of quality.
10.The tommi~on finds that Nextel Partners has committed to sm:ve all subscribers
upon request in its designated service area. Nextel Partners has co'lI1nlittcd to provide service
either through its own facilities or a combination of its own facilities and resale.
11.Nextel Partners has not requested fiC designation for the ex.change8 of sma.ll
nnal camers (independent telephone companies).
12.The Commission .fiads that an ETC designation to N extoJ PartnCTS can at a future
time be modified or changed by subsequent Onler of this Commission.
13.The Commission finds that ETC designation cannot be granted solely based on
resale. Therefore. the Commission fiods that Nexte1 Partners shall provide service either through
its own facilities or a combination of its facilities and resale to all subscribcni upon ~ucst
in its designated service area.
14.Ncxtcl Pa'ctners shall also offer Lifeline and T .;n1n services pursuant to Nextel
Partners' Lifelino and Linkup tariffs which were filed with this Conunission on July 17. 2003 in
this Docket.
The Commission, havingjurlsdiction oillie parties and the subject matter. and having
considered Nextel Partners' Application and the evidence in support thereof. finds that Nextel
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Partners is entitled to be gtanted designation as .an eligible telecommunications canier
thrQughout its designated service area in Mississippi based on timely complying with all
conditions expressed in this Order.
IT IS, THEREFORE, ORDERED:
Ncxtcl PartnCl'S is designated an Eligible Telecommunications Camer in the State
ofMjssissippi in tho non-mral Designated Areas listed in Attachment 1 hereto. Nextel Partners
shall provide service either tlnough its own facilities or a combination
ofits own faoilities and
resale to all subscribers upon request in its designated service area.
This Commission retains continuingjtlrisdiction to revi=w. modify, or revoc its0 .
designation of N extel Partners as an ETC. N e:xtelPartners is conditionally designated an
Eligible Telecommunications Camer throughout the
Designated. Areas listed in Att~...hment 1.
This ETC designation is for federal universal service fimds. and is based on federal rules and
guidelines as they exist today. Likewise. should the Univenal Service Administrative Company
or any other agency revise contn"bution Or disbursement requirements that
would dircct1y impact
the State of Mississippi and its consumers. the Commiqion retains its jurisdiction to review
modify and/or revoke its desigTIarinu ofNextel Partners ~ an ETC. Additionally. should any
information supplied by Nextel Partners in thi~ docket be inaccurate
, the designatio'Q ofNextel
Partners as an BTC may be revoked.
The entire file of the CoIDII1ission. as wel1 as all responses to all discovery
t"equests of the MPUS. arc specially made a part of the record in this
It18tter.
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4. This Order is effective as of the date hereof.
SO ORDERED. this the .iff dAy of
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Designated .Areas for which Nextel Partners
Is Designated As Ap. ETC
BELLSOUTH CORP BENTMSSU
BELLsOUTH CORP BGCIIMssU
BELLSOUTH CORP FORSMSMA.
BELLSOunr CORP FYTTMSMABELLSOUTH CORP BILXMSDI
BELLSOT..1T8: CORP BN'I'NMsSU
BELLSOUTH CORP GLPTMSL Y
BELLSOU'IH CORP 1:lDLBMSMA
BELLSOUTH: CORP BOTNMsMA
BBU.sOUTH CORP BRHNMSMA
BELLsODTH CORP HPVLMssU
BELLSOUTH CORP HRL YMSMA
BELLSOUTH CORP BRNDMSES
BELLSOUI'H CORP BRWDMSMA
BELLSOUTH CORP HTBGMSMA
BELLSOUTH CORP IJZr.J.wSMA
BELLSOtrrH CORP CBNKMsSU
BELLsOUTH CORP CLNSMSMA
BELLSOUTH CORP KSCSMSMA
BELLSOUTH CORP LAKEMsMA
BBLLSOUTH CORP CNTNMsMA
BELLSOUTH CORP COVLMSSU
BELLSOU'IH CORP LARLMSMA
BELLSOUfH CORP LCDLMSMA
BELLSOtrrB: CORP CRSPMSMA
BBLLSOUTH CORP CRTHMSMA
BBLLSOUTH CORP LXTNMSMA
BELLSOUTH CORP 1v!AOEMSMA
BELLSOUTIi CORP CSYLMSSU
BELLSOum CORP DFFEMSMA
B.ELLSOtrrH CORP :MIZEMSMA
BELLSOUIH CORP MNASMSMA
BELLSOu:rn CORP DKLBMS.MA
BELLSOUTH CORP EDWRMsDS
BELLSOPTH CORP BLVLMSMA
13ELLSOUI'H CORP ENTRMSMA
BBLLSOUTH CORP Ml'ID'NMSMA
J3BLLSOum: CORP MNTIMSMA
BELLSOUTH CORP FLORMsMA
BELLSOlJTH CORP MRTNMSMA
BELLSOUTH CORP MSPNMsMA
BELLSOUlH CORP MSTFMSCU
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BELLSOutH CORP MTOLMSMA
BBLLSOUTH CORP NWTNMSMA
BELLSOUTH CORP OBDHMSMA
BELLSOUTH CORP PCKNMSMA
BBLLSOUTH CORP PCYNMSMA
BELLSOum CORP PGSNMSMA
BELLSOUTH CORP PID..AMS.MA .
