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HomeMy WebLinkAbout200302212nd Response of Qwest.pdfS TO E L ~~, CEJVED ::' 1U~D (2) L.,101 S. Capitol Boulevard. Suite 1900 Boise. Idaho 83702 main 208.389.9000 fax 208.389.9040 www.stoel.com 20n3 rES 21 PN 5= 08 ATTORNEYS AT lAW !T.L': ffr' UTiL!TIES COj"'lf':fJ SION February 21 2003 MARY S. HOBSON Direct (208) 387-4277 mshobson(ij)stoel.com VIA HAND DELIVERY Ms. Jean Jewell, Secretary Idaho Public Utilities Commission 472 West Washington Street Boise, ill 83720-0074 .J~Re: Case No. QWE-O2;.95 Dear Ms. Jewell: Enclosed for filing with this Commission is an original and three copies of Qwest Corporation s Responses to Second Production Request of the Commission Staff in the above-referenced matter. The confidential attachments, Attachments A, B, C, D and E to Response to Request No. 012P, Attachment A, Band C to Response to Request No. 013P Attachment A to Response to Request No. 015P, Attachment A and B to Response to Request No. 016P, Attachment A and B to Response to Request No. 016P, Attachment A to Response to Request No. 017P, Attachment A to Response to Request No. 018P are being filed under separate cover. Thank: you for your cooperation in this matter. Very truly yours /t/t/VUJ1t Mary S. ~obson :blg Enclosures Oregon Washington California Boise-147264.10029164-00082 U I a h Idaho CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS WERE INCLUDED IN THIS FILING Mary S. Hobson (ISB #2142) Stoel Rives LLP 101 South Capitol Boulevard - Suite 1900 Boise, ill 83702 Telephone: (208) 389-9000 Facsimile: (208) 389-9040 Emai1: mshobsonCfYstoel.com Adam L. Sherr (WSBA #25291) Qwest 1600 7th Avenue - Room 3206 Seattle, WA 98191 Telephone: (206) 723-6263 Facsimile: (206) 343-4040 Email: asherrCfYqwestcom Attorneys for Qwest Corporation "',rr-r-" ;' ,. ,.. I 'I ,- , ,'- '- I , L ~- i U:~ 0 r:1 2DG3 rES 21 Pt'! 5: 08 ,no :or. ;-:,..!,, \ " O m, ',, UTiLITiES COhhlSSION BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION .:J,l. IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION Case. No. QWE-O2~ OF QWEST CORPORATION FOR PRICE DEREGULATION OF BASIC LOCAL EXCHANGE SERVICES QWEST CORPORATION'S RESPONSES TO SECOND PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF Qwest Corporation, through its undersigned attorneys, hereby files the attached responses to the Second Production Request of the Commission Staff. Respectfully submitted this 21st day of February, 2003. Qwest Corporation ~~~ t/o-L- Stoel Rives LLP Adam L. Sherr Qwest Corporation Attorneys for Qwest Corporation QWEST CORPORATION'S RESPONSES TO SECOND PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF - Page - Boise-153453,10029164-00087 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on this 21st day of February, 2003, I served QWEST CORPORATION'RESPONSES TO SECOND PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF as follows: Weldon B. Stutzman Deputy Attorney General Idaho Public Utilities Commission Box 83720 Boise, ill 83720-0074 LXJ Hand Delivery L...J U. S. Mail L...J Overnight Delivery L...J Facsimile L...J Email Conley Ward Givens Pursley, LLP 277 N. 6th St., Suite 200 O. Box 2720 Boise, ill 83701-2720 Hand DeliveryLkJ u. S. Mail L...J Overnight Delivery L...J Facsimile L...J Email Clay R. Sturgis Moss Adams, LLP 601 W. Riverside, Suite 1800 Spokane, W A 99201-0663 J Hand DeliveryUU U. S. Mail L...J Overnight Delivery L...J Facsimile L...J Email Dean J. Miller McDevitt & Miller LLP 420 W. Bannock St. O. Box 2565 Boise, ill 83702 J Hand Delivery U. S.Mail L...J Overnight Delivery L...J Facsimile L...J Email Brian Thomas Time Warner Telecom 223 Taylor Ave North Seattle, W A 98109 J Hand DeliverylLJ u. S. Mail L...J Overnight Delivery L...J Facsimile L...J Email Susan Travis Worldcom, Inc. 707 17th Street, Suite 4200 Denver, CO 80202 Hand Delivery U. S. Mail L...J Overnight Delivery L...J Facsimile L...J Email Mary Jane Rasher AT&T Communications of the Mountain States Inc. 10005 S. Gwendelyn Lane Highlands Ranch, CO 80129-6217 J Hand DeliveryUU U. S. Mail L...J Overnight Delivery L...J Facsimile L...J Email QWEST CORPORATION'S RESPONSES TO SECOND PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF - Page - 2 Boise-153453.10029164-00087 Marlin D. Ard Willard L. Forsyth Hershner, Hunter, Andrews, Neill & Smith, LLP 180 E 11th Ave O. Box 1475 Eugene, OR 97440-1475 Hand Deliveryuu U. S. Mail