20101001Decision Memo.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM 1
DECISION MEMORANDUM

TO: COMMISSIONER KEMPTON
COMMISSIONER SMITH
COMMISSIONER REDFORD
COMMISSION SECRETARY
COMMISSION STAFF
LEGAL

FROM: KRISTINE SASSER
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL

DATE: OCTOBER 1, 2010

RE: LIFECONNEX TELECOM, LLC APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE
OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY, CASE NO. LIF-T-10-01

On February 26, 2010, LifeConnex Telecom, LLC (“LifeConnex” or “Company”)
filed an Application for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (“CPCN”) to provide
resold and facilities-based local exchange service in Idaho.
LifeConnex is a Florida corporation and lists its principal place of business as
Pensacola, Florida. LifeConnex is registered with the Idaho Secretary of State as a foreign
corporation and lists Incorp Services Inc., 921 S. Orchard Street, Suite G, Boise, Idaho 83705 as
its Idaho registered agent for service of process.
LifeConnex states in its Application that it “initially proposes to provide resold and
facilities-based local exchange service utilizing unbundled network elements provided by
existing [local exchange carriers]: Qwest North, Qwest South, and Verizon.” Application at 4.
The Company has “no current plans to install facilities in Idaho but may do so in the future,
however, the nature and extent of the facilities to be utilized has yet to be determined.” Id.
LifeConnex “seeks authority to provide all forms of intrastate local exchange and interexchange
telecommunications services.” Id.
LifeConnex attached a copy of its illustrative tariff to its Application and later
submitted revised pages at Staff’s request. See Application, Exhibit 5 and Tariff Revisions. The
Company has not yet initiated negotiations with incumbent local exchange carriers (“ILEC”) in
Idaho. LifeConnex states that it has reviewed the laws and regulations of this Commission
governing local exchange telecommunications services in Idaho and agrees to provide service in
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accordance with the laws, rules and regulations to the extent they are not preempted by the
federal Act. The Application states that LifeConnex will not require its customers to submit
advance payments or deposits in exchange for service.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff has reviewed LifeConnex’s Application and other reporting documentation and
recommends that the Application be processed through Modified Procedure.
COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to process LifeConnex’s Application for a Certificate of
Public Convenience and Necessity by Modified Procedure?

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