970829.docx

DECISION MEMORANDUM
TO:COMMISSIONER HANSEN
COMMISSIONER NELSON
COMMISSIONER SMITH
MYRNA WALTERS
STEPHANIE MILLER
DAVID SCHUNKE
DON HOWELL
WELDON STUTZMAN
BRAD PURDY
BILL EASTLAKE
BIRDELLE BROWN
CAROLEE HALL
JOE CUSICK
DAVID SCOTT
BEVERLY BARKER
TONYA CLARK
WORKING FILE
FROM:WAYNE HART
DATE:AUGUST 29, 1997
RE:APPROVAL OF INTERCONNECTION AGREEMENT BETWEEN MAXTEL AND U S WEST:  CASE NO. GNR-T-97-2, MAX-T-97-1
BACKGROUND:
Max-Tel Communications, Inc. (Max-Tel) submitted a copy of an interconnection agreement with U S WEST along with its application for a Certificate for Public Convenience and Necessity (CPCN).  The agreement is the standard offered to any competitive local exchange company by U S WEST, and essentially identical to that approved by the Commission for Citizens Telecommunications.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends modified procedure, with a twenty-one day comment period, for the Commission’s review of this agreement.
COMMISSION DECISION:
Does the Commission agree?
____________________________
Wayne Hart
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