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Home My WebLink About20230711Decision Memo.pdf DECISION MEMORANDUM 1 DECISION MEMORANDUM TO: COMMISSIONER ANDERSON COMMISSIONER HAMMOND COMMISSIONER LODGE COMMISSION SECRETARY COMMISSION STAFF LEGAL FROM: MICHAEL DUVAL DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL DATE: JULY 11, 2023 SUBJECT: IN THE MATTER OF CEBRIDGE TELECOM ID, LLC’S APPLICATION FOR RELINQUISHMENT OF ELIGIBLE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIER DESIGNATION; CASE NO. SUD-T-23-01. On June 20, 2023, Cebridge Telecom ID, LLC d/b/a Optimum f/k/a Suddenlink Communications (“Company”) filed an Application (“Application”) with the Idaho Public Utilities Commission (“Commission”) seeking to relinquish its eligible telecommunications carrier designation. BACKGROUND On December 7, 2020, the Company was informed by the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) that it had been awarded $10,556.00 to offer broadband service within its 19 proposed census blocks within the State of Idaho. The FCC required applicants for FCC funding to be designated as an Eligible Telecommunications Carrier (“ETC”) by the states within their census blocks. The Company was granted ETC status within the State of Idaho relative to its census blocks in Case No. SUD-T-21-01. The FCC later updated its qualifications for receipt of funding for providing broadband services. Following this update, the Company determined that its 19 census blocks within the State of Idaho were not eligible for FCC funding and informed the FCC accordingly. The Company now requests that the Commission allow the Company to relinquish its ETC status. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends the Commission issue a Notice of Application and Notice of Modified Procedure establishing a 21-day public comment deadline and a 28-day Company reply deadline. DECISION MEMORANDUM 2 COMMISSION DECISION Does the Commission wish to issue a Notice of Application and Notice of Modified Procedure establishing a 21-day public comment deadline and a 28-day Company reply deadline? ____________________________ Michael Duval Deputy Attorney General I:\Legal\TELECOM\SUDT2301_dec_md.docx