20140925Staff Letter to FCC.pdf

IDAHO
PUBLIC UTILITIES
comrnrsslon
Marlene H. Dortch
Office of the Secretary
Federal Communications Commission
445 l2th Street, SW, Room TW-A306
Washington, DC 20554
Universal Service Administration Company
Vice President, High Cost and Low Income Division
2000 L Street, NW, Suite 200
Washington, DC 20036
Re: CC Docket No. 96-45/WC Docket No. l0-90, Annual State Certification of Support for
Elieible Telecommunications Catriers Purslaqt to 47 C.F.R. $ 54.314.
Pursuant to the requirements of 47 C.F.R. $ 54,314, the Idaho Public Utilities
Commission hereby certifies to the Federal Communications Commission and the Universal
Service Administrative Company that the telecommunications carriers listed on the attachment to
this letter are eligible to receive the federal high-cost support for the program years cited.
The ldaho Public Utilities Commission certifies for the carriers listed (see attached) all
federal high-cost support provided to such carriers within ldaho was used in the preceding
calendar year (2013) and will be used in the coming calendar year (2015) only for the provision,
maintenance, and upgrading of facilities and services for which the support is intended.'
Sincerely,
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Grace Seaman
Utilities Analyst
208334.CI352
&race. seam an@puc. idaho. gov
Attachment
t +7 C.F.n. I 54.313(a) ("eglIlgg!!9!, States that desire ellgible telecommunicatlons carriers to receive support
pursuant to the high-cost program must file annual certifications with the Administrator and the Commission
statlng that all federal high-cost support provided to such carriers within that State was used in the preceding
calendar year and will be used in the comlng calendar year only for the provision, maintenance, and upgrading of
facilities and services for which the support is intended. High-cost support shall only be provlded to the extent that
the State has filed the reguired certification pursuant to this sectlon.")
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Marsha H. Smlth, Commtssloner
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ETC CARRIERS CERTIFIED BY THE II'AHO PUC
September 25,2014
CARRIER SAC
Albion Telephone Company, Inc. d/b/a ATC Communications
Cambridge Telephone Company, Inc.
CenturyTelof the Gem State, lnc. d/b/a CenturyTel
CenturyTel of ldaho, Inc. d/b/a CenturyTel
Citizens Telecommunications Company of ldaho d/Ua Frontier
4722t3
47?215
472?23
472225
Communications of ldaho 474427
CTC Telecom, lnc. d/b/a CTC Wireless 4790A9
Custer Telephone Cooperative, lnc. 472218
Custer Telephone Broadband Services, LLC 479A19
Direct Communications-Rockland 472237
Farmers Mutual Telephone Company 47?2?l
Filer MutualTelephone Company 472220
Fremont Telcom, Inc. 472222
Frontier Communications Northwest Inc, (flVaYerizon Northwest, Inc.) 472416
Gold Star Communications, LLC d/b/a Silver Star Wireless 47901 I
lnland Cellular 479047
Inland Telephone Company 472423
Midvale Telephone Exchange, Inc. d/b/a MTE Communications 472226
Mud Lake Telephone Cooperative 472227
New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC (f/k/a AT&T Mobility and Edge Wireless) 479006
Oregon-ldaho Utilities, lnc. 532390
Potlatch Telephone Company, Inc. d/b/a TDS Telecom 472230
Project Mutual Telephone Cooperative Association, lnc. 472231
Qwest Corporation d/b/a CenturyLink QC (Northern ldaho) 475162
Qwest Corporation d/b/a CenturyLink QC (Southern ldaho) 475103
RuralTelephone Company 47?233
Silver Star Teleplrone Company 472295
Syringa Wireless, LLC 479008
(Nontribal and Tribal) 479010
T-Mobile West LLC 479013