20060227Confidential agreement re amendment.pdf

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MARY S. HOBSON
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VIA HAND DELIVERY
CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY
Jean D. Jewell
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
472 West Washington Street
PO Box 83720
Boise, ill 83720-0074
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Re:Agreement between Qwest Corporation and VCI Company
Dear Jean:
On December 16 2005 , Qwest filed with the Commission an Amendment for the
Interconnection Agreement between Qwest Communications ("Qwest") and VCI Company
VCI") for review and approval under Section 252(a) and (e) of the Telecommunications Act
and on December 16, 2005 Qwest filed under Section 252(a) and (e) an Amendment to the
Master Services Agreement ("QPP Amendment") between Qwest and VCI.
I have enclosed under an Attorney s Certificate another agreement between Qwest and VCI, the
Settlement Agreement " that the parties negotiated contemporaneously with the filed
amendments to the interconnection agreement. The parties have agreed that this agreement is to
be maintained as a confidential document.
Please note that the enclosed agreement refers in paragraph 1.1 to the parties' execution of an
interconnection amendment in a separate document for the purposes of filing with the applicable
state commissions pursuant to Section 252(e). As referenced in the first paragraph of this letter
the agreement with VCI containing the on-going obligations and creating a filing requirement
under Section 252(a) and (e) have in fact been placed into a separate document and filed with the
Commission under Section 252(e) as Amendments to the Interconnection Agreement and as
Amendments to the QPP Agreement; and it is Qwest's understanding that simply a reference in
the enclosed agreement to the interconnection agreement amendments does not itself raise any
filing requirements under Section 252(a) and (e).
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Jean D. Jewell
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
February 24 2006
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However, Qwest has enclosed the simultaneously-executed Settlement Agreement with VCI for
informational purposes and to provide the full context of the negotiations that also lead to the
amendments to the parties ' interconnection agreement.
Qwest will continue to cooperate fully with the Commission in this matter. Please contact me if
you have any questions, including any concern that this settlement contract might somehow fall
within the definition of an "interconnection agreement" under Section 252( e).
Please contact the undersigned if you have any questions or concerns about the enclosed
agreement. Thank you.
Very truly yours
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Enclosure
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ATTORNEY'S CERTIFICATE
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QWEST CORPORATION
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This Certificate is made pursuant to Rule 233 of the Idaho Public Utilities
Commission s Rules of Procedure I.D.A.P.A. 31.01.01000.
Filed herein is a Settlement Agreement that the parties have, pursuant to
paragraph 7, agreed to maintain this agreement as confidential.
The undersigned hereby asserts that she is familiar with the material claimed not
to be available for public inspection, examination and copying, and that she, in good
faith, believes that there is a basis in law for that claim, namely that the information
contained therein constitutes a "trade secret" as defined in Idaho Code Section 48-801
and is by virtue the Idaho Trade Secrets Act, Title 48 , Chapter 8, Idaho Code subject to
protection or is confidential to Qwest's customers who are not parties to this action and
who have not consented to the public release of the information
DATED this 24th day of February, 2006.
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Stoel ves LLP
Attorneys Representing Qwest Corporation
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