L...J Overnight Delivery L...J Facsimile L...J Email John Gannon Attorney at Law 1101 W. River, Suite 110 Boise, ill 83702 Hand Delivery LKJ u. S. Mail L...J Overnight Delivery L...J Facsimile L...J Email Dean Randall Verizon Northwest, Inc. 17933 NW Evergreen Pkwy Beaverton, OR 97006-7438 Hand DeliverylLJ u. S. Mail L...J Overnight Delivery L...J Facsimile L...J Email ~~\n Assistant to Mary Hobson QWEST CORPORATION'S RESPONSES TO SECOND PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF - Page - 3 Boise-153453.1 0029164-00087 Idaho Case No. QWE-02- STF 02-012P INTERVENOR:Staff of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission REQUEST NO:012P Please provide electronic copies of all numerical exhibits filed by Qwest in this proceeding. Provide numerical exhibits in standard spreadsheetformat (e., Excel) with functioning macros and formulas used to generate any computed numbers. RESPONSE: Qwest objects to this request as being vague in terms of its use of the termnumerical exhibits. Without waiving that objection , and specifically subject thereto , Qwest responds as follows: Electronic copies of the following documents are being provided in response to this request: Confidential xls) Conf idential xls) Confidential Confidential Confidential Attachment F Attachment G Attachment H Attachment I Attachment J Attachment A (STF 01-0021 Intrastate Confidential Attachment Attachment B (STF 01-0021 Interstate Confidential Attachment Attachment C (STF 01-004P Attachment D (STF 01-0091 Attachment E (STF 01-0101 (Teitzel Exhibit 13.xls) (Teitzel Exhibit 14.xls) (Residential and Small Business (Residential Data Set .xls) (Small Business Data Set .xls) Confidential Attachment A.xls) Confidential Attachment A.xls) Confidential Attachment A.xls) Verbatims .xls) **Attachment J are the data sets containing the information shown on pages 20 and 51-61 of the response to STF 01-003P. Please note that phone numbers of respondents have been omitted to preserve respondent confidentiality. Both data set files contain a second worksheet (labeled "Codes") that identifies the information contained in each column in the spreadsheets. Idaho Case No. QWE-02- STF 02-013P INTERVENOR:Staff of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission REQUEST NO:013P To the extent not already provided , please provide all source documents and workpapers supporting all exhibits filed by Qwest in this proceeding. To the extent already provided , please identify all source documents and workpapers supporting each Exhibit filed by Qwest in this proceeding. This request includes source documents supporting workpapers and source documents supporting other source documents. The intent of this request is to ensure that we have received all available documentation which supports the information provided in the Exhibits. If available, provide this information in standard spreadsheet format (e. g., Excel) with functioning macros and formulas used to generate any computed numbers. RESPONSE: Qwest obj ects to this request in so far as it is vague, overly broad and unduly burdensome. Qwest further obj ects in so far as the request seeks information protected by the attorney-client privilege or as attorney work product. Without waiving those objections, and specifically subject thereto , Qwest responds as follows: Exhibit As indicated in Qwest r s response to the Staff I s first set ofinterrogatories and requests for production (STF 01-004P), the values depicting the number of wireless subscribers in Idaho were obtained via telephone conversation with Alyson Anderson , Administrator of the Idaho Telephone Service Assistance Plan. Ms. Anderson relied on reports provided directly to her by the wireless carriers operating in Idaho. James Wozniak formerly Idaho Director of Policy & Law and now a consultant for Qwest in Idaho, contacted Ms. Anderson and wrote the values provided by her on notepaper. Several calls were made over a period of years to obtain the four values and dates from Ms. Anderson and to track the growth of wireless subscribers in Idaho. Once the values were transferred to electronic format and verified as accurate against the original hand-written values, Mr. Wozniak discarded the sheets of note paper. Exhibit 2 . Please see Confidential Attachment A, which provides access line counts for southern Idaho and the seven exchanges. This source document