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HomeMy WebLinkAbout20030908Curry Direct for Clear Talk.pdfBEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF IAT COMMUNICATIONS, INc., d. NTCH-IDAHO, INc. OR CLEAR TALK FOR DESIGNATION AS AN ELIGIBLE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIER IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OFNPCR, INc. d.a. NEXTEL PARTNERS SEEKING DESIGNATION AS AN ELIGIBLE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIER Case No. GNR-O3- Case No. GNR-O3- DIRECT TESTIMONY OF LARRY CURRY ON BEHALF OF !AT COMMUNICATIONS, INC. DBA CLEAR TALK -,.... ..~ '- ,, " (J) :;;s:: -ry -"- N ' . . '-0 . - ; , , II. III. IV. TABLE OF CONTENTS IDENTIFICATION OF WITNESS, FACTUAL BACKGROUND, AND PURPOSE 0 F TESTIMONY ............................................................................................ 3 ESCRIPTI ON OF CLEAR TALK'S SERVICE ........................................................... ADVERTISING OF CLEAR TALK'S SERVICE ......................................................... SERVICE AREAS IN WHICH CLEAR TALK SEEKS ETC DESIGNATION, ................................................................................................................. PUB LI C INTEREST............... ............................................................................................ 13 AFFIDAVIT (1 PAGE) EXHIBIT A (1 PAGE) Curry -- Clear Talk DIRECT TESTIMONY OF LARRY CURRY IDENTIFICATION OF WITNESS, FACTUAL BACKGROUND, AND PURPOSE OF TESTIMONY PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT, AND BUSINESS ADDRESS. My name is Larry Curry. I am a director ofIAT Communications, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and the president and general manager ofNTCH- Idaho, Inc., an Idaho corporation, collectively doing business as Clear Talk Clear Talk"). Clear Talk's offices are located at 233 N. Main Street Pocatello, Idaho, 83204. I live and work in Pocatello, Idaho. WHAT ARE YOUR RESONSIBILITIES WITHIN CLEAR TALK? My primary responsibilities are to oversee Clear Talk's operations in Idaho. I was responsible for the design and buildout of Clear Talk's wireless network in Idaho. I have also supervised the design and buildout of wireless networks in several other states. In my capacity as president and general manager of NTCH-Idaho, I have substantial knowledge about the products and services offered by Clear Talk, as well as Clear Talk's network and business operations. I have substantial knowledge about the service offerings Clear Talk offers in Idaho, including their features, pricing, and services. PLEASE DESCRIBE YOUR WORK EXPERIENCE. I have been employed by NTCH-Idaho, Inc. since 2000 when I was hired as general manager. Prior to my present employment I was Pre-Development Manager for NTCH, Inc. in Eureka, California. Prior to that, I was a commercial construction project manager for an excavation company and a construction superintendent for a construction company. I have also been licensed in Oregon as a general contractor and was self-employed in that capacity for eleven years. DOES CLEAR TALK CURRENTLY PROVIDE TELECOMMUNICA TIONS SERVICE IN IDAHO? Clear Talk currently provides mobile wireless service (also known as Commercial Mobile Radio Service " " CMRS " " Personal Communication Services" or "PCS") in Idaho, as shown on the maps submitted with its Petition for ETC Designation (the "Application TURNING TO THE MATTER OF UNIVERSAL SERVICE, DOES CLEAR TALK CURRENTLY CONTRIBUTE TO THE FUNDING FOR UNIVERSAL SERVICE? Yes. Clear Talk submits quarterly reports to the Universal Service Administration Company. Clear Talk also contributes to the Idaho Telecommunications Service Assistance Program ("ITSAP") on a quarterly basis. IS THE COMPANY PRESENTLY ABLE TO DRAW FROM THE FEDERAL UNIVERSAL SERVICE FUND FOR THE PROVISION OF THE SUPPORTED SERVICES IN IDAHO? No. Until Clear Talk is designated as an ETC in the requested service areas within Clear Talk's FCC-licensed boundaries, Clear Talk is not