20030701Motion for Extension of Time.pdf

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Charles Carrathers
Verizon Northwest Inc.
180041 st Street
Everett, Washington 98201
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Attorney for Verizon Northwest Inc.
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BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF IPUC RESPONSE TO
FCC ORDER ON REVIEW OF SECTION 251
UNBUNDLING OBLIGATIONS OF
INCUMBENT LOCAL EXCHANGE
CARRIERS (CC DOCKET NO. 01-338)
CASE NO. GNR- T -03-
VERIZON NORTHWEST INC.S MOTION
FOR EXTENSION OF TIME IN WHICH TO INTERVENE
Pursuant to the Idaho Public Utilities Commission s ("Commission ) Rules of
Procedure 72 and 73 and the Commission s June 17, 2003 Notice of State Proceeding and
Notice of Right to Intervene Notice
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Verizon Northwest Inc. ("Verizon ) hereby files
this Motion for Extension of Time in which to Intervene Motion and in support of its
Motion states as follows:
V erizon is a telecommunications carrier authorized to provide various
telecommunications services in Idaho.
The Commission has opened this proceeding "to review within 90 days
whether the FCC determination that access to switching for high capacity loops such as
DS-, if not available as a UNE from an ILEC, would impair the ability of other carriers
to provide services.Notice at 2.
As an ILEC in the state, Verizon has a direct and substantial interest in the
Commission s consideration of "the FCC's presumptive finding that a competing
Verizon s Petition to Intervene
carrier s ability to provide services is not impaired without access to switching on high
capacity loops.Notice at 2.
There is little (if any) dispute regarding the lack of impairment without
access to switching on high capacity loops, and for this reason Verizon believes that the
Commission s 90 day proceeding may be unnecessary.
However, the FCC has not yet released its Triennial Review Order, and it
may be that interested parties wish to see the FCC's Order before deciding whether they
wish to participate in any 90 day proceeding.
For this reason, Verizon respectfully requests that the due date for
petitions to intervene in this proceeding be extended until ten (10) days after the FCC has
released its Order.
WHEREFORE, Verizon respectfully requests that its Motion for extension of
time be granted.
VERIZON NORTHWEST INc.
har es Carrathers
Verizon Northwes
1800 41 st Street
Everett, Washington 98201
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June 26 2003
Verizon s Petition to Intervene