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HomeMy WebLinkAbout20080407_2213.pdfDECISION MEMORANDUM TO:COMMISSIONER REDFORD COMMISSIONER SMITH COMMISSIONER KEMPTON COMMISSION SECRETARY COMMISSION STAFF LEGAL FROM:NEIL PRICE DATE:MARCH 31 , 2008 SUBJECT:APPLICATION OF BANDWIDTH. COM CLEC, LLC FOR A CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY; CASE NO. BND-07- On October 29, 2007, Bandwidth.com CLEC, LLC ("Bandwidth. com ) filed an Application for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity pursuant to Idaho Code ~~ 61- 526 through 528, IDAP A 31.01.01.111 and Commission Order No. 26665 to provide facilities- based and resold local exchange telecommunications services in the state of Idaho. Application at 1. THE APPLICATION Bandwidth.com is a Delaware corporation and lists its principal place of business as Cary, North Carolina. Id. at 2. The Company is registered with the Idaho Secretary of State as a limited liability company and lists CT Corporation System, 1111 W. Jefferson #530 Boise Idaho 83702 as its Idaho registered agent for service. Id. at 2. Bandwidth.com states that it currently provides telecommunications services in the states of California, Florida, Illinois, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Texas. Id. The Company "will offer traditional voice services to customers utilizing the public switched network, Applicant will also offer services using Internet Protocol to provide voice over data applications.Id. at 1. The Company intends to "enter into the appropriate interconnection and service arrangements with Qwest Corporation ("Qwest")" in order to "provide resold and facilities-based local exchange telecommunications services to both business and residential customers in the state ofldaho.Id. at 4 DECISION MEMORANDUM Bandwidth.com does not currently own facilities or property in Idaho.Id. at 5. The Company intends to offer its services throughout the State of Idaho but it "does not plan to provide service in areas of any small or rural local exchange carrier.Id. at 4. The Company has provided the Commission with the appropriate "Financial Information" and "Illustrative Tarriff Fillings.See Id. at 5 , Exhibit C and Exhibit D. ST AFF RECOMMENDATION Staff has reviewed Bandwidth.com Application and recommends that it processed through Modified Procedure. COMMISSION DECISION Should Bandwidth.com' s Application for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity be processed through Modified Procedure? AJ 3L eil Price Deputy Attorney General M:BND-O7- DECISION MEMORANDUM