20050826Application.pdf

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August 23, 2005
Jean Jewell, Secretary
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
472 W Washington
Boise ID 83702
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RE: CPCN update for WestCom LLC dba WesTelFiber (tka Digital Easy Chair)
Dear Ms. Jewell;
to my conversation with Wayne Hart on August 5, 2005, the purpose of this letter is to
update the Commission to changes in the way WestCom LLC dba WesT elFiber (flea Digital Easy
Chair) is providing local exchange service to subscribers in Southern Idaho.
WestCom s application for Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity was approved in
Order No. 29084 on July 30, 2002 for the provision of "facilities-based local exchange services
intra-exchange private lines, trame relay services, and ISDN services to subdivision residents
over a fiber optic network.
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throughout Qwest's southern Idaho service area , W estCom adopted
Qwest's Statement of Generally Available Terms and Conditions (SGAT) approved in Order No,
29186 on January 29, 2003.
westCom did not interconnect with Qwest; instead they purchased retail Primary Rate Service
(PRS) from other local exchange providers as a means to interconnect their customers to the
Public Switched Telephone Network (pSTN), terminating the FRS on their iPBX switch and
delivering services to their customers over their own fiber optic loops.
In the second quarter of 2005, WestCom began a migration away from using PRS and their own
switch as their method of interconnecting with the PSTN to interconnect with a wholesale Voice
over Internet Protocol (VoIP) provider who provides the interconnection to the PSTN and the
VolP service itself thereby eliminating the need for WestCom to use a switch. Although
WestCom is currently reselling another providers' VoIP service , they could redeploy a switch
again at a later date, The migration of customers off of the iPBX is seamless due to the benefits
of local number portability and near real time provisioning of VolP service. In addition,
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customers continue to be served by WestCom s fiber optic cable as the local loop and no
equipment change outs are necessary. The process is going very smoothly, The migration of
customers from WestCom s iPBX and the PRS should be completed by the end of the year.
WestCom has always provided its customers with access to E911 Emergency Services and
continues to do so. WestCom is in compliance with the FCC's recent Order in WC Docket No.
05-196 E911 Requirements for IP-Enabled Service Providers and has filed their "Subscription
Notification Report" August 10, 2005 with the Federal Communications Commission as
required.
Please let me know if you have any questions about the information contained in this letter.
you have any questions on the process that is taking place for WestCom' s customers, please
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Sandta Young
Telecom Services Manager
Solution Pro, Inc
[phone]
syoung~s-pro.net
Respectfully submitted
Lamb
Lamb Communication Services
111 Teal Ln
Sagle, ID 83860