able to draw from the federal universal service fund for those areas. Without access to universal service funding, a competitive carrier like Clear Talk can be limited in its ability to provide a competitive telecommunications service to consumers, especially in high-cost areas such as those served by rural telephone companies in Idaho. Curry -- Clear Talk DID CLEAR TALK FILE AN APPLICATION FOR DESIGNATION AS AN ETC IN THE STATE OF IDAHO? Yes. Clear Talk's Application in this proceeding was filed with the Idaho Public Utilities Commission on February 3 , 2003. HAS CLEAR TALK PREVIOUSLY BEEN DESIGNATED AS AN ETC IN IDAHO? This Application is Clear Talk's first application for ETC designation in Idaho. In connection with this Application, Clear Talk has already been designated as an ETC in certain exchange areas in Idaho. WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF YOUR TESTIMONY? The purpose of my testimony is to describe how Clear Talk provides the supported services in Idaho, to identify Clear Talk's plans for providing universal service offerings within the state of Idaho in compliance with the statutory ETC criteria, and to show how the designation of Clear Talk as an ETC in the proposed exchange areas and/or wirecenters is in the public interest. WHY IS CLEAR TALK SEEKING DESIGNATION AS AN ETC? Clear Talk is hot eligible for universal service support unless and until it is designated as an ETC by the Commission. Clear Talk wants to continue to expand and enhance its service in Idaho and to try to bring high-quality telecommunications services atthe lowest possible prices to Idaho consumers. IS IT CLEAR TALK'S INTENT TO OBTAIN UNIVERSAL SERVICE SUPPORT FOR THE PROVISION OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES TO THE PUBLIC? I Idaho Public Utilities Commission, Order No. 29261, dated June 10 2003 , Docket No. GNR- 03- Curry -- Clear Talk Yes. II.DESCRIPTION OF CLEAR TALK'S SERVICE IN WHAT AREAS IS CLEAR TALK SEEKING DESIGNATION AS AN ETC? Clear Talk is seeking designation as an ETC in certain exchange areas and/or wirecenters within the FCC-defined Basic Trading Areas Nos. 451 (Twin Falls), 202 (Idaho Falls), and 353 (pocatello), which cover a substantial portion of southeast Idaho and for which Clear Talk has been granted a license in Idaho.. A list of Clear Talk's proposed designated service areas is attached as Exhibit A to this testimony. UNDER THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1996, WHAT ARE THE PREREQUISITES FOR DESIGNATION AS AN ETC? I am informed that a telecommunications carrier, including wireless carriers such as Clear Talk, are eligible for ETC designation if the carrier is: (1) is a cOlmnon carrier; (2) will offer the supported services; (3) will advertise the availability of the supported services; and (4) will make the supported services available throughout a designated service area. WHAT ARE THE SUPPORTED SERVICES THAT MUST BE . OFFERED BY CLEAR TALK IN CONNECTION WITH ETC DESIGNATION? I am informed that Clear Talk must offer the following services as a condition of any ETC designation: 1. voice-grade access to the public switched network; 2. local usage; 3. dual tone multi-frequency signaling or its functional equivalent; Curry - Clear Talk 4. single-party service or its functional equivalent; 5. access to emergency services; 6. access to operator services; 7. access to inter exchange services; 8. access to directory assistance; and 9. toll limitation for qualifying low-income consumers. 