20240711Blackfoot Telephone Cooperative Inc ETC Affidavit.pdf

RECEIVED
Thursday,July 11,2024 3:27:59 PM
IDAHO PUBLIC
State of Montana ) CERTIFICATION BY ELIGIBLE TELECOMMUNICATIONSTIL�� RIVT lON
) ss OF COMPLIANCE WITH SERVICE QUALITY AND CUSTOMER
County of Missoula ) 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 Blackfoot Telephone Cooperative, Inc. DBA Blackfoot Communications, 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. Blackfoot Telephone Cooperative, Inc. DBA Blackfoot Communications 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. § 54.202(a)(2).
5. 1 also certify that all federal universal service support funds received by Blackfoot Telephone
Cooperative, Inc. DBA Blackfoot Communications 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.
GANNON S HESTER
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,SEAL ; { STATE OF MONTANA
• ,2�; Residing in Missoula,Montana
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Date
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me this 11 th day of July, 2024.