200309051st Response of Nextel to ITA.pdf

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Attorneys For NPCR, Inc. d/b/a Nextel Partners
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
In the Matter of the Petition of IA T
Communications, Inc. d/b/a NTCH-Idaho, Inc., or )
Clear Talk for Designation as an Eligible
Telecommunications Carrier
Case No. GNR-O3-
In the Matter of the Application of NPCR, INC.d/b/a NEXTEL PARTNERS Seeking
Designation as an Eligible Telecommunications
Carrier that may receive Federal Universal Service
Support
Case No. GNR-O3-
NEXTEL PARTNERS' RESPONSE TO REQUESTS FROM
THE IDAHO TELEPHONE ASSOCIATION
For its responses to requests from The Idaho Telephone Association (" IT A"), Nextel
Partners states as follows:
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REQUEST NO.
Please state the total number of Nextel subscribers in each of the requested Designated
Areas, identifying these customers as either business or residence users.
RESPONSE:
Nextel Partners objects to this request as calling for information that is neither admissible
nor reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery of admissible evidence. To the extent this
request seeks information not previously disclosed in public documents, such information is
confidential, privileged and a Trade Secret. Subject to those objection and without waiver
thereof, Nextel Partners will provide its most recent line count data filed with the Universal
Service Administrative Company ("USAC"(see attachment).
Person able to answer questions at hearing: Scott Peabody
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Interstate Common Line Support Mechanism
Line Count Report
FCC Form 507
OMS Control No. 3060-0972
TO BE COMPLETED BY THE REPORTING CARRIER, IF THE REPORTING CARRIER IS FILING FCC FORM 507 ON ITS OWN BEHALF:
Certification of Officer or Employee as to the Accuracy of the Data Reported in FCC Form 507, Line Count Report for
Interstate Common Line Support Mechanism, on Behalf of Reporting Carrier
I certify that I am an officer or employee of the reporting carrier; my responsibilities include ensuring the accuracy of the actual line
count data reported on FCC Form 507; and, to the best of my knowledge, the information reported on this form is accurate.
Date: 7128/03
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Filing Due Date for this form
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Persons willfully making false statements on this form can be punished by fine or forfeiture under the Communications Act of 1934, 47 U,C. ~~
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CERTIFICATION-REPORTING CARRIER
June 27, 2003
Irene M, Flannery
VP-High Cost and Low Income Division
Universal Service Administrative Company
2120 L Street, NW, Suite 600
Washington, DC 20037
Marlene H, Dortch
Office of the Secretary
Federal Communication Commission
445 - 12th Street, SW
Washington, DC 20554
Re:CC Docket No, 96-45
Interstate Common Line Support and Long Term Support- I CLS
Annual Certification Filing
This is to certify that NPCR, Inc" d/b/a Nextel Partners, will use its Interstate Common
Line Support and Long Term Support-ICLS only for the provision, maintenance, and
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2120 L Street, NW, Suite 600
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Marlene H, Dortch
Office of the Secretary
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445 - 12th Street, SW
Washington, DC 20554
Re:CC Docket No. 96-45
Interstate Access Support. IAS
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IDAHO
Date:July 28, 2003
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Contact Name:
Contact Telephone Number:
Lines Reported As Of:
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December 31 2002
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ALBION TEL CO INC D/B/A ATC COMMU 472213
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OBJECTION:
Idaho rate plans, terms and conditions currently available directly from the company at
www,netex,com or 1-800-NEXTEL9 were attached as Ex, 102 to the Testimony of Scott
Peabody,
Person able to answer questions at hearing: Scott Peabody
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REQUEST NO, 12
Please describe Nextel's affiliate status, i,e" explain Nextel's relationship to any up-
stream or down-stream affiliates, including any parent, holding company, or cross-affiliate,
RESPONSE:
Nextel Partners, Inc, is a publicly-traded company, Nextel Communications, Inc" holds
approximately 31 % of the stock of Nextel Partners, Inc, Nextel Partners, Inc.'s wholly-owned
subsidiaries are Nextel Partners Operating Corp" and Nextel WIP License MR, Inc, Nextel
Partners Operating Corp,' s wholly owned subsidiaries are:
NPCR, Inc,
Nextel WIP Lease Corp,
Nextel WIP License Corp,
Nextel WIP Expansion Corp,
Nextel Partners of Upstate New York, Inc,
NPFC, Inc,
Nextel Partners Equipment Corp,
Nextel WIP Expansion Two Corp,
Person able to answer questions at hearing: Scott Peabody
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REQUEST NO. 13
Please describe any pending litigation, arbitration or other disputes that could potentially
affect Nextel's ability to provide the supported services in the requested Designated Areas of the
state of Idaho,
RESPONSE:
None,
Person able to answer questions at hearing: Scott Peabody
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REQUEST NO. 18
Please provide copies of Nextel's state of Idaho income tax returns for the fiscal year
2002,
RESPONSE:
Nextel Partners received an extension of the filing April l5 filing deadline, and will be
filing its 2002 return in September. Nextel Partners will produce a copy of its return once it is
filed,
Nextel Partners will provide this information only subject to a protective order that
prevents its confidential company information from being available to persons with business
responsibility within Citizens or any ITA company, Such information is confidential, privileged
and a Trade Secret.