provides the numbers which build the spreadsheet provided in response to STF 01-004P. The spreadsheet provided in response to STF 01-004P was the source document used to produce Mr. Souba's Exhibit No.2, pages 1 - 8. In addition please see Confidential Attachment B (Sept Reg 10 (10-28-02) .xls), which provides source information for Mr. Souba s original Exhibit 2 , which has since been replaced with a Revised Exhibit Respondent:Jim Wozniak Exhibit 12 The source documents for the competitive wireless coverage areas shown on Exhibit 12 to Mr. Teitzel's direct testimony were the official internet web sites for the respective wireless carriers. These web addresses are as follows: Cricket: Clear Talk: Mobile: Nextel: Sprint: Verizon: Edge Wireless: AT&T U S Cellular: http: / /www.cricketcommunications.com ht tp: / /www. cleartalk. net http: / /www. t-mobile. com ht tp: / /www. nextel . com http: / /www. sprintpcs. com http: / /www.verizonwireless.com http: / /www. edgewireless . com http: / /www.attws.com http: / /www.uscellular.com In each instance, the coverage area maps were obtained from these web sites, then superimposed in Powerpoint on a map of Qwest' s Idaho wire center boundaries. Those powerPoint documents comprise Exhibit 12. Respondent:David Teitzel Exhibit 13 Please see Confidential Attachment C, which is an electronic copy of the material presented on pages 1-4 of the response to STF 01-003P. Respondent:Doug Lincoln Regarding Exhibit At tachment Attachment E Attachment F Attachment G Attachment H Attachment I Attachment J Attachment K At tachment L , the following documents are also attached: (Wireless Comparison Oct 02 (10-17-02) .xls) ** (ID comparisons exhibit (11-25-02) .xls) ** (ID price comparisons (11-02) .xls) ** (ID price comparisons (11-02) .xls) ** (ID Wireless Comparison (11-4-02) .xls** (ID Wireless Comparison Exc Compare Oct 02 .xls) ** (ID Wireless Comparison Oct 02 .xls) ** (ID Wireless Comparison Oct 02 (10-18-02) .xls) ** (ID Wireless Comparison Oct 02 (10-21-02) .xls) ** ** Please note that Attachments D through L are prior , working versions of the spreadsheet that was ultimately filed as Exhibit 13 to Mr. Teitzel' testimony. Respondent:David Teitzel Exhibit 14 Please see Attachment M , which is the "South Idaho DCR Analysis." Attachment M is the source document for Mr. Teitzel's Exhibit No.14. The acronym "DCR" means "disconnect reason This is a count of residential disconnect service orders in Southern Idaho for which the customer reported to Qwest that the wireline service is being disconnected in lieu of wireless service. Respondent:David Teitzel Idaho Case No. QWE-02- STF 02-014P INTERVENOR:Staff of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission REQUEST NO:014P Please refer to Qwest's response to Staff Request for Production 1-6. Please provide copies of the "national statistics" referenced in this response. RESPONSE: See, e., Qwest's response to STF 01-010P , Attachment A , page 35 of 40 Yankee Group News Release. Respondent:Jim Wozniak Idaho Case No. QWE-O2- STF 02-015P INTERVENOR:Staff of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission REQUEST NO:015P Please refer to Qwest's response to Staff Request for Production 1-6. Please provide the requested information for all wireless service providers owned by or affiliated with the Company or Qwest Communications International Inc. RESPONSE: Qwest objects in so far as this request seeks information that is not relevant to the present case and is not reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery of admissible evidence. Idaho Code ~ 62-622 (3) (b) defines the scope of this proceeding as determining whether there are "functionally equivalent, competi ti vely priced local services reasonably available to both residential and small business customers from a telephone corporation unaffiliated with the incumbent telephone corporation.Qwest Wireless datais thus outside the scope of this proceeding. Qwest further obj ects in so far as this request is overly broad and unduly burdensome Without waiving those objections, and specifically subject thereto, Qwest responds as follows: Please see Confidential Attachment A , a spreadsheet containing both residential and business customers in the seven exchanges for which Qwest is seeking economic deregulation. These are customers who either have Qwest wireless service exclusively OR