BBLLSOUTH CORP PLHTMSMA
BELLSOUTH CORP PPVLMSMA
BELLSOUTH CORP PRVSMSMA
BBLLsOUTH CORP PSCHMSLT
BELLSOUTH CORP PSCHMsMA
BELLSOUTH CORP QTMNMSMA
BELLSOUTH CORP RCTNMSMA
BELLSOtrrH CORP RLFKMSMA
BBLLSOUTH CORP RLGHMSMA
BELLSOUTH CORP RYMNMsDS
BBLLSOUl'H CORP S:MR.LMSMA
BELLSOUTH CORP 8NR YMSMA
BBLLSOUTH CORP TMSBMSMA
BBLLSOUTH CORP TRRYMSMA
BELLSOUTH CORP TYVLMsMA
BELLSOUTH CORP UNINMSDS
BELLSOUTIJ CORP UTICMSbS
BELLSOum'cORP VNCLMSMA
BELLSOUTII CORP WGNSMSMA
BELLSOUTH CORP WNRDMSSU
BELLSOUTH CORP WSSNMSMA
BELLSOUTII CORP WYBOMSMA
BELLSOUTH CORP YZCYMSMA
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RECEIVED NOV - 62003
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Salt Lake City, UT 84 180
May 6, 2002
Mrs. Jean JeweJJ
Commission Secretary
IDAHO PUBUC UTILITIES COMMJSSJON
472 West Washington Street
. Boise, ID 83720
Ref: Election of a Federal High-Cost Universal Service Support Disaggregation Plan
pursuant to the Federal Communication Commission s (FCC) Rules under Section
54.315
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Disaggregation and targeting of support by rural incumbent local exchange
carriers
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Dear Mrs. Jewel1
In conformance with Section 54.315 of the FCC rules, this filing designates the
Company s e1ection for the Path of Disaggregation for the fonowing rural incumbent
local exchange company operating in the State ofIdaho,
Path 3: Self-Certification for Disaggregation of Federal USF Support
Citizens Telecommunications Company of Idaho
. For the Company listed above, we have enclosed an affidavit titled "Certification of
Disaggregation Plan" which provides a statement dedaring the selected path for
disaggregation the Company has selected, the name and address of the individual(s) to be
contacted concerning the plan being filed, the Study Area Code (SAC) assigned under the
Federal Universal Service Fund (USF) program, and the signature of an authorized
. Corporate Officer.
In addition, we have endosed a complete description of the rationale used to compute
and disaggregate the Federal USF support by category of support, the wire centers which
comprise each suPPOJ1 zone, the Federal' U SF suPPOJ1 per line per wire center (Exhibit I),
and exchange boundary maps which dearly identify the wire center boundaries of the
designated disaggregation zones within the Company s study area.
Complete copies of this filing are also being sent to the Universal Service Administrative
Company (USAC) in accordance with the FCC rules,
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An additional copy of this Jetter is also encJosed. Please stamp thjs copy received andreturn jt jn the encJosed stamped, self-addressed envelope.
Should you have any questions on the information jncJuded in this flUng, please contact
myself or the jndjviduaJs Jjsted on the encJosed "
Certjflcatjon ofDjsaggregatjon PJ8:ndocument.
SjncereJy,
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Lance A. Tade
State ReguJatory Manager
Frontjer
A Chjzens Communicatjons Company
EncJosures
xc: Admjnistrator-USAC
M. Shultz
R. Brockmann
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Certification of Disaggregation Plan
. The foJJowing incumbent local exchange carriers operating in the State ofIdaho, have
elected to follow Path 3 , Self-Certification for Disaggregation of Federal USF Support
for the foJJowing Study Areas:
. Company / Study Area Study Area Code
Citizens Telecommunications Company ofIdaho .474427
Name and Address of Individuals to be contacted concerning this Plan:
. Mr. Randall J. Brockmann
. Manager ~ Economic Costing
Frontier Corporation
180 South Clinton Avenue
Rochester, NY 14646-0400
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Mr. Michael J. Shultz
Director - Federal Regulatory
Frontier Corporation
180 South Clinton Avenue
Rochester, NY 14646-0300
(58 777-5619
Corporate Officer Signature:
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USF Disaggregation Plan
MethodoJogy Used for Path 2 and Path 3 Certifications
The foJlowing document describes the Disaggregation Plan and specific procedures used
by Frontier, a Cjtjzen s Communkations Company (the "Company ), to detennine theaJlocation of its ' Federal Universal Service Fund (uSp)
SUpport per line, per Study Area,The plan is based in part, on wire center costs as developed from forward-
looking coStproxy models.
