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IDAHO PUBLIC
June 24, 2024 UTILITIES COMMISSION
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
Monica Barrios-Sanchez, Commission Secretary
11331 W. Chinden Blvd.
Building 8, Suite 201-A
Boise, Idaho 83714
RE: Docket No. GNR-T-24-01 -Viasat Carrier Services, Inc. - Annual Eligible
Telecommunications Carrier Certification and Request for High-Cost Fund
Recertification—SAC 479026
Dear Commission Secretary—
This letter is submitted to request that the Idaho Public Utilities Commission (Commission) notify the
Universal Service Administrative Company(USAC) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
pursuant to 47 C.F.R. §54.314 that Viasat Carrier Services, Inc. ('Company') is eligible to receive federal
high-cost (Connect America Fund) support.
In accordance with 47 C.F.R. §54.313, enclosed is an affidavit attesting that the Company only used
support received in Idaho during the preceding calendar year(2023) and will only use support received in
Idaho in the coming calendar year(2025)for the provision, maintenance, and upgrading of facilities and
services for which support is intended.
The Company has filed FCC Form 481 in compliance with FCC rules and respectfully requests that the
Commission notify the FCC and USAC by October 1St of this year that Viasat Carrier Services, Inc. is eligible
to receive high-cost support for 2025.
If you have any questions regarding this filing, please contact me at (703) 714-1324 or
map@commpliancegroup.com.
Respectfully Submitted,
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Marsha A. Pokorny (l
Senior Managing Consultant on behalf of Viasat Carrier Services, Inc.
1430 SPRING HILL ROAD,SUITE 315 � MCLEAN,VIRGINIA 22102
P (703)714-1302 F. mail@CommplianceGroup.com
F (703)563-6222 www.CommplianceGroup.com
State of California ) CERTIFICATION BY ELIGIBLE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIER
)ss OF COMPLIANCE WITH SERVICE QUALITY AND CUSTOMER
County of an Diego ) PROTECTION,ABILITY TO REMAIN FUNCTIONAL IN EMERGENCIES,
AND USE OF FEDERAL HIGH-COST SUPPORT.
AFFIDAVIT OF BUSINESS OR CORPORATE OFFICER
The Idaho Public Utilities Commission Order No. 29841 requires that Eligible Telecommunications Carriers
(ETC)certify that it is compliant with applicable service quality standards and consumer protection rules; and
ETCs must demonstrate the ability to remain functional in emergencies. In addition, the Commission must file
an annual certification with the USAC and the FCC that all federal high-cost support provided to ETCs within
the State of Idaho will be used only for the provision, maintenance, and upgrading of facilities and services for
which the support is intended. Accordingly, the undersigned states and verifies under oath the following:
1. I am an officer of Viasat Carrier Services, Inc, an eligible telecommunications carrier for receiving federal
universal service support under section 214(e)of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 in the state of
Idaho.
2. 1 am familiar with the Company's day-to-day operations in the state of Idaho and with the State's service
quality standards and consumer protection rules as set forth in Commission Order No. 29841.
3. Viasat Carrier Services. Inc. is complying with applicable service quality standards and consumer
protection rules of the Federal Communications Commission and the Idaho Public Utilities Commission.
4. 1 certify to the Commission that the Company is able to remain functional in emergencies as set forth in
Commission Order No. 29841 and in 47 C.F.R. §54.201(a)(2).
5. 1 also certify that all federal universal service support funds received by Viasat Carrier Services, Inc.
during the current calendar year will be used in a manner consistent with section 254(e); that is, for the
provision, maintenance, and upgrading of facilities and services for which the support is intended. The
company will continue to comply for the period of January 1, 2025, through December 31, 2025, to be
eligible for federal universal service fund support.
6. This verification and affidavit is provided to be the Idaho Public Utilities Commission to enable the IPUC
to certify to the FCC that federal universal service support received by the eligible carriers in the state will
be used in a manner consistent with Section 254(e)of the Telecommunications Act.
Robert Blair- President&Secretary
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identity of the individual who signed the document to which this certificate is
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Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me on this )4 day of I-Un.L , 2024.
By Robert Blair proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the
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