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P.O. Box 83720
Boise, ldaho 837 2O-O07 4 August 7,2OL4
?wE-T-14-DzDear Ms. Jewell,
Pursuant to Commission Order No. 28784, GNR-T-01-10 please find enclosed Qwest Corporation's
application for the ldaho Broadband Tax Credit for the year 2013. This application is being submitted for
Commission determination that the broadband equipment installed for 2013 meets the definition of
qualified broadband equipment as found in ldaho code 63-3029r.
1. Name address of the applicant:
Qwest Corporation
100 CenturyLink Drive
Monroe, LA7L2O3
Contact Person:
Jonathan Robinson, Vice-President Tax
Phone: [phone]
Qwest Corporation is a Telecommunications Carrier
2. tdentify the area or location where the equipment is installed in ldaho.
Please refer to Exhibit 1 for equipment installed in the year 2013. See Exhibit 2
for retirements.
Broadband investment and retirements for 2013 are as follows:
YEAR INVESTMENT RETIREMENTS NET INVESTMENT
20L3 533,320,3O7 (ss68,0s9)532,7s2,248
3. Type of Broadband service offered to the public in ldaho.
Qwest Corporation uses terrestrial wireline technology. Various forms of DSL-based equipment
are used (ADSL & VDSL in various vintages). Transport is a mix of fiber optic and metallic cable,
which typically is also supporting traditional telephony services. Equipment terminals are located
in Central Office buildings, remote buildings and in cabinets on concrete pads each serving a
neighborhood.
100 CenturyLink Drive
Monroe, LA71203
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.centu rylink.com
4. Network Transmission rate:
The transmission rate of DSL- based broadband services ranges from 256kbs to 40 mbps, to and
from a subscriber. Please refer to Exhibit 3.
5. Provide a specific list of equipment types that the application is requesting the Commission
to determine is "qualified broadband equipment" as defined in tdaho Code Section 63-30291.
Please refer to Exhibit 1 for the year 2073.
6.lnstallation dates:
Please refer to Exhibit l for the year 20L3.
7. Written description of our Broadband Network including a description of how the installed
equipment is an "integral part" of the broadband network:
Services are supported by our telecommunications network which consists of voice and data
switches (circuit and packet), copper and fiber optic cables and transmission equipment. At central
office building and at remote sites, multiplexers and advanced digital switches are controlled by
licensed software. Fiber-optic cable is the primary transport media between nodes including
interconnection points with other carriers. We continue to enhance and expand our network as
broadband enabled technology improves and as customers, new and existing, demand significant
additionalcapacity.
8. Percentage and number of potential subscribers:
Total customers served in ldaho is,224,842 out of 240,797 potential subscribers, or 93%. Please refer
to Exhibit 4.
9. Certified statement from applicant:
Please See Exhibit 5.
lf you have any questions concerning this filing, please contact me at [phone].
Sincerely,
4-.4/ Jonathan Robinson
Vice President- Tax
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EXHIBIT 2
Equipment Retirements
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QWEST CORPORATION
IDAHO BROADBAND RETIREMENTS
RETIREMENTS in 2013 BY VINTAGE
TDAHO CODE SECT|ON. 63-30298
20L3 V2009
2013 V2010
2013 V20LL
20L3 V2012
2073 V2073
VTNTAGE I RETTREMENTS
(474,782!
(80,518)
(45,836)
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(74,949l.
TOTAT RETIREMENTS 2012
EXHIBIT 2
EXHIBIT 3
Network Transmission Rates
20L3
QWEST CORPORATION
IDAHO BROADBAND CREDIT
NETWORK TRANSMISSION RATES
QUEST|ON T4
ID LUs 40 mbos 20mbps 12mbps Tmbps Smbps 3mbps 1.5mbps 255kbps TotallD
EOY 2013 t46,8L9 96,678 113.591 79,072 28.647 37.452 54.205 1,980 568,444
Where LU means Living Unit. A Living Unit is a street address where Qwest Corporation might send
bill and where wireline plant is not far away. Where mbps means megabits per second. These are
download speeds. Upload speeds vary. These are availability counts, not subscribership counts.
EXHIBIT 4
Idaho
Broadband
Subscribers
20L3
QWEST CORPORATION
IDAHO EROADBAND CREDT 2013
PERCENTAGE AND NUMBER OF POTENTIAT SUBSCRIBERS
QUESTION #8
NOTE: Where LU means Living Unit. A Living Unit is a street address where Qwest Corporation
might send a bill and where wireline plant is not far away. A working Living Unit is an
address where Qwest now sends a bill for some type of service, not necessarily internet
access service and not necessarily telephony service. A qualified LU is an address where
DSL-based service could be provisioned in a short intervalof time.
ID LUs TOTAL LU'S TOTAT
WKG LU'S
WKG
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EOY 2013 62L,638 240,797 224,842 568,M4 93%
EXHIBIT 4
EXHIBIT 5
ldaho
Broadband
Certification
2013
I DAHO BROADBAN D CERTI FICATION
EXHIBIT 5
I hereby, certify that Representatives of Qwest Corporation (the applicant) have read
the application statutes for the broadband investment income tax credit and the applicant
believes that the subject broadband equipment qualifies for the tax credit under ldaho
Code Section 53-3029I .
Vi ce Presi dent Tax