20031015_641.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM
TO:CO MMISSI 0 NER KJELLAND ER
COMMISSIONER SMITH
COMMISSIONER HANSEN
COMMISSION SECRETARY
COMMISSION STAFF
LEGAL
WORKING FILE
FROM:BIRDELLE BROWN
DATE:OCTOBER 6, 2003
RE:QWEST CORPORATION REQUEST TO CANCEL CERTIFICATE OF
PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY NO. 342 FOR USLD (F/K/A
U. S. LONG DISTANCE) - CASE NO. USD-03-
In August 1999, Qwest filed a notice of Merger of Qwest Communications International
Inc. and US West, Inc., in which it described the relationship of Qwest Communications
Corporation (QCC), LCI International Telecom Corp, USLD Communications, Inc. and Phoenix
Network, Inc. LCI, USLD and Phoenix were commonly owned affiliates ofQCC and were
merged into QCC with QCC as the surviving corporation.
On June 2002 Qwest requested to withdraw the toll price lists for LCI International
and Phoenix Networks and to withdraw the CPCN for LCI. On September 2002 Qwest
requested cancellation ofUSLD's long distance price lists. LCI's CPCN and all of the
companies ' LD tariffs have been cancelled.
On September 26 2003, Qwest advised that the CPCN for USLD should also be
cancelled as USLD is not presently serving local exchange service customers under that
certificate and does not intend to do so in the future.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the Commission cancel Certificate No. 342 held by U.S. Long
Distance. Does the Commission agree?
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