47 C.R. ~ 54.101(a). COULD YOU EXPLAIN EACH OF THE SUPPORTED SERVICES AND HOW CLEAR TALK PROVIDES THESE SERVICES? Yes. Clear Talk currently offers and is able to provide its Idaho customers those services and functionalities within its designated service areas. Voice-grade access to the public switched telephone network.Clear Talk meets this requirement of providing voice-grade access to the public switched network. Through its interconnection arrangement Qwest, all customers of Clear Talk are able to make and receive calls on the public switched network within the specified bandwidth. Local usage.Clear Talk will comply with any and all minimum local usage requirements adopted by the FCC, and any applicable minimum local usage requirements adopted by the Commission. Dual-tone. multi-frequency ("DTMF") signaling. or its functional equivalent.Clear Talk currently uses out-of-band digital signaling and in- band multi-frequency ("MF") signaling that is functionally equivalent to DTMF signaling. Clear Talk therefore meets the requirement to provide DTMF signaling or its functional equivalent. Curry -- Clear Talk Single-party service or its functional equivalent.Single-party service" means that only one party will be served by a subscriber loop or access line, in contrast to a multi-party line. Clear Talk meets this requirement by providing a dedicated message path for the length of all customer calls. Access to emergency services. Clear Talk presently provides E911 service to its subscribers and is currently working with PSAPs within its designated universal service areas to make Phase 11 E911 service available. Access to operator services.Clear Talk meets this requirement by providing all of its customers with access to operator services provided by either Clear Talk or other entities (e.g. LECs, IXCs, etc. Access to interexchange service. Clear Talk presently meets this requirement by providing all of its customers with the ability to make and receive interexchange or toll calls through direct interconnection arrangements Clear Talk has with several interexchange carriers (IXCs). Additionally, customers are able to reach their IXC of choice by dialing the appropriate access code. Access to directory assistance. Clear Talk meets this requirement by providing all of its customers with access to directory assistance by dialing 411" or "555-1212. Toll limitation for qualifying low-income consumers.Upon designation an ETC, Clear Talk will participate in Lifeline and other lower- income programs, as required, and will provide toll blocking in satisfaction of federal requirements. Clear Talk currently provides toll-blocking services, at Curry -- Clear Talk no charge, for international calls and customer selected toll calls. Clear Talk can and will utilize the same toll blocking technology to provide this service to its Lifeline and other lower-income customers, at no charge, as part of its universal service offerings once designated as an ETc. HOW WILL CLEAR TALK COMBINE THE SUPPORTED SERVICES INTO A UNIVERSAL SERVICE OFFERING? Clear Talk will deliver the supported services to consumers using the same antennae, cell sites, towers, trunk lines, mobile switching center, and interconnection facilities used for its existing PCS service. Clear Talk also regularly deploys additional cell sites, as necessary, to maximize signal coverage and service availability. In order to meet service requests throughout of the entirety of designated exchange areas and/or wirecenters Clear Talk may contract, as needed, to use the facilities of other facilities- based carriers, as allowed by federal law. Clear Talk intends to offer the supported services to universal service customers in a basic universal service offering, using Clear Talk's PCS network in conjunction with fixed wireless local loop equipment. Clear Talk's BUS can ,be offered and provided without any changes to Clear Talk' existing network. WHAT IS WIRELESS LOCAL LOOP SERVICE? A wireless local loop involves the use of a wireless access unit at a customer s location to transmit the signal to the nearest cell site. The wireless access unit is a piece of equipment that serves as the interface to the Clear Talk network over the CMRS spectrum in the same manner as a conventional Curry -- Clear Talk PCS handset. A wireless access unit is typically a desk unit that is more powerful than a conventional handset and simulates dial-tone. HOW IS WIRELESS LOCAL LOOP SERVICE DIFFERENT FROM CONVENTIONAL PCS SERVICE? The network cannot distinguish