HomeMy WebLinkAbout970313.docxDECISION MEMORANDUM
TO:COMMISSIONER NELSON
COMMISSIONER SMITH
COMMISSIONER HANSEN
MYRNA WALTERS
STEPHANIE MILLER
DAVID SCHUNKE
DON HOWELL
JOE CUSICK
BILL EASTLAKE
JIM LONG
WAYNE HART
BEVERLY BARKER
DAVID SCOTT
TONYA CLARK
WORKING FILE
FROM:BIRDELLE BROWN
DATE:MARCH 13, 1997
RE:PETITION TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF CARIBOU AND BONNEVILLE COUNTIES IN THE EASTERN IDAHO EXTENDED AREA SERVICE (EAS) REGION.
State Senators and Representatives from Districts 30 and 32 have written to endorse a petition with nearly 400 names from Caribou and Bonneville Counties and a number of letters requesting the inclusion of Gray’s Lake, Wayan and Freedom, Idaho, areas into the eastern Idaho U S WEST EAS region. These communities are served by Silver Star Telephone Company. The letter says that the reasons justifying this EAS are even more dramatic for the Silver Star Telephone Company than they were for the Eastern Idaho customers who will enjoy U S WEST’s EAS calling. Specifically, the letter lists the requirements for schools and school districts, county governments, medical and emergency services, fire protection and all commercial and business activity. Petitioners indicate that the nearest communities with essential facilities are approximately 40 miles away.
U S WEST and Silver Star Telephone Company have both indicated a willingness to investigate the reasonableness of the proposed EAS.
COMMISSION DECISION
Staff recommends that this petition be assigned a case number and that the case be investigated concurrently with the Swan Valley/Irwin petition, Case No. USW-S-96-4. Does the Commission agree?
Birdelle Brown
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