20020924_266.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM
TO:COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER
CO MMISSI 0 NER SMITH
CO MMISSI 0 NER HANSEN
JEAN JEWELL
RANDY LOBB
DON HOWELL
LYNN ANDERSON
JOE CUSICK
CAROLEE HALL
WAYNE HART
DOUG COOLEY
BEVERLY BARKER
RON LAW
GENE FADNESS
TONY A CLARK
WORKING FILE
FROM:BIRDELLE BROWN
DATE:SEPTEMBER 11, 2002
RE:TEL-LINK WITHDRAWAL OF CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC
CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY NO. 326
Tel-Link ofIdaho applied for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity to
provide prepaid local service. This application was approved on July 10, 1997 , and Certificate
No. 326 was issued. On December 18, 1998, the name of the Certificate holder was changed to
Tel- Link, LLc. Tel-Link, LLC was subsequently purchased by NOW Communications, Inc.
NOW Communications has requested that Tel-Link's Certificate and Tariffs be withdrawn.
. STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends that the Commission approve the withdrawal of Tel-Link, LLC
Certificate No. 326. Does the Commission agree?
13 rdelle Brown
coITesp/drnernos/cpcns/tellink withdrawal.doc