wireless local loop equipment and mobile handset equipment. The only difference is in the capabilities of the customer s transmitter/receiver, and the wireless local loop provides stronger transmitting/receiving capabilities than a mobile handset. However, although wireless local loop technology is identical to conventional PCS service, it is generally marketed more as a residence-based service that competes with landline service offerings. Clear Talk's advertising materials and customer service agreement would reflect this difference accordingly. HOW DOES WIRELESS LOCAL LOOP SERVICE GIVE CLEAR TALK AN ADVANTAGE AS IT PROVIDES UNIVERSAL SERVICES? There are spots within Clear Talk's coverage area where a conventional PCS customer may not have strong signal coverage. In those areas, the wireless local loop technology offering might be more appropriate for the customer because the wireless access unit is typically more powerful than a conventional handset and reception is greatly improved. This offering gives Clear Talk another option as it seeks to meet requests for universal services within its designated ETC service areas. At the same time, Clear Talk is able to provide all of its customers with a larger "local" calling area than a landline carrier, so that a Clear Talk universal service customer will likely incur fewer toll calls. Curry -- Clear Talk WHAT OTHER MEANS CAN CLEAR TALK EMPLOY TO MEET REQUESTS FOR SERVICE? I am informed that the FCC has determined that an ETC must be given an opportunity to expand its network, over time, to meet reasonable requests for service. Clear Talk accepts that obligation, and fully expects that as its network expands over time, it will be able to meet all such requests. If Clear Talk receives a request for service in an area outside its existing PCS signal coverage, there are numerous ways for Clear Talk to provide service. A technician can install a high-gain antenna at the location, or the power at an existing cell site can be turned up or redirected, or antennae can be adjusted (e., azimuth and downtilt), or microwave equipment can be installed, or new cell sites can be built, or Clear Talk can, if necessary, contract for the use of another carrier s facilities. Through one or more of these options, Clear Talk will be able to meet requests for service throughout the entirety of its designated ETC service areas, either using its own facilities or through combination of its own facilities and resale of another carrier s facilities. III.ADVERTISING OF CLEAR TALK SERVICE WILL CLEAR TALK ADVERTISE THE AVAILABILITY OF THE SUPPORTED SERVICES? Clear Talk currently advertises its wireless services through several different media, including newspaper, television, radio, and billboard advertising. Clear Talk also maintains various retail store locations throughout its authorized service areas, which provide an additional source of advertising. Curry -- Clear Talk Clear Talk's current advertising includes publications targeted to the general residential market. Clear Talk will use the same media of general distribution that it currently employs to advertise its universal service offerings throughout the service areas designated by the Commission. Clear Talk will also comply with all form and content requirements that apply to ETCs. IV.SERVICE AREAS IN WHICH CLEAR TALK SEEKS ETC DESIGNATION FOR WHAT SERVICE AREAS IS CLEAR TALK SEEKING ETC DESIGNA TION? At this time, Clear Talk seeks designation as an ETC in certain exchange areas and/or wirecenters (as set forth in Exhibit A) that fall within the boundaries of Clear Talk's FCC licenses. Exhibit A is a listing of the specific exchange areas and/or wirecenters in which Clear Talk is seeking ETC designation. Clear Talk is committed to making the supported services available to consumers within its designated service areas, using its own facilities and/or a combination of its own facilities and those of other facilities-based carriers, as necessary. IS CLEAR TALK SEEKING ETC DESIGNATION