have Qwest wireline service billed on a separate billed telephone number ("BTN" Respondent:Rex Morse Idaho Case No. QWE-02- STF 02-016P INTERVENOR:Staff of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission REQUEST NO:016P For each of the 7 exchanges at issue in this proceeding, please provide the following: number of residential customers; number of business customers; number of residential access lines; and , number of business access lines. RESPONSE: Please see Confidential Attachment A , a spreadsheet depicting the number of Qwest residential customers in access 'lines in the 7 exchanges. The "RES Customers" column includes the quantity of residence primary lines. The "RES Access Lines " column includes both residence primary and additional lines. Also , see Confidential Attachment B , a spreadsheet depicting the number of Qwest business lines (both T-61 and T-62) and Billed Telephone Numbers BTNs") in the 7 exchanges. Respondent:Rex Morse Idaho Case No. QWE-O2- STF 02-017P INTERVENOR:Staff of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission REQUEST NO:017P For each of the 7 exchanges at issue in this proceeding, please provide the number of residential customers who also receive wireless service from a wireless service provider own by or affiliated with the Company or Qwest Communications International Inc. RESPONSE: Qwest objects in so far as this request seeks information that is not relevant to the present case and is not reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery of admissible evidence. Idaho Code ~ 62-622 (3) (b) defines the scope of this proceeding as determining whether there are functionally equivalent, competitively priced local services reasonably available to both residential and small business customers from a telephone corporation unaffiliated with the incumbent telephone corporation." Qwest Wireless datais thus outside the scope of this proceeding. Qwest further obj ects in so far as this request is overly broad and unduly burdensome Without waiving those objections, and specifically subject thereto, Qwest responds as follows: Please see Confidential Attachment A , which shows the total number of Qwest residential wireline customers in the 7 exchanges who also use Qwest wireless service. Respondent:Rex Morse Idaho Case No. QWE-02- STF 02-018P INTERVENOR:Staff of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission REQUEST NO:018P Please refer to Qwest' s response to Staff Request for Production 1-7. Please provide the requested information for consumers who are customers of both the Company and any wireless service provider own by or affiliated with the Company or Qwest Communications International Inc. RESPONSE: Qwest objects in so far as this request seeks information that is not relevant to the present case and is not reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery of admissible evidence. Idaho Code ~ 62-622 (3) (b) defines the scope of this proceeding as determining whether there are "functionally equivalent , competitively priced local services reasonably available to both residential and small business customers from a telephone corporation unaffiliated with the incumbent telephone corporation.Qwest Wireless datais thus outside the scope of this proceeding. Qwest further obj ects in so far as this request is overly broad and unduly burdensome Without waiving those objections , and specifically subject thereto , Qwest responds as follows: Please see Confidential Attachment A , which shows the total number of Qwest business and residential customers in the 7 exchanges who also use Qwest wireless service. Customers whose billing address is in Idaho but whose wireless service has been ordered for a different service territory (for example , their wireless phone has a "303" area code) were excluded from the data because , although their billing goes to Idaho , the Idaho service territory is not their primaryterri tory. Respondent:Rex Morse Idaho Case No. QWE-O2- STF 02-019P INTERVENOR:Staff of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission REQUEST NO:019P Please provide copies of all data or other information reviewed by Qwest (other than the information previously filed by Qwest in this proceeding) which tends to prove that wireless services are "functionally equivalent" to Qwest's basic local exchange service. RESPONSE: Qwest objects to this Request