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Section 1: Eligible Telecommunication Carrier Information
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Date of ETC Annual Report: September 17, 2012
Company Name: Cambridge Telephone Company
Address: P.O. Box 88
Cambridge, ID 83610
Company Contact Person/Title: Richard A. Wiggins I President
Telephone Number: (208) 257-3314
Email Address: rwiggins@ctctele.com
Service Area Code (SAC): 47-2215
Number of Idaho Telephone Service Assistance Program (ITSAP) recipients: 71
(Use number from last report submitted to the ITSAP Administrator)
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State of Idaho) CERTIFICATION BY ELIGIBLE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIER
ss OF COMPLIANCE WITH SERVICE QUALITY AND CUSTOMER
County of Washington) PROTECTION, ABILITY TO REMAIN FUNCTIONAL IN EMERGENCIES,
County of Adams) AND USE OF FEDERAL HIGH-COST SUPPORT.
County of Boise)
AFFIDAVIT OF BUSINESS OR CORPORATE OFFICER
The Idaho Public Utilities Commission Order No. 29841 requires that Eligible Telecommunications Carriers certify
that it is compliant with applicable service quality standards and consumer protection rules; and ETCs must
demonstrate the ability to remain functional in emergencies. In addition, the Commission must file an annual
certification with the USAC and the FCC that all federal high-cost support provided to ETCs within the State of
Idaho will be used only for the provision, maintenance, and upgrading of facilities and services for which the
support is intended. Accordingly, the undersigned states and verifies under oath the following:
1.I am an officer of Cambridge Telephone Company, Inc., an eligible telecommunications carrier for
receiving federal universal service support under section 214(e) of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 in
the state of Idaho.
2.lam familiar with the Company's day-to-day operations in the state of Idaho and with the State's service
quality standards and consumer protection rules as set forth in Commission Order No. 29841.
3.Cambridge Telephone Company, Inc., is complying with applicable service quality standards and
consumer protection rules of the Federal Communications Commission and the Idaho Public Utilities
Commission.
4.I certify to the Commission that the Company is able to remain functional in emergencies as set forth in
Commission Order No. 29841 and in 47 C.F.R. § 54.201(a)(2).
5.I also certify that all federal universal service support funds received by Cambridge 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 services for which the support is intended.
The company will continue to comply for the period of January 1, 2013 through December 31, 2013, to be
eligible for federal universal service fund support.
6.This verification and affidavit is provided to be the Idaho Public Utilities Commission to enable the IPUC
to certify to the FCC that federal universal service support received by the eligible carriers in the state will
be used in a manner consistent with Section 254(e) of the Telecommunications Act. EYNNE MUNDEN
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Section 10: Two-Year Network Improvement Plan and Progress Report
The annual report must include a progress report on the carrier's two-year service qualify improvement plan,
including maps detailing its progress toward meeting the plan targets, an explanation of how much universal
service support was received and how it was used to improve signal quality, coverage, or capacity, and an
explanation regarding any network improvement targets that have not been fulfilled. This information shall be
submitted at the wire center level. The annual report must also include an updated two-year network
improvement plan indicating plans for future investment.
Two-Year Network Improvement Plan Format
Year 1: January 1, 2012—December 31 1 2012*
Wire center - Cambridge
Extend fiber network to Premises (last mile)
Construction begins April of 2012 and completion December 2012
Wire Center–Council
Extend fiber network to the premises (last mile)
Construction to begin April 2012 Estimate completion December 2012
Year 2: January 1, 2013—December 31, 2013*
Wire center - Cambridge
Extend fiber network to Premises (last mile)
Construction begins April of 2013 and completion December 2013
Wire Center–Council
Extend fiber network to the premises (last mile)
Construction to begin April 2013 Estimate completion December 2013
*This report is intended to be a forward-looking view of a carriers network improvement plan.
Please do not provide information for any months earlier than those listed above.
Note: The ETC may wish to submit the Two-Year Network Improvement Plan as "confidential
information' If so, please follow the IPUC Rules of Procedure for Information Exempt From
Public Review-Definitions-Form-Procedures. See IDAPA 31.01.01, Rule 67
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