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August 20,2OL8
REC EIVED
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Jean D. Jewell
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P.O. Box 83720
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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 2OL7. This application is being submitted for
Commission determination that the broadband equipment installed for 2OL7 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, aA772O3
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 2017. See Exhibit 2
for retirements.
Broadband investment and retirements for 2OL7 are as follows:
YEAR INVESTMENT RETIREMENTS NET INVESTMENT
20L7 549,o44,495 (s3,213,813)s45,830,582
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, LA 71203
Tel: [phone]
www.centu rylin k.co m
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 63-30291.
Please refer to Exhibit 1 for the year 2O!7.
6. lnstallation dates:
Please refer to Exhibit L for the year 2077.
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
additional capacity.
8. Percentage and number of potential subscribers:
Totalcustomerswiththe potentialto be high-speed internetsubscribers in ldaho is227,3!7 of
237 ,O93 potential subscribers, or 96%. 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
Encl
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EXHIBIT 2
Equipment Retirements
20L7
QWEST CORPORATION
IDAHO BROADBAND RETIREMENTS
2017 RETIREMENTS BY VINTAGE
rDAHO CODE SECT|ON. 63-30298
YEAR VINTAGE RETIREMENTS
2017 v2013 S t,ot7,6z3
2017 v2014 S 473,6!L
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2017 v20L7 5 442,239
TOTAL RETIREMENTS 2017 3,2L3,913I
EXHIBIT 2
EXHIBIT 3
Network Transmission Rates
20L7
QWEST CORPORATION
IDAHO BROADBAND CREDIT 2017
NETWORK TRANSMISSION RATES
QUESTION # 4
lD [Us 40 mbps 20mbps 12mbps Tmbps 5mbps 3mbps 1.5mbps 255kbps TotallD
EOY 2OL7 297,897 t4L,044 26,97O 53,319 10,386 33,9L2 45,4L2 t,154 510,094
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
20L7
QWEST CORPORATION
IDAHO BROADBAND CREDIT 2017
PERCENTAGE AND NUMBER OF POTENTIAL SUBSCRIBERS
QUESTTON #8
NOTE:
lD LUs TOTAL LU'S
TOTAL
WKG LU.S
WKG QUALIFIED
LU'S
TOTAT QUATIFIED
LU'S
% WKG
QUAIIFIED LU'S
EOY 2OL7 661,135 237,093 227,317 510,094 96%
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
!daho
Broadband
Certification
2017
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IDAHO BROADBAND CERTIFICATION
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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 .
han i nson
SVP North American Tax
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