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Federal Communications Commss,on September 25,2020 Office of the Secretary
Ms. Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary Federal Communications Commission Office of the Secretary
9050 Junction Drive
Annapolis Junction, MD 20701
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Vice President, High Cost Division 700 12" Street. NW, Suite 900 Washington, DC 20005
RE: CC Docket No. 96-45/WC Docket No. 14-58, Annual Colorado State Certification of Support for Eligible Telecommunications Carriers Pursuant to 47 C.RR. § 54.314
Dear Ms. Dortch,
Pursuant to the requirements of 47 C.F.R. § 54.314. the Cotorado Public Utilities Commission hereby certifies to the Federal Communications Commission and the Universal Service Administrative Company that the telecommunications carriers included in this letter are eligible to receive federal high-cost support for the program years cited.
The Colorado Public Utilities Commission certifies for the carriers listed (Attachment A) all federal high-cost support provided to such carriers within Colorado was used in the preceding calendar year (2019) and will be used in the coming calendar year (2021) only for the provision. maintenance, and upgrading of facilities and services for which the support is intended.1
1 47 C. F.R. 454.314(a) ("Certification. States that desire eligible telecommunications carriers to receive support pursuant to the high -cost program must file an annual certification with the Administrator and the Commission stating that all federal high-cost support provided to such carriers within that State was used in the preceding calendar year and will be used in the comingcalendaryearonly forthe provision, malntenance, and upgrading of facilities and services for which the support is intended. High-cost support shall only be provided to the extent thatthe State has filed the requisite certification pursuant to this section."). COLORADO Department of .'Ac,tan M G Ilinan, 4 ., i DouR Dean. Dwertor Regulatory Agencies 4riFC;lazar. Executive I Public Utihties Commission ja,ed Potls. Goveinor
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Attachment A lists certified carriers, including Lifeline only ETCs certified in Colorado. As requested by the Universal Service Administrative Company, the assigned study area code is tisted beside each carrier's name.
Questions regarding the annual certifications should be directed to Jerry Enright at (303) 894-2911.
Sincerely,
Doug Dean
Director
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LIST OF STATE CERTIFIED CARRIERS
Non-Rural Carriers
CenturyLink Qwest Corporation SAC # 465102
Rural Carriers - Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers Agate Mutual Telephone Coop Assoc. SAC # 462178
Consolidated Communications of Colorado a/k/a Big Sandy Telecom, Inc. SAC # 462192 Bijou Telephone Cooperative Assn. SAC # 462181 Blanca Tetephone Company SAC # 462182 CenturyTel of Eagle. Inc. d/b/a CenturyLink SAC # 462185 CenturyTel of Colorado, Inc. d/b/a CenturyLink SAC # 462208 Consolidated Communications of Colorado a.k/a Columbine Tetecom Inc. SAC # 462204
Delta County Tele-Com, Inc. SAC # 462184 Dubois Telephone Exchange, Inc. SAC # 512291
Eastern Slope Rural Telephone Assn. SAC # 462186 El Paso County Telephone Co. SAC # 462187 Farmers Telephone Company SAC # 462188 Haxtun Telephone Company SAC # 462190 Nucla- Naturita Telephone Co. SAC # 462193 Nunn Telephone Company SAC # 462194 Peetz Cooperative Telephone Co. SAC # 462196 Phillips County Telephone Company SAC # 462197 JED Enterprises, Inc. dba Pine Telephone Co. SAC # 462198 Plains Cooperative Telephone Assn. SAC # 462199 Rico Telephone Company SAC # 462201 Roggen Telephone Coop. Company SAC # 462202 Rye Telephone Company SAC # 462203 5&T Telephone Coop. Assoc. SAC # 411827 South Park Telephone Company SAC # 462195 Stoneham Cooperative Telephone Co. SAC # 462206 Strasburg Telephone Co. SAC # 462207 Consolidated Communications of Kansas a/k/a Sunflower Telephone Co. SAC # 461835 Union Telephone Company SAC # 512297 Wiggins Telephone Association SAC # 462209
Willard Telephone Co. SAC # 462210
Competitive Eligible Telecommunications Carriers
Commnet Four Corners, LLC SAC #469011
Commnet Wireless, LLC SAC #468001
Elbert County Wireless, LLC SAC #469010 Northern Colorado Communications, LLC SAC #469023
NNTC Wireless, LLC SAC #469009
Northeast Colorado Cetlutar, Inc. (NECC) SAC #469001
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Uintah Basin Electronics Telecommunications SAC #469025
d/b/a Strata Networks
VIASAT Carrier Services, Inc. SAC# 469036
Lifeline Ontv Eligible Telecommunications Carriers
American Broadband
Amerimex Communications Corp Boomerang Wireless, LLC Global Connection Inc. of America
i-wireless, LLC Q Link Wireless, LLC Sage Telecom Communications, LLC TAG Mobile, LLC Telrite Corporation Tempo Tetecom, LLC Trac Fone Wireless, Inc. TerraCom, Inc. Virgin Mobile USA, LP (Sprint)
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