The Company began by segregating wire centers within each Study Area into three
separate cost zones based on line cost estimates
ITom two forward looking cost proxymodels - the Cjtjzens Costmap Wireline Model and the HAl 5.
0a model I . For each ofthe Company s Study Areas within the State, a forward- Jooking weighted average costper Jine was compUted. Next, for each of the wire centers in a given Study Area
, anaverage cost per Jine, per wire center was compUted. The average cost per Jine
, per wirecenter was then compared to the average cost per Jine for the entire Study Area.
The wirecenters were then classified into three cost
Zones depending on the relationship betweenthe average coSt per line for the wire center and the average cost per line for the Stndy
. area, Zone I includes all wire Centers whnse average cost per line Were helow 75%
of thestudy area average cost per line. Zone 2 includes those
wire centers whose average costper line were between 75% and 125% of the study area average and Zone 3 includes
wire centers greater than 125% of the study area average.
Next the Company calcuJated the estimated Federal UniversaJ SUpport per line hy
dividing its 2002 budgeted USF support by study area over the 12/31/2001 access
linecounts. The Company disaggregated the USF support per study area between localswitching support (LSS), high cost fund (ReF), interstate access support (lAF) and
Jong-tenD support (LTS). The final a11ocation was to spread the aggregate USF supportdo11ars over a11 wire centers in the three cost zones.
, Estimated forward looking Hne
COSts for Citizen s W;re centers were compnted using the CompanyCostmap Wireline Model , while estimated forward looking line costs for Frontier
s wire centers werecomputed using results ITom the HAl Model
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, The Company fu-st alJocated the LSS (assuming the Company receives this support in the
Study Area), equalJy by wire center over alJ lines in the study area. This is based on the
fact that LSS support is generaJJy not influenced by factors such as distance and density,
both of",hich directly affect loop costs. The LSS cost per line was computed by dividing
the annual LSS expected by the total access lines in the Study Area. The remainder or'
the" Federal USF support (HCF, IAF & LTS) was added together for each Study Area and
aJJocated between cost Zones 2 and 3. These support doJJars were aJJocated between'
Zones 2 and 3 on the basis ofthe ratio of the wire center s total cost per Zone to the total
combined cost of Zones 2 and 3. The wire center s total cost is equal to the average cost
per line, as computed by the cost proxy model, times the number of access lines in the
wire center. The total allocated costs to each wire center were then divided by the access
lines in that wire center to arrive at the total allocated USF per line, per wire center.
In summary, under the Company s plan, each wire center is classified into only one
distinct cost zone. Support on a per line basis is then based on the relationship of the
total cost of the specific wire center to the total cost of aJl wife centers included in that
cost zone.
Exhibit 1
Per line
Per line HCF, IAFCilliExchangelinefLS~LTS Per line
CTC of Idaho
SAC Number: 474427
Zone 1
HMDlIDXCDSO Homedale 228MCClIDXCDSOMcCall209MRNGIDXCRSOMarsing234 4.27WLDRIDXCRSOWilder12327-PARMIDXCDSO Parma 973
Total 11,767 27.
Zone 2
GRVYIDXCRSO Garden Valley 282 22.27.ABRDJDXCDSO Aberaeen 194 23,27.CSCDIDXCDSO Cascade 666 31.35.
Total 142 26.30.
Zone 3
HRBNIDXCDSO Horseshoe Bend 721 41.45.RGNSIDXCDS1 Riggins 918 44.49.DNl YJDXCDSO Donnelly 881 46.51.FRFDIDXCDSO Fairfield 582 60.64.SPFDIDXCRSO Springfield 241 60.65,CARYIDXCDS1 Carey 371 63.67.NWMDIDXCRS1 New Meadows 786 64.68.SWETIDXCRS1 Sweet 428 73.77.81WHBRIDXXRS1WMe Bird 367 120.124.EKCYJDXADSO Elk City 371 237.241.
Total 666 70.74.
Total Lines 575
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