USF ATT A.pdf

Attachment A – CenturyLink Comments
Idaho Universal Service Fund (IUSF)
20001 20082 20163
Access lines4
Residential Lines 531,879 418,844 169,987
Business Lines 187,125 232,536 193,095
Total 719,004 651,380 363,082

Minutes-of-Use (MOU)
Toll - MTS/WATS 302,160,126 313,436,250 197,135,147

Ordered Monthly Surcharge
Residential (per line) $.14 $.10 $.12
Business (per line) $.26 $.17 $.20
MTS/WATS (MOU) $.0045 $.003 $.005

Annual Disbursement
8 Rural ILECs $2,212,761 $1,943,523 $1,698,610

Percentage change between 2000 and 2016:

Residential Lines: 68% decrease5

Business Lines: 3.2% increase6

Total Lines: 49.5% decrease7

MOU MTS/WATS: 34.8% decrease8

Annual Disbursements: 23.2% decrease9

1 Information - IPUC Order No. 28492, Case No. GNR-T-00-29, August 29, 2000.
2 Information - IPUC Order No. 30635, Case No. GNR-T-08-03, September 9, 2008.
3 Information - IPUC Order No. 33582, Case No. GNR-T-16-12, September 8, 2016,
and the August 19, 2016, Decision Memorandum in the same case.
4 Switched access lines – traditional phone lines. Wireless and VoIP currently are not required to pay.
5 (531,879 - 169,987 = 361,892) / 531,879 = 68% decrease.
6 (187,125 - 193,095 = 5,970) / 187,125 = 3.2% increase.
7 (719,004 - 363,082 = 355,922) / 719,004 = 49.5% decrease.
8 (302,160,126 - 197,135,147 = 105,024,979) / 302,160,126 = 34.8% decrease.
9 ($2,213,761 - $1,698,610 = $514,151) / $2,212,761 = 23.2% decrease.