Person able to answer questions at hearing: Scott Peabody
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REQUEST NO. 21
Please provide copies of internal reports or studies analyzing propagation and wireless
coverage in the requested Designated Areas disclosing signal strength, areas not covered, and
dead spots,
RESPONSE:
See Attachment 2 to Nextel Partners' Application , and the maps attached to Direct
Testimony of Scott Peabody,
Person able to answer questions at hearing: Scott Peabody
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REQUEST NO. 23
Please describe the financial and other controls that will be put in place to ensure that
USF funds collected from the USAC are used for their intended purposes and will not be
diverted to other corporate purposes,
RESPONSE:
The obligation to use support as required by federal law is set forth in 47 U,C, ~ 254(e),
and is an obligation of an ETC, not a criteria for ETC designation, Nextel Partners commits to
complying with federal law and will be responsible for ensuring this commitment is met.
Because based on the current Scheduling Order, Nextel Partners does not expect to receive any
universal service funds for its service in Idaho until the first or second quarter of 2004, Nextel
Partners believes the question is premature,
Person able to answer questions at hearing: Scott Peabody
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REQUEST NO, 24
Please provide details of Nextel's specific plans to extend its network in each of the
requested Designated Areas,
RESPONSE:
Nextel Partners will meets its obligation as an ETC to expand its network, over time , to
meet reasonable requests for service, Nextel Partners offers no specific plans for consideration
in this case,
Person able to answer questions at hearing: Scott Peabody
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REQUEST NO.
Please describe the analysis that will be undertaken when a customer requests service in
an area not currently served by Nextel, but within the requested Designated Area,
OBJECTION:
Nextel Partners cannot state at this time what that analysis would be,
Person able to answer questions at hearing: Scott Peabody
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REQUEST NO, 30
Please describe specifically how approval of Nextel's application will Increase
competition and customer choice,
RESPONSE:
See testimony of Scott Peabody and Don Wood, Right now incumbent carriers are able
to provide universal services at a substantial competitive advantage compared to Nextel Partners,
In the long-term, the competitive provision of universal service in rural areas will ensure that
market participants innovate, provide high quality service, and cut costs, to the benefit of
consumers,An incumbent carrier that has a substantial government-granted subsidy not
available to other carriers will have no such incentive, In the long-term, this will hurt consumers
and place many rural consumers at the whim of a monopoly provider. This is contrary to the
public interest, contrary to federal policy, and contrary to state policy,
Person able to answer questions at hearing: Scott Peabody, Don Wood
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REQUEST NO. 31
Please identify and explain any and all public interests, other than interest in increased
competition, that would be furthered by granting Nextel's ETC requests,
RESPONSE:
See response to Request No, 30,
Person able to answer questions at hearing: Scott Peabody, Don Wood,
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REQUEST NO, 32
Please provide in detail any facts supporting the assertion in paragraph 18 of the
Application that the ILECs in the Designated Areas need to improve their existing networks in
order to remain competitive,
RESPONSE:
Nextel Partners does not rely on any specific facts for this assertion, As a matter of
generally accepted economic theory, competition encourages monopoly providers to provide
new and better services to consumers, Nextel Partners expects that ILECs will continue to
upgrade their networks,
Person able to answer questions at hearing: Scott Peabody, Don Wood,
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REQUEST NO,
If Nextel is granted ETC status by the Idaho Public Utilities Commission, would the
company comply with quality of service, pricing and other guidelines and requirements required
by the Commission as a condition of approval of the application,
RESPONSE:
The federal and state rules governing designation of CMRS providers as federal ETCs do
not require compliance with the referenced guidelines and requirements,
Person able to answer questions at hearing: Scott Peabody
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REQUEST NO, 35
Does N extel have interconnection agreements with the incumbent LECs serving the
Designated Areas? Please furnish copies of any such agreements,
RESPONSE:
No,
Person able to answer questions at hearing: Scott Peabody
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REQUEST NO, 36
Does Nextel have reciprocal compensation agreements with the incumbent LECs serving
the Designated Areas? Please furnish copies of any such agreements, State the amounts paid
and received by Nextel pursuant to such agreements, by month, for 2002 and the first half of
2003,
RESPONSE:
No formal reciprocal compensation agreements between the incumbent LECs and Nextel
Partners have been entered into and approved by the Commission,
Person able to answer questions at hearing: Scott Peabody
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REQUEST NO. 38
Please explain why requiring equal access to interexchange carriers (IXCs) for Nextel
customers as a condition of ETC status would not (l) promote competition and (2) serve the
public interest.
