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805 Central Expressway South Suite 200 Allen, Texas 75013 September 25, 2013 Phone 972-908-4415 Fax 214-383-2737 Email: [email protected] Ms. Jean Jewell Commission Secretary Idaho Public Utilities Commission 472 West Washington Street Boise, Idaho 83710-0074 Re: 2013 Annual ETC Filing - Citizens Telecommunications Company of Idaho Dear Ms. Jewell: Citizens Telecommunications Company of Idaho (“CTC Idaho”) hereby files a state affidavit and a copy of the annual reports that were filed with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on September 24, 2013 in compliance with 47 CFR § 54.313 and 47 CFR § 54.422. Section 54.313 applies to an eligible telecommunications carrier (ETC) receiving high-cost federal USF support. Section 54.422 applies to ETCs receiving low-income support. Both sections require the ETC to file the annual report with the FCC, the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC), and its relevant state commission. This year the FCC extended the filing due date from July 1 to October 15.1 CTC Idaho requests the Idaho Public Utilities Commission to file the annual certification regarding federal high-cost support with the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) and the FCC, pursuant to 47 CFR 54.314(a). Sincerely, Kim Douglass Manager - Regulatory Affairs Enclosures 1 See Public Notice DA 13-1707, released August 6, 2013. “Wireline Competition Bureau Announces Filing Deadline of October 15, 2013 for Eligible Telecommunications Carriers to File High-Cost and Low-Income Annual Reports, and Announces Filing Deadline of December 16, 2013 for States and ETCs to File Annual Use Certifications.” Federal Regulatory Affairs 2300 N St. NW, Suite 710 Washington DC 20037 www.Frontier.com REDACTED—FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION September 24, 2013 BY HAND Marlene H. Dortch Secretary Federal Communications Commission 445 12th St., S.W. Washington, D.C. 20554 Re: Connect America Fund, WC Dkt. No. 10-90; Lifeline and Link Up Reform and Modernization, WC Dkt. No. 11-42 Dear Ms. Dortch: Frontier Communications Corp. hereby files its annual report and certifications as required by sections 54.313 and 54.422 of the Commission’s rules in accordance with the guidance of the Public Notice issued August 6, 2013 for the companies listed below.1 Today Frontier is filing only the documents relevant to the companies listed below. Frontier will complete its filings for all of its companies by the Commission’s October 15, 2013 filing deadline. A copy of this report is also being filed with the Universal Service Administrative Company and each relevant State public service commission in which Frontier operates as an ETC. Portions of this filing for select companies are being made confidentially in accordance with the Federal Communications Commission’s (“Commission”) Third Protective Order in this docket2. Specifically, Frontier requests confidential treatment of the detailed reporting of outages lasting longer than 30 minutes in 2012, which includes the location, cause, duration and efforts taken to prevent further outages. This information is competitively sensitive and is not normally released to the public; release of such sensitive data could give Frontier’s competitors an advantage in the 3 markets described therein. The non-redacted portions have been marked as confidential. Frontier 1 Wireline Competition Bureau Announces Filing Deadline of October 15, 2013 for Eligible Telecommunications Carriers to File High-Cost and Low-Income Annual Reports, and Announces Filing Deadline of December 16, 2013 for States and ETCs to File Annual Use Certifications, Public Notice, WC Dkt. Nos. 10-90, 11-42, DA 13-1707 (rel. Aug. 6, 2013). 2 In re: Developing a Unified Intercarrier Compensation Regime; Establishing Just and Reasonable Rates for Local Exchange Carriers; Connect America Fund; High-Cost Universal Service Support; A National Broadband Plan for Our Future, CC Dkt. No. 01-92, WC Dkt. Nos. 07-135, 10-90, 05-337, GN Dkt. No. 09-51, Third Protective Order, DA 10-1749 (rel. Aug. 30, 2012). 3 Frontier notes that section 4.2 of the Commission’s rules, which governs disruptions of communications service, states that reports of service disruptions are “presumed to be confidential.” 