IN EACH AREA CONTAINED WITHIN ITS AUTHORIZED PCS LICENSED AREA? Yes. Clear Talk has reviewed and analyzed its PCS license areas and its existing signal coverage. Using publicly available mapping software and Clear Talk's own radio frequency signal propagation information (i. coverage), Clear Talk determined the extent to which each exchange and/or Curry -- Clear Talk wire center within its PCS-licensed area is currently covered, and where coverage could be extended if necessary to respond to a request for service. WHERE CLEAR TALK'S FCC-LICENSED BOUNDARIES DO NOT APPEAR TO EXTEND OVER AN ENTIRE WIRECENTER, DOES THE COMPANY REQUEST DESIGNATION AS AN ETC IN ONLY PART OF THE WIRECENTER? Yes. Clear Talk requests that the Commission designate Clear Talk as an ETC throughout the entirety of Clear Talk's FCC-licensed boundaries in Idaho, including any partial wirecenters, insofar as Clear Talk is committed to responding to service requests throughout any service areas in which Clear Talk obtains ETC designation. PUBLIC INTEREST IS THE DESIGNATION OF CLEAR TALK AS AN ADDITIONAL ETC IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST? Yes. Designating Clear Talk as an ETC in Idaho will bring competition to rural, high-cost areas, and competition is in the pubic interest. One of the underlying purposes of the Telecommunications regulations is to promote competition and reduce regulation in order to secure lower prices and higher quality services for telecommunications consumers and encourage the rapid deployment of new telecommunications technologies." I am informed that the applicable statutory public interest standards emphasize competition and consumer benefits-- not incumbent protection. Failure to designate Clear Talk as an ETC would deprive consumers of the benefits of competition, including increased choices, higher quality Curry -- Clear Talk service, and lower rates. Rural consumers should be allowed to choose services from a carrier that best meets the consumer s communications needs. Absent a choice of service providers, the consumer is unable to make a selection based upon service quality, service availability, or service rates. The incumbent provider has little or no incentive to introduce new, innovative or advanced service offerings. Competition promises to bring new and beneficial services to rural consumers in Idaho, at competitive prices. Clear Talk will offer universal services to rural consumers, as well as services not currently provided by the landline LEe. For example, Clear Talk may provide an expanded local calling area, which will benefit rural consumers who currently pay toll charges to reach family, friends government offices, health care providers, and businesses located outside of a landline s restricted local calling area. In addition to increased choices, Idaho rural consumers may also experience lower rates. When compared side-by-side with other ETCs universal offerings, the rates for Clear Talk's BUS will be comparable to, if not less than, the local service rates charged by the incumbent LEC, and Clear Talk will provide equivalent - or better - services and features. Otherwise Clear Talk will not likely attract any customers. Likewise, Clear Talk' service quality will need to meet or exceed the quality of services provided by the incumbent LEC in order for Clear Talk to obtain - and retain -- customers. Designating Clear Talk as an ETC will also further the deployment of Clear Talk's facilities-based network in Idaho. Curry -- Clear Talk If the Commission establishes a competitive universal service system rural consumers will be better able to keep pace with, and quite possibly outpace, urban consumers in terms of the availability - and price -- telecommunications services. Clear Talk stands ready, willing and able to bring competition to consumers in Idaho, which will result in better consumer pricing, better service quality, immediate service availability, and better customer service. The increased choices for rural consumers