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Home My WebLink About200402051st Request of Staff to Rural Telephone.pdfLISA NORDSTROM DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION PO BOX 83720 BOISE, IDAHO 83720-0074 (208) 334-0314 IDAHO BAR NO. 5733 DC-f'/EO, L- I ~ L ~!L E!J L~. ZOOt! FEG -5 PH 2: 2\ ; (' 'u liT iL.JT ii:S COi'I?-l!SSION Street Address for Express Mail: 472 W WASHINGTON BOISE ID 83702-5983 Attorney for the Commission Staff BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION FROM THE RESIDENTS OF THE THREE CREEK AREA FOR EXTENDED AREA SERVICE INTO THE MAGIC V ALLEY REGIONAL CALLING AREA. CASE NO. GNR-00- FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF TO RURAL TELEPHONE COMPANY The Staff of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission, by and through its attorney of record Lisa Nordstrom, Deputy Attorney General, requests that Rural Telephone Company (Rural) provide the following documents and information on or before FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 2004. The Company is reminded that responses pursuant to Commission Rules of Procedure must include the name and phone number of the person preparing the document, and the name location and phone number of the record holder. Reference IDAP A 31.01.01.228. This Production Request is to be considered as continuing, and Rural is requested to provide, by way of supplementary responses, additional documents that it or any person acting on its behalf may later obtain that will augment the documents produced. Please provide answers to each question; supporting workpapers that provide detail or are the source of information used in calculations; the name and telephone number of the person FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST TO RURAL TELEPHONE COMPANY FEBRUARY 5 , 2004 preparing the documents; and the name, location and telephone number of the record holder. For each item, please indicate the name of the person(s) preparing the answers, along with the job title of such person(s) and the witness who can sponsor the answer at hearing. For all responses to the following requests, please provide all appropriate workpapers, electronic files and underlying formulas in Excel format. Request No.1: Please supply the direct-dialed calling data for the months of November 2003 through January 2004 on a month-by-month basis using the format below for each of the following: Originating Exchange Three Creek Three Creek Three Creek Three Creek Three Creek Three Creek Three Creek Three Creek Three Creek Three Creek Three Creek Three Creek Three Creek Three Creek Three Creek Three Creek Three Creek Terminating Exchange Twin Falls Jerome Richfield Bliss Buhl Castleford Hollister Dietrich Eden Gooding Hagerman Hazelton Kimberly Murtaugh Shoshone Wendell Filer If the direct-dialed calling data for the listed exchanges is not available for this time period please provide the most recent data available. FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST TO RURAL TELEPHONE COMPANY F~BRUARY 5, 2004 Please identify the above data for each month, originating location and terminating location in the following format: Monthly #of Messages 10- 16- 31 & over # of Lines Making Calls Percent of Access Lines Toll Charges Request No.2: Please provide the following information for calls (excluding calling card, credit card and operator-assisted) originating from the exchanges described in Request No. I for each month reported: Residence Accounts 1) Total number of toll calls; 2) Total toll minutes; 3) Total toll revenue; 4) Total number of access lines; and 5) Number of customers. Business Accounts 1) Total number of toll calls; 2) Total toll minutes; 3) Total toll revenue; 4) Total number of access lines; and 5) Number of customers. Additionally, please itemize the total number of calling card, credit card, collect and other operator-assisted calls for the same routes for the same months. FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST TO RURAL TELEPHONE COMPANY FEBRUARY 5, 2004 Request No.3: As of January 1 , 2004, how many Three Creek customers had Foreign Exchange (FX) lines between the exchanges listed in Request No.1? Please specify by originating exchange and terminating exchange. If the data is not available as of January 1 , 2004 please provide the most recent count. Request No.4: As of January 1 , 2004, how many toll-free "800" lines originate in the Three Creek exchange for Three Creek business and residential customers respectively? If the data is not available as of January 1, 2004, please provide the most recent count. Request No.5: How are calls currently transported from the Three Creek exchange to the exchanges of the Magic Valley Calling Area listed in Request No.1? Are there any plant or facility problems or limitations in these routes? Does Rural Telephone plan to change or upgrade any of these facilities within the next five years? Request No.6: Please describe any facility upgrades or new equipment that would be required to implement EAS on the routes listed in Request No.1. Itemize the type of equipment/facilities, labor required and the estimated cost. Request No.7: Please list all access revenue generated from calls between the routes described in Request No.1. Itemize access revenue according to originating and terminating common carrier line charges, switching, transport minutes, billing and collection, and any additional access charges Rural Telephone assesses. Request No.8: Did Rural Telephone use a stimulation factor in its estimates for facilities upgrades? If so, what factor was used? Describe how this stimulation factor was derived. FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST TO RURAL TELEPHONE COMPANY FEBRUARY 5 , 2004 Request No.9: Does Rural Telephone foresee any significant problems in providing the EAS described in Request No.1? Does Rural Telephone suggest any alternatives to EAS among the exchanges described in Request No. Request No. 10: Does Rural Telephone support the provision ofEAS for the routes described in Request No.1? Why or why not? ./ -ij DATED at Boise, Idaho, this day of February 2004. / ~ Technical Staff:Doug Cooley i:umisc:prodreq/gnrtOOAl.lcdc FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST TO RURAL TELEPHONE COMPANY FEBRUARY 5, 2004 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE HEREBY CERTIFY THAT I HAVE THIS 5TH DAY OF FEBRUARY 2004 SERVED THE FOREGOING FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF TO RURAL TELEPHONE IN CASE NO. GNR-00-, BY MAILING A COpy THEREOF, POSTAGE PREPAID, TO THE FOLLOWING: MARY S HOBSON STOEL RIVES 101 S CAPITOL BLVD STE 1900 BOISE ID 83702-5958 WENDY MOSER QWEST CORPORATION 1801 CALIFORNIA ST STE 5100 DENVER CO 80202 CLAVIN K SIMSHA W CENTURYTEL OF THE GEM STATE INC PO BOX 9901 VANCOUVER W A 98668 KATHY TAYLOR CENTURYTEL OF THE GEM STATE INC 290 N MAIN KALISPELL MT 59901 JAMES R MARTELL RURAL TELEPHONE CO 704 W MADISON AVE GLENNS FERRY ID 83623 DA VID A CARPENTER RURAL TELEPHONE CO 41241 MANITAU RD SE STAYTON OR 97383-9709 FILER MUTUAL TELEPHONE 405 MAIN ST PO BOX 89 FILER ID 83328-0089 HARLAN MINK HOUSE CREEK RANCH ROGERSON ID 83302 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE