19990420Decision Memo.doc

DECISION MEMORANDUM

TO: COMMISSIONER HANSEN
COMMISSIONER SMITH
COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER
MYRNA WALTERS
TONYA CLARK
STEPHANIE MILLER
LYNN ANDERSON
JOE CUSICK
BIRDELLE BROWN
DAVID SCOTT
WORKING FILE

FROM: BRAD PURDY

DATE: APRIL 20, 1999

RE: CASE NO. GNR-T-98-14
CCCID, INC.’s APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY

On October 6, 1998, CCCID, Inc. applied for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity to provide local service in U S WEST exchanges. CCCID proposes initially to provide local telecommunication services and exchange services to targeted customers within the U S WEST service areas in the Boise area. The Company may obtain other business and residential customers at a later date.
CCCID is a wholly owned subsidiary of Connect Holding Corporation (CHC). CHC, which does not operate in any jurisdiction and has no independent source of income, has the same ownership and management as Connect Communications Corporation (CCC). CCC has a contract to serve two large multi-state business accounts with extensive telecommunication requirements. CCC intends to implement its contract through affiliate subsidiaries, such as CCCID, in each state. CCC is funding the startup operations and providing management expertise to CCCID until CCCID is able to sustain its own operations.
CCCID will install a switch in Boise through which it will offer a broad variety of local exchange services. It has an approved interconnection agreement with U S WEST for direct connections to its customers. Transmission will be provided by selected toll carriers. CCCID will maintain its switching facilities.
Initially, CCCID will implement service in the Boise area for its two contracted business accounts and will expand logically from that initial site as business opportunity warrants. It has no immediate plans to serve in any other territories and projects that it will be at least six (6) months before CCCID obtains other customers in Idaho. The Company has no plans to offer service initially via bundled resale, and therefore, will not be likely to serve residential customers. Still, the Company wants to have broad enough authority to do so in the future. Staff recommends that the Commission issue a Notice of Modified Procedure soliciting comments in response to that Application.

COMMISSION DECISION:
Does the Commission wish to issue a Notice of Modified Procedure in this case?

Brad Purdy

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