20190430final_order_no_34324.pdf

Office of the Secretary
Service Date
April 30,2019
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION )CASE NO.WAN-T-19-01
OF WANRACK,LLC FOR A CPCN TO )
PROVIDE LOCAL AND LONG DISTANCE )
TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE IN )ORDER NO.34324
IDAHO )
On February 7,2019,WANRack,LLC ("WANRack"or "Company")filed an
Application requesting a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity ("CPCN")to provide
local and long distance telecommunications service throughout Idaho.On March 13,2019,the
Commission issued a Notice of Application and Notice of Modified Procedure setting comment
and reply comment deadlines.Order No.34270.Commission Staff was the only party to file
comments.Now,the Commission issues this Order approving the Application subject to stated
conditions.
THE APPLICATION
The Company is a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business in Lenexa,
Kansas.The Company is seeking authority to offer Idaho citizens facilities-based and resold
competitive local exchange telecommunications and interexchange telecommunications services
throughoutthe entire state of Idaho.The Company states that it will "offer a full range of
communications services,includingdata,local exchange voice services,and interexchange/long
distance to (i)institutional customers such as public schools,(ii)business customers,and (iii)to
other telecommunications carriers for transit or resale."Application at 3-4.
COMMENTS
Staff filed the only comments in this matter,and recommended the Commission
approve the Application.After reviewing WANRack's Application,Staff believes WANRack
possesses the requisite fmancial,managerial,and technical qualifications necessary to provide
telecommunications services,and believes the Company understands the Commission's rules and
requirements related to the provision of telecommunication services in Idaho.
COMMISSION FINDINGS AND DECISION
Based on our review of the record,including the Company's Application and Staff's
comments,we find that the Company's Application complies with the requirements for a CPCN.
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Rule of Procedure 114 sets forth the requirements that competitive local exchange carriers -such
as WANRack -must satisfy to obtain a CPCN.IDAPA 31.01.01.114.We find that WANRack
has provided all needed information in its Application,including financial information,and that
WANRack possesses the requisite financial,managerial,and technical qualifications needed to
operate as a telecommunications service provider.We also find that the Company is aware of and
has agreed to comply with this Commission's rules.For these reasons,we approve WANRack's
Application for a CPCN subject to the followingconditions:
1.WANRack shall comply with number pooling and reporting requirements
of the North American Numbering Plan Administrator,as set forth in
Commission Order No.30425;
2.WANRack shall comply with all reporting and contribution requirements
as prescribed by the Idaho Universal Service Fund,Idaho
Telecommunications Relay System,and the Idaho Telecommunications
Service Assistance Program;
3.WANRack shall comply with all future reporting requirements deemed
appropriate by the Commission for competitive telecommunications
providers;and
4.WANRack shall provide a report to the Commission within one year of
issuance of the CPCN demonstrating the Company is providing local
exchange telecommunications services in Idaho.'If WANRack fails to
provide such report within one year,the Company shall relinquish its CPCN
and all telephonenumbers it has been assigned.
ORDER
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that WANRack's Application for a CPCN is granted
subject to the above-stated conditions.
THIS IS A FINAL ORDER.Any person interested in this Order may petition for
reconsideration within twenty-one (21)days of the service date of this Order with regard to any
matter decided in this Order.Within seven (7)days after any person has petitioned for
i The Commission has no jurisdiction to certify an entity that does not provideswitched-based telecommunications
services in Idaho.For example,the Commission does not regulate fiber optic companies that providededicated private
line circuits or dark fiber layers who seek to avail themselves of an incumbent local exchange carrier's poles and
conduits.The Company thus must show it is providingswitched telecommunications services subject our jurisdiction.
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reconsideration,any other person may cross-petition for reconsideration.See Idaho Code §§61-
626,62-619.
DONE by Order of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission at Boise,Idaho this $U
day of April 2019.
PAUL K A ,PRESIDENT
KRISTINE RAPER,COMMISSIONER
ERIC ANDERSON,COMMISSIONER
ATTE T:
Diane M.Hanian
Commission Secretary
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