for Production on the grounds and for the reasons that it seeks statements of opinion not previously written or published, in violation of IPUC Rule of Procedure 225. Qwest further objects on the grounds that the request appears to seek Qwest' s attorneys ' legal opinions or attorney work product. Finally, Qwest obj ects that the request is overly broad , unduly burdensome and vague. Idaho Case No. QWE-02- STF 02-020P INTERVENOR:Staff of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission REQUEST NO:020P Please provide copies of all data or other information reviewed by Qwest (other than the information previously filed by Qwest in this proceeding) which tends to prove that wireless services are not "functionally equivalent" to Qwest' s basic local exchange service. RESPONSE: Qwest obj ects to this Request for Production on the grounds and for the reasons that it seeks statements of opinion not previously written or published , in violation of IPUC Rule of Procedure 225. Qwest further obj ects on the grounds that the request appears to seek Qwest' s attorneys ' legal opinions or attorney work product. Finally, Qwest objects that the request is overly broad, unduly burdensome and vague. Without waiving the foregoing objections Qwest further responds to the request by to respond to this request since it does documents. and specifically relying thereon stating that it finds itself unable not seek obj ecti vely discernible Idaho Case No. QWE-O2- STF 02-021P INTERVENOR:Staff of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission REQUEST NO:021P Please provide copies of all data or other information reviewed by Qwest (other than the information previously filed by Qwest in this proceeding) which tends to prove that wireless services are "competitively priced" with Qwest's basic. local exchange service. RESPONSE: Qwest objects to this Request for Production on the grounds and for the reasons that it seeks statements of opinion not previously written or published , in violation of IPUC Rule of Procedure 225. Qwest further obj ects on the grounds that the request appears to seek Qwest's attorneys ' legal opinions or attorney work product. Finally, Qwest obj ects that the request is overly broad, unduly burdensome and vague. Idaho Case No. QWE-02- STF 02-022P INTERVENOR:Staff of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission REQUEST NO:022P Please provide copies of all data or other information reviewed by Qwest (other than the information previously filed by Qwest in this proceeding) which tends to prove that wireless services are not competitively priced" with Qwest's basic local exchange service. RESPONSE: Qwest objects to this Request for Production on the grounds and for the reasons that it seeks statements of opinion not previously written or published , in violation of IPUC Rule of Procedure 225. Qwest further objects on the grounds that the request appears to seek Qwest' s attorneys ' legal opinions or attorney work product. Finally, Qwest obj ects that the request is overly broad, unduly burdensome and vague. Without waiving the foregoing objections Qwest further responds to the request by to respond to this request since it does documents. and specifically relying thereon stating that it finds itself unable not seek objectively discernible Idaho Case No. QWE-O2- STF 02-023P INTERVENOR:Staff of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission REQUEST NO:023P Please provide copies of all data or other information reviewed by Qwest (other than the information previously filed by Qwest in this proceeding) which tends to prove that wireless services are "reasonably available to both residential and small business customers" in the 7 exchanges at issue in this proceeding. RESPONSE: Qwest objects to this Request for Production on the grounds and for the reasons that it seeks statements of opinion not previously written or published, in violation of IPUC Rule of Procedure 225. Qwest further obj ects on the grounds that the request appears to seek Qwest's attorneys ' legal opinions or attorney work product. Finally, Qwest obj ects that the request is overly broad, unduly burdensome and vague. Idaho Case No. QWE-02- STF 02-024P INTERVENOR:Staff of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission REQUEST NO:024P Please provide copies of all data or other information reviewed by Qwest (other than