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July 31,2017
Jean D. Jewell
Commission Secretary
ldaho Public Utilities Commission
P.O, Box 83720
Boise, ldaho 83720-OO7 4 &trlE - r- t1-o3
Dear 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 2016. This application is being submitted for
Commission determination that the broadband equipment installed for 2016 meets the definition of
qualified broadband equipment as found in ldaho code 63-3029L
1. Name address of the applicant:
Qwest Corporation
L00 CenturyLink Drive
Monroe, LA71203
Contact Person:
Johnathan Groan, Director Corporate lncome 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 2016. See Exhibit 2
for retirements.
Broadband investment and retirements for 2016 are as follows:
YEAR INVESTMENT RETIREMENTS NET INVESTMENT
20L6 535,261,489 (57,239,457],534,022,o32
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, LA7'1203
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.centurylink.com
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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 53-3029!.
Please refer to Exhibit 1 for the year 2016.
6. lnstallation dates:
Please refer to Exhibit 1 for the year 2016.
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 with the potential to be high-speed internet subscribers in ldaho is 229,186 of
24O,247 potential subscribers, or 95%. 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,
Johnathan Groan
Director Corporate lncome Tax
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EXHIBIT 1
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EXHIBIT 2
Equipment Retirements
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QWEST CORPORATION
IDAHO BROADBAND RETIREMENTS
2016 RETIREMENTS BY VINTAGE
rDAHO CODE SECT|ON. 63-30298
TOTAL RETIREMENTS 2016 L,239,457
YEAR VINTAGE RETIREMENTS
2076 v2072 s593,664
2076 v2013 5106,047
2076 v201,4 s193,845
2016 v2015 5203,279
20L6 v2016 5L42,622
EXHIBIT 2
EXHIBIT 3
Network Transmission Rates
2016
QWEST CORPORATION
IDAHO BROADBAND CREDIT 2016
NETWORK TRANSMISSION RATES
QUESTION # 4
lD LUs 40 mbps 20mbps 12mbps Tmbps 5mbps 3mbps 1.5mbps 255kbps Total lD
EOY 2015 261,627 1.45,278 29,644 42,377 26,154 37,732 55,231 1_,715 599,758
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. 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 2016
PERCENTAGE AND NUMBER OF POTENTIAL SUBSCRIBERS
QUESTTON #8
NOTE:
ID LUs TOTAL LU,5 TOTAL
WKG LU,S
WKG QUALIFIED
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EOY 2016 653,163 240,247 229,L86 599,758 95%
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 interval of time.
EXHIBIT 4
EXHIBIT 5
Idaho
Broadband
Certification
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IDAHO BROADBAND CERTIFICATION
EXHIBIT 5
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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 63-3029I .
onatha J. Robi nson
Vice Pres'ident Tax