RESPONSE:
Equal access is not a supported service, and the imposition of an equal access obligation
as to a CMRS provider would be illegal, not technologically neutral, and would stand in the way
of competition that would otherwise benefit rural consumers,Requiring equal access to
interexchange carriers does not enhance the competition for universal service because it is a
mechanism to encourage competition in the long distance industry, not the local service industry,
Person able to answer questions at hearing: Scott Peabody
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REQUEST NO. 39
Does Nextel permit its customers to use dial around calling (1 a-xxx) to reach IXCs? If
, what charges do Nextel customers incur for dial around?
RESPONSE:
Nextel Partners' customers are unable to reach IXCs dialing 10-xxx numbers,
Person able to answer questions at hearing: Scott Peabody
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REQUEST NO, 40
Does Nextel intend to meet its ETC obligations, in whole or in part, by reselling or
leasing incumbent LEC loops or unbundled network elements? If so, please describe Nextel'
plans,
RESPONSE:
Nextel Partners has no such plans at this time,
Person able to answer questions at hearing: Scott Peabody
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REQUEST NO. 41
If Nextel is granted ETC status in the Designated Areas, should subsequent applicants
also be granted ETC status upon substantially the same showing and on similar terms and
conditions? Please explain your answer in detaiL
RESPONSE:
Every ETC application should be judged based on the rules that apply, Principles of
administrative law would suggest the same standards apply to all applicants, Nextel Partners
would not anticipate asking that any different standard be applied to a subsequent ETC,
Person able to answer questions at hearing: None, legal question,
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REQUEST NO, 42
Is there any limit to the number of additional ETC designations that should be granted in
the Designated Areas? Please explain your answer in detaiL
RESPONSE:
Federal law applies and contemplates no such limit, but each application would need to
be reviewed independently,
Person able to answer questions at hearing: None, legal question,
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REQUEST NO. 43
If Nextel's Application is granted and the ILECs in one or more of the Designated areas
thereafter decide to relinquish their ETC designations in the highest cost portions of their service
areas, is Nextel prepared to, and willing to, provide carrier of last resort service to all customers
in any such relinquished area without exceptions or preconditions, If your answer is anything
other than "yes " please explain,
RESPONSE:
Nextel Partners has no reason to believe that any ILEC in Idaho would relinquish its ETC
designation, Any response to this request would be highly speculative, In addition, such action
would require Commission action consistent with Idaho Code 62-612, If such an unlikely event
were to occur, and the Commission ordered Nextel Partners to provide service to all consumers
in the ILEC's area , Nextel Partners would work with the Commission so that facilities would be
purchased or built during the transition period so that all consumers would continue to be served,
Nextel Partners does not believe it would then be a "carrier of last resort" under state law,
Person able to answer questions at hearing: Scott Peabody
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Respectfully submitted
Dated: September , 2003 INC, d~
ill~=TNERSBy:
McDEVITT & MILLER, LLP
Dean 1. Miller
420 West Bannock Street
O, Box 2564-83701
Boise, Idaho 83702
Phone [phone]
Facsimile (208) 336-69l2
BRIGGS AND MORGAN, P,
Philip R. Schenkenberg (MN #260551)
Matthew Slaven (MN #288226)
2200 First National Bank Building
332 Minnesota Street
Saint Paul, Minnesota 55101
Phone [phone]
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COUNSEL FOR APPLICANT
NPCR, INC d/b/a NEXTEL PARTNERS
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I hereby certify that on Septemberit.fiOO3 I caused to be served true and correct copies of the foregoing
document Nextel Partners' Response to Requests from The Idaho Telephone Association by the methode s) indicated
upon:
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IAT COMMUNICATIONS, INc.
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Molly O'Leary
RICHARDSON &: O'LEARY
99 East State Street, Suite 200
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Conley E. Ward, Jr.
GIVENS PURSLEY, LLP
227 North 6th Street, Suite 200
P.o. Box 2720
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Clay Sturgis, Senior Manager
Moss ADAMS LLP
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Spokane, Washington 99201~0063
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MOFFAT THOMAS BARRETT ROCK &: FIELDS
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Boise, Idaho 83701
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State Government Affairs
CITIZENS TELECOMMUNICATIONS OF IDAHO
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