20170525NNI to Staff 1-5.pdf

BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF
NATIVE NETWORK,INC. TO PROVIDE
F'ACILITIES.BASED WHOLESALE LOCAL
TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE
THROUGHOUT IDAHO
CASE NO. NNI.T-I7.OI
FIRST PRODUCTION
REQUEST OF THE
COMMISSION STAFF TO
NATM NETWORK, rNC.
Included are Native Network's responses to Commission Staff s First Production Request
in Case No. NNI-T-I7-01.
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The responses were prepared by:
Jennifer Rickel, COO
Native Network, Inc.
250 East Penny Road, Suite 200
Wenatchee, WA 98801
(s0e) 661-34ss
The responses were compiled and submitted by:
Carey Roesel, Consultant to Native Network
Technologies Management, Inc.
151 Southhall Lane, Suite 450
Maitland, Florida 327 5I
[phone]
REQUEST NO. 1: In an e-mail response to Staff inquiry regarding Native Network's
status in Oregon and Washington, the response from Carey Roesel was, "[t]he Company is
pursuing registration in OR and WA." Please provide additional details regarding the status of
the registration process in these two states, including docket numbers, if applicable.
RESPONSE NO. 1:
- Native Network's WA Registration Docket No. is UT-170387 and it is scheduled to become
effective on June 1.6,2017
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- Native Network's registration in Oregon is being drafted and should be filed this month
REQUEST NO.2: On the website of Native Network Inc. (nativenetwork.com), the
Company profiles three case studies involving Spokane Tribes, Tulalip Tribes, and Forest
County Potawatomi. All three cases appear to describe the implementation of tribally-owned
networks. Please explain if these case studies reflect the Native Network's business plan in
Idaho. If not, how will the Idaho business plan be different?
RESPONSE NO. 2: Native Network will be the upstream, wholesale, credentialed
CLEC that provides PSTN interconnection, SS7, 911 registration, telephone numbers, long
distance services, and trunking to Interconnected VOIP customers, with Coeur d'Alene Tribe of
Indians, DBA Red Spectrum, as the Company's launch customer.
REQUEST NO. 3: In the cases mentioned in Request No. 2, who currently owns the
infrastructure? And, does Native Network have any responsibility for service quality and
customer complaints?
RESPONSE NO. 3: Native Network will own the backbone connections to the PSTN
and the IXCs, as well providing some numbering resources. The retailer -- in this case, Red
Spectrum - will have primary responsibility for addressing end user consumer service quality
and complaint issues. Both Native Network and Red Spectrum own Class V switching facilities.
REQUEST NO. 4: The federal Communications Act of 1934, as amended requires that
the FCC establish mechanisms to fund certain programs such as the universal fund and
telecommunications relay service. To accomplish this the FCC requires telecommunications
carriers and certain other providers of telecommunications (including VoIP service providers) to
report each year to file FCC Form 499. Wholesale providers are also required to file the FCC
Form 499AAnnual Reseller Certifications. Generally speaking, "resellers" incorporate
wholesale services into their own offerings and are expected to contribute to the federal universal
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support mechanism, See FCC 12-134. On the Company website under o'We Can Help" and
"What We Do," it appears Native Network more closely resembles a contractor that builds
infrastructure for its clients. Once the infrastructure is in place and the entityireseller begins
selling services, who will be responsible for the completion and filing of the federal Form 499?
RESPONSE NO. 4: The Company's website is a simplified version of what the
Company does. Native Network is a registered USF filer, number 831378, and will be compliant
with all 499 filing issues.
REQUEST NO. 5: Who will be responsible for remitting payments to the Idaho
Universal Service Fund, Telephone Relay Service, Idaho Telecommunications Service
Assistance Program, and 911 programs?
RESPONSE NO. 5: Native Network will comply with any remittance requirements
related to its wholesale service offerings.
Dated at Maitland, Florida, this 25th day of May 2017
Carey Roesel
Consultant to Native Network, Inc.
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