19990125Certificate No 354.doc

BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION

IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF ADVANCED TELCOM GROUP, INC. FOR A CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY TO PROVIDE INTRASTATE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES WITHIN THE STATE OF IDAHO.
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CERTIFICATE NO. 354

IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that this Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity, Certificate No. 354, is issued to Advanced Telecom Group, Inc. (ATGI). This Certificate authorizes ATGI to provide Title 61 regulated telecommunications services, including basic exchange services, within certain parts of the state of Idaho. The Commission approved ATGIs Certificate by Order No. 27879 issued January 15, 1999, and authorized ATGI to provide Title 61 services in the respective service areas of U S WEST Communications and GTE Northwest Incorporated, as depicted in the map attached to this Certificate as Exhibit A. This Certificate is predicated upon and is issued pursuant to the findings of the Commission in Order No. 27879.
DONE by Order of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission at Boise, Idaho this day of January 1999.

DENNIS S. HANSEN, PRESIDENT

RALPH NELSON, COMMISSIONER

MARSHA H. SMITH, COMMISSIONER

ATTEST:

Myrna J. Walters
Commission Secretary

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CERTIFICATE NO. 354