the information previously filed by Qwest in this proceeding) which tends to prove that wireless services are not reasonably available to both residential and small business customers" in the 7 exchanges at issue in this proceeding. RESPONSE: Qwest objects to this Request for Production on the grounds and for the reasons that it seeks statements of opinion not previously written or published, in violation of IPUC Rule of Procedure 225. Qwest further objects on the grounds that the request appears to seek Qwest' s attorneys ' legal opinions or attorney work product. Finally, Qwest obj ects that the request is overly broad , unduly burdensome and vague. Without waiving the foregoing objections Qwest further responds to the request by to respond to this request since it does documents. and specifically relying thereon stating that it finds itself unable not seek obj ecti vely discernible Idaho Case No. QWE-O2- STF 02-025P INTERVENOR:Staff of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission REQUEST NO:025P Please refer to page 19 of the testimony of Douglas Lincoln, Please provide copies of the 36 responses referenced on line RESPONSE: Please see Attachment A. Respondent:Doug Lincoln Idaho Case No. QWE-02- STF 02-026P INTERVENOR:Staff of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission REQUEST NO:026P Please refer to page 20 of the testimony of Douglas Lincoln. Please provide copies of the questionnaire referenced on line 17. RESPONSE: The questionnaire referred to on page 20 of Douglas Lincoln I s testimony was reproduced (for both the residential and small business respondents) on pages 7 and 47-50 of Qwest I s response to STF 01-003P. Respondent:Doug Lincoln Idaho Case No. QWE-T- 02 - 25 STF 02-027P INTERVENOR:Staff of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission REQUEST NO:027P Please refer to page 27 of the testimony of Douglas Lincoln. Please provide a complete narrative explanation of the "data editing " referenced on line 3. RESPONSE: Data editing refers to reviewing the (Excel) data sets forwarded by FrederickPolls to ensure accuracy and precision. This included looking for incomplete, inconsistent , and/or other possible response or data recoding errors. For example, all completed records were reviewed to identify and omit any duplicate entries , identify situations where recorded responses (e., a 6") fell outside of the set of possible responses (e.g., 1 through 5), or where responses to one question would not be logical given a response to another question. In cases where suspicious data were found , consultation with FrederickPolls was undertaken for clarification and/or additional information before deciding on how to treat the data. The purpose of data editing was to ensure that all data analyzed and reported in Exhibits 8- were valid measures of what they portrayed. Respondent:Doug Lincoln Idaho Case No. QWE-O2- STF 02-028P INTERVENOR:Staff of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission REQUEST NO:028P Please refer to Exhibit B attached to the testimony of Douglas Lincoln. Please provide the information included in this exhibit for each of the 7 exchanges at issue in this proceeding. RESPONSE: Qwest will supplement its response to this request. Idaho Case No. QWE-02- STF 02-029P INTERVENOR:Staff of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission REQUEST NO:029P Please refer to Exhibit 10 attached to the testimony of Douglas Lincoln. Please provide the information included in this exhibit for each of the 7 exchanges at issue in this proceeding. RESPONSE: Qwest will supplement its response to this request. Idaho Case No. QWE-02- STF 02-030P INTERVENOR:Staff of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission REQUEST NO:030P Please refer to page 9 of the testimony of Harry Shooshan. Please provide a copy of the presentation referenced in footnote 15. RESPONSE: See Qwest's response to STF 01-010P, Attachment A , pages 20 through 34 presentation of Robert Crandall. Respondent:Jim Wozniak Idaho Case No. QWE-02- STF 02-031P INTERVENOR:Staff of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission REQUEST NO:031P Please refer to page 11 of the testimony of Douglas Lincoln. Please provide a copy of the article referenced in footnote 21. RESPONSE: See the response to STF 01-010P , Attachment A, pages 37 & 38 , article by Joelle Tessler. Respondent:Jim Wozniak