20120629Farmers Mutual Telephone Company.1.pdf

Farmers Mutual Telephone Company
P0 Box 1030
Fruitland, ID 83619
June 22, 2012
Ms. Jean Jewell
Commission Secretary
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
472 West Washington Street
Boise, ID 83720
RE: State Certification of Farmers Mutual Telephone Company, Inc. in Idaho for Federal
Universal Service Support
Dear Ms. Jewell,
Farmers Mutual Telephone Company, Inc. ("the Company" or "Farmers") hereby requests
certification by Idaho Public Utilities Commission ("Commission") to the Federal
Communications Commission ("FCC") and the Universal Service Administrative Corporation
("USAC") for universal service support, in accordance with 47 U.S.C. 254(e). Farmers, Study
Area Code 472221, is a rural incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC) as designated by the
FCC, and is eligible to receive federal universal service high-cost support pursuant to the Code
of Federal Regulations ("CFR"), Title 47, Sections 54.301, 54.305, and Part 36, sub-part F.
In accordance with the PUC's order No. 29841 in case No. WST-T-05-1, Farmers submits the
following information in support of this request.
Section 1: Eligible Telecommunication Carrier Information
Date of ETC Annual Report: July 2, 2012
Company Name: Farmers Mutual Telephone Company, Inc.
Address: 319 SW 3d St
Fruitland, ID 83619
Company Contact Person/Title: Daniel E. Greig, General Manager
Telephone Number: 208.452.2000
Email Address: [e-mail]
Service Area Code (SAC): 472221
Number of Idaho Telephone Service Assistance Program (ITSAP) recipients: 118
Section 2: Description of Carrier's Local Usage Plan--
Competitive Eligible Telecommunications Carrier (CETC) Only
ETC applicants must demonstrate that their usage plan is comparable to the ILEC(s) in the service areas for
which it seeks designation. C.F.R. § 54.202(a) (4). Local Usage Plan may be a descriptive narrative of the carrier's
basic usage plan or it may be a copy of ILEC(s) tariff sheets as filed with the Idaho Public Utilities Commission.
N/A - Farmers is not a CETC carrier
Section 3: Detailed Outage Information §54.313(a)(2)
Provide detailed information on any outage, as that term is defined in 47 C.F.R. § 4.5, of at least thirty (30)
minutes in duration for each service area in which an ETC is designated for any facilities it owns, operates, leases
or otherwise uses that potentially affect (a) at least ten percent of the end users served in a designated service
area; or (b) a 9-1-1 special facility, as defined in 47 C. F.R. § 4.5(e). Specifically, the annual report must include
information detailing: (a) the date and time of onset of the outage; (b) a brief description of the outage and its
resolution; (c) the steps taken to prevent a similar situation in the future; and (f) the number of customers affected.
Reporting period is January 1, 2011—December 31, 2011. See Order No. 29841, page 18.
Number of outages: None
Additional outage information: f
Section 4: Unfulfilled Service Requests §54.313(a)(3)
Provide the number of requests for service from potential customers within the ETC'S service area(s) that were
unfulfilled in the previous year (January 1, 2011—December 31, 2011). The ETC shall also detail how it
attempted to provide service to those potential customers. See Order No. 29841, page 19.
The number of unfulfilled service requests from potential customers within the ETC's service
area: None
Additional information: N/A
Section 5: Customer Complaints §54.313(a)(4)
Provide the number of complaints per 1,000 handsets or lines for the previous year (January 1, 2011
December 31, 2011)
The number of customer complaints per 1,000 handset or working access lines: None
Additional information: N/A
Section 6: Service Quality and Consumer Protection Certification
§54.313(a)(5)
Provide certification that the carrier is complying with applicable service quality standards and consumer
protection rules.
Farmers certifies that it is in compliance with the applicable service quality standards
and consumer protection rules of the FCC and the Idaho Public Utilities Commission.
Please see the attached affidavit of corporate officer. Farmers is devoted to providing
high-quality service to our customers, including prompt, responsive, and thorough
customer service.
Section 7: Ability to Remain Functional in Emergencies Certification
§54.313(a)(6)
ETCs must demonstrate that it has a reasonable amount of back-up power to ensure functionality without an
external power source, is able to re-route traffic around damaged facilities, and is capable of managing traffic
spikes resulting from emergency situations.
Farmers is well suited to remain functional during emergencies, or in response to
damaged facilities, or spikes in network traffic. Farmers has taken significant steps to
ensure that its network will remain functional without an external power source. Farmers
has a backup power generator at each of its central offices.
Section 8: Federal USF High-Cost Support Certification §54.313, §54.314
Pursuant to FCC regulations, in order for ETCs to continue to receive federal USF, the Commission must file an
annual certification with the USAC and the [FCC] stating that all federal high-cost support provided to such
carriers within that State will be used only for the provision, maintenance, and upgrading of facilities and services
for which the support is intended."
NOTE: See "Example A" Affidavit of Business or Corporate Officer for the above certification
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DATA ELEMENT REQUESTED DATA
1 Carrier Study Area Code 6 numeric digits
2 Carrier Study Area Name alpha characters
3 Service Provider Identification Number 9 numeric digits
4 Residential Local Service Charge Effective Date mm/dd/yyyy
5 Contact Name alpha characters
6 Contact Telephone Number (include area code) 9 numeric digits
7 Sheet Number numeric digit(s)
8 Total Number of Sheets numeric digit(s)
RESPONSE
472221
FARMERS MUTUAL TEL CO LTD. - ID
143002514
06/01/2012
Greig, Daniel E
208-452-2000
Rate Floor Data Collection - OMB Control Number 3060-0986
Block 1 - Contact Information
Block 2- Residential Local Service Rates, Fees and Line Counts
Column 2 State
Subscriber Line
Column 1 Residential Local Service Charge Charge
9 0.00 0.00
Column 4
Manditory
Extended
Column 3 State Universal Area Service Column 5
Service Fee Charge Loops
0.00 0.00