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ATryTrli Centurylink'August L8,2OL5
Jean D. Jewell . l--, , ,
Commission Secretary
ldaho Public Utilities Commission
P.O. Box 83720
Boise, ldaho 83720-0074
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Dear Ms. Jewell,
Pursuant to Commission Order No. 28784, GNR-T-01-1.0 please find enclosed Qwest Corporation's
application for the ldaho Broadband Tax Credit for the year 2014. This application is being submitted for
Commission determination that the broadband equipment installed for 2Ot4 meets the definition of
qualified broadband equipment as found in ldaho code 63-3029I.
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. ldentify the area or location where the equipment is installed in ldaho.
Please refer to Exhibit 1 for equipment installed in the year 2014. See Exhibit 2
for retirements.
Broadband investment and retirements for 2OL4 are as follows:
YEAR INVESTMENT RETIREMENTS NET INVESTMENT
20t4 s26,659,885 (s1,256,636)525,403,249
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 ldaho Code Section 53-3029!.
Please refer to Exhibit 1 for the year 2014.
5. lnstallation dates:
Please refer to Exhibit 1 for the year 20t4.
7. Written description of our Broadband Network including a description of how the installed
equipment is an "integra! 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
additional capacity.
8. Percentage and number of potential subscribers:
Total customers served in ldaho is,224,238 out of 238,228 potential subscribers, or 94%o. 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,
C;(lfu
Jonathan Robinson
Vice President- Tax
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EXHIBIT 2
Equipment Retirements
2014
QWEST CORPORATION
IDAHO BROADBAND RETIREMENTS
2014 RETIREMENTS BY VINTAGE
TDAHO CODE SECTION. 63-30298
TOTAL RETTREMENTS 2014 I 1,256,636
YEAR VINTAGE RETIREMENTS
20L4 v2010 693,402
20L4 V20LL 204,6L2
20L4 v20L2 2L7,850
20L4 v2013 89,723
2014 v20L4 51,049
EXHIBIT 2
EXHIBIT 3
Network Transmission Rates
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QWEST CORPORATION
IDAHO BROADBAND CREDlT
NETWORK TRANSMISSION RATES
QUESTION # 4
lD [Us 40 mbps 20mbps 12mbps Tmbps 5mbps 3mbps 1.5mbos 256kbos TotallD
EOY2014 239,O89 138,991 29,t99 48,245 30,774 38,705 52,933 2,57O 580,506
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 3
EXHIBIT 4
ldaho
Broadband
Subscribers
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QWEST CORPORATION
IDAHO BROADBAND CREDIT 2014
PERCENTAGE AND NUMBER OF POTENTIAL 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.
lD [Us TOTAI LU.S TOTAL
wKG tll'!s
WKG QUALIFIED
LU.S
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EOY 2014 644,844 238,228 224,238 580,505 94%
EXHIBIT 4
EXHIBIT 5
ldaho
Broadband
Certification
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IDAHO BROADBAND CERTIFICATION
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
onathan Robi nson
Vice President Tax