will advance universal service. DOES THIS CONCLUDE YOUR TESTIMONY? Yes. Curry -- Clear Talk , ~Er-~l-l~~J (T~E)H :lJ LlEAR TAlK WIRElE~~(fAX) l~~ lJJ ol~~r. ~~U~~l BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC rn"lUTIES COMMISSION IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION' 0 IAT COMMUNICATIONS, INC., d. NTCI-I-IDAHO, INC. OR CLEAR TALK FORDESIGNATlON AS ANELI(JlBLE TELECOMMUNICA nONS CARRIER IN TIlE MATTER OF 11.IE APPLICATION OF NPCR. INC. d.a. NEXTEL PARTNERS SEEKING DESIGNA nON AS AN ELIGIBLE TELECOMMUNICA nONS CARRIER CaseiNo. GNR-T-Q3..08 Case No. GNR-O3- AFFIDA VI1' OF LARRY CURRY I HAVE READ the foregoing DIRECT TESTIMONY OF LARRY CURRY ON BEHALF OF IA T COMMUNlCATIONS; INC. 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Citizen Telecom of ID Aberdeen Power ABRDIDXCDSO Aberdeen Page 1 of 1 Submitted by IAT Communications, Inc. 9/2/2003 CERTIFICA TE OF SERVICE I HEREBY CERTIFY that on this 2nd day of September, 2003, I caused a true and correct copy of the foregoing DIRECT TESTIMONY OF LARRY CURRY ON BEHALF OF CLEAR TALK to be served by the method indicated below, and addressed to the following: Jean Jewell Idaho Public Utilities Commission 472 West Washington Street Post Office Box 83720 Boise, Idaho 83720-0074 (X) US. Mail, Postage Prepaid ( ) Hand Delivered ( ) Overnight Mail ( ) Facsimile ( ) Electronic Mail Dean J. Miller, Esq. 420 West Bannock Post Office Box 2564-83701 Boise, Idaho 83702 (208) 336-6912 (Fax) j oe(0mcdevitt - mill er. com (X) US. Mail, Postage Prepaid ( ) Hand Delivered ( ) Overnight Mail ( ) Facsimile ( ) Electronic Mail Philip R. Schenkenberg, Esq. 2200 First National Bank Building 332 Minnesota Street St. Paul, Minnesota 55101 pschenkenberg(0briggs. com (X) US. Mail, Postage Prepaid ( ) Hand Delivered ( ) Overnight Mail ( ) Facsimile ( ) Electronic Mail Conley Ward Givens Pursley LLP 277 North 6th Street, Suite 200 Post Office Box 2720 Boise, Idaho 83701 (208) 388-1300 (Fax) ill lilt Q.:~~ W jfggiy ~!1~ p-.l.!r.~l ~Y-,.~ gJTI, (X) US. Mail, Postage Prepaid ( ) Hand Delivered ( ) Overnight Mail ( ) Facsimile ( ) Electronic Mail Lance A. Tade, Manager State Government Affairs Citizens Telecommunications Company of Idaho 4 Triad Center, Suite 200 Salt Lake City, UT 84180 tld~~cZn&91n (X) US. Mail, Postage Prepaid ( ) Hand Delivered ( ) Overnight Mail ( ) Facsimile ( ) Electronic Mail CLEAR TALK CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE - 1 Charles H. Creason, Jr. President and General Manager Project Mutual Telephone Cooperative Association, Inc. 507 G Street Post Office Box 366 Rupert, Idaho 83350 (X) US. Mail, Postage Prepaid ( ) Hand Delivered ( ) Overnight Mail ( ) Facsimile ( ) Electronic Mail John Hammond, Deputy AG Idaho Public Utilities Commission Washington Street Boise, Idaho 83720-0074 (208) 334-3762 (Fax) ihammon~,puc.state.id. (X) US. Mail, Postage Prepaid ( ) Hand Delivered ( ) Overnight Mail ( ) Facsimile ( ) Electronic Mail Clay Sturgis, Senior Manager MOSS ADAMS LLP 601 Riverside, Suite 1800 Spokane, W A 99201-0063 clays~mossadams. com (X) US. Mail, Postage Prepaid ( ) Hand Delivered ( ) Overnight Mail ( ) Facsimile ( ) Electronic Mail Morgan W. Richards, Esq. Moffatt, Thomas, Barrett, Rock & Fields 101 S. Capitol Blvd, loth Floor P. O. Box 829 Boise, Idaho 83701-0829 (208) 385-5384 (Fax) mwr~moffatt. com (X) U S. Mail, Postage Prepaid ( ) Hand Delivered ( ) Overnight Mail ( ) Facsimile ( ) Electronic Mail Mary S. Hobson Stoel Rives LLP 101 S. Capitol Blvd, Suite 1900 Boise, Idaho 83702-5958 (208) 389-9040 (Fax) mshobson~stoel.com (X) US. Mail, Postage Prepaid ( ) Hand Delivered ( ) Overnight Mail ( ) Facsimile ( ) Electronic Mail CLEAR TALK CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE - 2 Robert M. Nielsen 548 E Street Post Office Box 706 Rupert, Idaho 83350 (X) US. Mail, Postage Prepaid ( ) Hand Delivered ( ) Overnight Mail ( ) Facsimile ( ) Electronic Mail Signed: Sean P. Farrell Clear Talk CLEAR TALK CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE - 3