20090611Comments.pdf

KRSTINE A. SASSER
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
PO BOX 83720
BOISE, IDAHO 83720-0074
[phone]
BARNO. 6618
RECEIVEO
289 JUN II PM 2: 09
lOAHO PUBl.IC
UTILITIES COMMISSION
Street Address for Express Mail:
472 W. WASHINGTON
BOISE, IDAHO 83702-5983
Attorney for the Commission Staff
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF )
INETWORKS GROUP, INC. FOR A )
CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE )
AND NECESSITY TO PROVIDE LOCAL )
EXCHANGE TELECOMMUNICATIONS )SERVICES. )
CASE NO. ING-T-09-1
COMMENTS OF THE
COMMISSION STAFF
COMES NOW the Staff of the Idaho Public Utilties Commission, by and through its
Attorney of record, Kristine A. Sasser, Deputy Attorney General, and in response to the Notice of
Application and Notice of Modified Procedure issued in Order No. 30819 on May 21,2009 in
Case No. ING-T-09-01, submits the following comments.
BACKGROUND
iNetworks Group, Inc. intends to offer service throughout all exchanges curently served
by Citizens, Qwest and Verizon. The Company asserts that it is curently in negotiations to
complete interconnection agreements.
The Company believes that granting its Application for a CPCN will furher the public
interest by expanding the availabilty of competitive telecommunications services in the State of
Idaho. The Company maintains that it will provide Idaho customers with access to new
technologies and service choices.
STAFF COMMENTS 1 JUE 11,2009
The Company states that it possesses the requisite financial, managerial, and technical
capacities to provide the proposed services. The Company does not intend to collect deposits or
.require advance payments from customers and, therefore, requests a waiver of the Commission's
escrow account/security bond requirement.
STAFF ANALYSIS
iNetworks Group, Inc. initially fied its Application and ilustrative tarff on Januar 29,
2009. Staff and the Company's counsel have worked through many filings and iterations to bring
the Application and ilustrative tarff into compliance with Idaho statutes and the Commission's
Customer Relation's Rules. iNetworks Group has also expressly agreed to comply with all
federal numbering guidelines along with number porting requirements.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staffrecoinends that iNetworks Group, Inc. be granted a CPCN subject to the following
conditions:
1. The Company will comply with the Number Pool Administrator and Idaho
Commission Order No. 30425, which requires NRUF and utilzation reporting.
2. As a provider of intrastate regulated local exchange services and in accordance with
the Commission's Rules of Procedure, iNetworks Group, Inc. wil be required to
report and contribute, as appropriate, to the Idaho Universal Service Fund, Idaho
Telecommunications Relay System, ITSAP and any requisite anual reporting that
may be deemed appropriate in the futue for competitive telecommunication providers.
3. Upon Approval of this Application, iNetworks Group, Inc. wil issue a final price list
under Case Number ING-T-09-0L. At which time a certificate wil be issued.
4. The Company agrees that it will relinquish its certificate and any telephone numbers if
it is not doing business within one year of its issuance of a CPCN.
5. Because the Company has requested a waiver of the Escrow Account requirement and
it will not be collecting deposits, Staff recommends approval.
STAFF COMMENTS 2 JUNE 11,2009
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Kristi e A. Sasser
Deputy Attorney General
3 JUE 11,2009
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT I HAVE THIS 11TH DAY OF JUE 2009,
SERVED THE FOREGOING COMMENTS OF THE COMMISSION STAFF, IN
CASE NO. ING-T-09-01, BY MAILING A COpy THEREOF, POSTAGE PREPAID, TO
THE FOLLOWING:
mDITH A RILEY
TELECOM PROFESSIONALS
5905 NW EXPRESSWAY
SUITE 101
OKLAHOMA CITY OK 73132
E-MAIL: jriley(itelecompliance.net
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE