20090309_2494.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM 1
DECISION MEMORANDUM

TO: COMMISSIONER REDFORD
COMMISSIONER SMITH
COMMISSIONER KEMPTON
COMMISSION SECRETARY
COMMISSION STAFF
LEGAL

FROM: NEIL PRICE
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL

DATE: FEBRUARY 23, 2009

SUBJECT: APPLICATION OF MOMENTUM TELECOM, INC. FOR A
CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY; CASE
NO. MNT-T-08-02

On August 4, 2008, Momentum Telecom, Inc. (“Momentum” or “Company”) filed an
Application for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity pursuant to Idaho Code §§ 61-
526 through 528, IDAPA 31.01.01.111 and Commission Order No. 26665 to provide facilities-
based local exchange and resold interexchange telecommunications services within the state of
Idaho. On December 30, 2008, Momentum filed copies of its Local Exchange
Telecommunications Tariff, revised in accordance with Staff’s recommendations.
THE APPLICATION
Momentum is a Delaware corporation and lists its principal place of business as
Birmingham, Alabama. Application at 2-3. Momentum is registered with the Idaho Secretary of
State as a foreign limited liability company and lists CT Corporation System, 1111 W. Jefferson,
Suite 530, Boise, Idaho 83702, as its Idaho registered agent for service. Id. at 3. Momentum is a
competitive local exchange and long-distance service provider offering its services to
approximately 40,000 customers in the following states: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky,
Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. Id. at 1-2. Momentum
states that it plans to provide telecommunications services in Idaho within six months of
Commission authorization. Id. at 4.
Momentum “proposes to offer facilities-based local exchange and resold
interexchange services to Idaho consumers as well as some wholesale services to other
DECISION MEMORANDUM 2
providers.” Id. at 4. Momentum proposes to offer services throughout the State of Idaho in
geographic areas currently served by incumbent local exchange carriers (“ILECs”) Qwest
Communications and Verizon Northwest Inc. Id. The Company states that it will utilize its
own “soft switch to provide its facilities based services.” Id.
As of the date of its initial filing, Momentum has not negotiated an interconnection
agreement with an ILEC in Idaho. Id. at 6. The Company’s Application does not seek authority
to institute an escrow account because it will not require advanced payments or deposits from its
customers. Id.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff has reviewed Momentum’s Application and recommends that it be processed
through Modified Procedure.
COMMISSION DECISION
Should Momentum’s Application for a Certificate of Public Convenience and
Necessity be processed through Modified Procedure?

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