20010420Minute Order.doc

BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION

IN THE MATTER OF GST TELECOM IDAHO, INC.’S PETITION FOR ARBITRATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 252(b) OF THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1996 OF THE RATES, TERMS, AND CONDITIONS OF INTERCONNECTION WITH U S WEST.
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CASE NO. GST-T-99-1

MINUTE ORDER

On August 26, 1999, GST Telecom Idaho, Inc. filed a Petition for Arbitration with the Commission pursuant to Section 252(b) of the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996. The Petition alleged that GST requested interconnection, services, or network elements with U S WEST pursuant to Section 251 of the Act that negotiations for an agreement have occurred, but that issues between the parties remain unresolved. On February 11, 2000, GST notified the Commission that the parties had reached an agreement and arbitration was no longer necessary. Consequently, GST’s Petition for Arbitration is considered withdrawn and Case No. GST-T-99-1 is closed.
O R D E R
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the case to consider the Petition for Arbitration filed by GST Telecom Idaho, Inc. is closed.
DATED at Boise, Idaho, this day of April 2001.

PAUL KJELLANDER, PRESIDENT

MARSHA H. SMITH, COMMISSIONER

DENNIS S. HANSEN, COMMISSIONER
ATTEST:

Jean D. Jewell
Commission Secretary

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