HomeMy WebLinkAbout20160630Application for Equipment2014.docBEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
P O Box 83720
Boise, ID 83720-0074
APPLICATION FOR ORDER CONFIRMING QUALIFIED BROADBAND EQUIPMENT
1. Applicant: Cable One, Inc. – a cable television operator Contact Person: R. Lyn Fain
210 E Earll Street 602-364-6213
Phoenix, AZ 85004-1749
2. Areas where equipment is installed: Exhibit A
Description of Broadband services offered to the public in Idaho: Cable One, Inc. delivers High Speed Internet and Broadband Services to homes and businesses in Idaho over our fiber optics and coaxial cable facilities. Customers can choose increased connection speeds up to 50mbps downstream with corresponding upstream transmission rates delineated in Exhibit A. In addition to Internet connectivity, Cable One customers have access to ISP services such as e-mail.
4. Network transmission rates –All rebuilt Cable One, Inc. networks exceed the requirement of Sec. 63-3029I (3)(b), of at least 200,000 bps to a subscriber and at least 125,000 bps from a subscriber. See attached Exhibit A for a listing of each Idaho cable system and applicable network transmission rates. Cable One, Inc. has increased the connectivity speeds for Idaho subscribers during 2014 with upgraded equipment and services.
5. Specific list of equipment or types of equipment requesting to be determined “qualified broadband equipment” is contained in Exhibit B. Applicant has limited the equipment expenditures to those items within the meaning of 63-3029I(3)(b)(iii), extending from the subscribers’ side of the headend to the outside of the subscriber structure. Additionally, Petitioner request that costs incurred in installing the equipment, including buried cable and fiber, and other installation labor necessary to bring the network online and operational be considered for the tax credit. Exhibit D shows the location of equipment necessary to provide high speed broadband equipment after the switch, located in the headend – the point of demarcation being determined to be at the CMTS equipment and beyond to the subscriber. Switch equipment and routers for T1 and internet connections ‘in front’ of the headend have not been included in this qualifying equipment. Additionally, this application includes materials and labor necessary to bring the cable to the outside of the subscriber’s house. The total capitalized drop material and labor has been reduced for costs incurred past the point of demarcation – the box on side of the subscriber’s home.
6. All equipment listed in Exhibit B was purchased and installed between January 1, 2014 and December 31, 2014. Continuing expenditures are planned of the same type of equipment to (1) complete the upgrade to high speed network of the remaining Cable One, Inc. systems to extend the Cable One, Inc. area of service as deemed feasible in the future.
Written description of network: Cable One, Inc. provides high speed data service through a “Hybrid Coax Network”. The HFC network is designed to offer data services utilizing bi-directional fiber optic receivers and transmitters, bi-directional data services utilizing fiber optics, amplifiers, couplers and taps. See Exhibit C.
The total number of potential Idaho subscribers (homes passed) is approximately 382,805 at the end of 2014. We estimate that 99.9% of those with access to Cable One, Inc. have access to our broadband network. It is estimated that our cable system reaches 75% of the population in the areas served by Cable One, Inc.
Applicant certifies that he/she has read the applicable statues for broadband investment income tax credit and believes that the subject broadband equipment qualifies for the tax credit under Idaho Code Sec. 63-3029I.
Submitted this _______ day of June, 2015.
R. Lyn Fain, Director of Taxes, Cable One, Inc.
Cable One, Inc.