47 C.F.R. § 4.2 (2013). REDACTED—FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION requests that the documents marked as confidential be withheld from public inspection. Frontier is also filing a redacted copy of this report for public inspection. Frontier submits today information for the following companies; only those so marked are being filed confidentially. State Study Area Name SAC Confidential Treatment Requested? AL Frontier-Lamar County 250301 Yes AL Frontier Comm-AL 250306 No AL Frontier Comm-South 250318 No ID Frontier Communications Northwest 472416 Yes ID Citizens-Frontier-ID 474427 No MS Frontier-Mississippi 280460 No MT Citizens-Frontier-MT 434322 Yes NM Navajo-NM-Frontier 494449 No PA Frontier-Breezewood 170149 Yes PA Frontier-Canton 170152 Yes PA Commonwealth Tel Co. 170161 No PA Frontier-PA 170168 Yes PA Frontier-Lakewood 170178 No PA Frontier-Oswayo River 170194 Yes TN Citizens-Frontier-Vol. State 290580 No TN Citizens-Frontier-TN 294336 No Please feel free to contact me with any further questions. Sincerely, /s/ Michael D. Saperstein, Jr. Vice President, Federal Regulatory Affairs Frontier Communications (202) 223-6807 Attachment cc: Alexander Minard Page 1 FCC Form 481 FCC Form 481 - Carrier Annual Reporting OMB Control No. 3060-0986/OMB Control No. 3060-0819 Data Collection Form July 2013 474427 <010> Study Area Code CITIZENS-FRONTIER-ID <015> Study Area Name <020> Program Year 2014 <030> Contact Name: Person USAC should contact Cassandra Guinness with questions about this data <035> Contact Telephone Number: 585-777-4557 Number of the person identified in data line <030> [email protected] <039> Contact Email Address: Email of the person identified in data line <030> 54.313 54.422 Completion Completion ANNUAL REPORTING FOR ALL CARRIERS Required Required (check box when complete) <100> Service Quality Improvement Reporting (complete attached worksheet) ✔ <200> Outage Reporting (voice) (complete attached worksheet) ✔ <210> ✔ <-- check box if no outages to report <300> Unfulfilled Service Requests (voice) 0 ✔ <310> Detail on Attempts (voice) (attach descriptive document) <320> Unfulfilled Service Requests (broadband) <330> Detail on Attempts (broadband) (attach descriptive document) <400> Number of Complaints per 1,000 customers (voice) ✔ ✔ <410> Fixed 0.92 <420> Mobile <430> Number of Complaints per 1,000 customers (broadband) <440> Fixed <450> Mobile ✔ <500> Service Quality Standards & Consumer Protection Rules Compliance (check to indicate certification) ✔ <510> 474427ID510 (attached descriptive document) ✔ ✔ <600> Functionality in Emergency Situations (check to indicate certification) ✔ ✔ <610> 474427ID610 (attached descriptive document) ✔ ✔ <700> Company Price Offerings (voice) (complete attached worksheet) <710> Company Price Offerings (broadband) (complete attached worksheet) ✔ <800> Operating Companies and Affiliates (complete attached worksheet) ✔ <900> Tribal Land Offerings (Y/N)? (if yes, complete attached worksheet) <1000> Voice Services Rate Comparability (check to indicate certification) <1010> (attach descriptive document) <1100> Terrestrial Backhaul (Y/N)? (if not, check to indicate certification) <1110> (complete attached worksheet) <1200> Terms and Condition for Lifeline Customers (complete attached worksheet) ✔ Price Cap Carriers, Proceed to Price Cap Additional Documentation Worksheet Including Rate-of-Return Carriers affiliated with Price Cap Local Exchange Carriers ✔ <2000> (check to indicate certification) <2005> (complete attached worksheet) ✔ Rate of Return Carriers, Proceed to ROR Additional Documentation Worksheet <3000> (check to indicate certification) <3005> (complete attached worksheet) 09/20/2013 Page 1 Page 2 (100) Service Quality Improvement Reporting FCC Form 481 Data Collection Form OMB Control No. 3060-0986/OMB Control No. 3060-0819 July 2013 474427 <010> Study Area Code <015> Study Area Name CITIZENS-FRONTIER-ID <020> Program Year 2014 <030> Contact Name - Person USAC should contact regarding this data Cassandra Guinness <035> Contact Telephone Number - Number of person identified in data line <030> 585-777-4557 <039> Contact Email Address - Email Address of person identified in data line <030> [email protected] <110> Has your company received its ETC certification from the FCC? (yes / no ) If your answer to Line <110> is yes, do you have an existing §54.202(a) "5 <111> year plan" filed with the FCC? (yes / no ) If your answer to Line <111> is yes, then you are required to file a progress report, on line <112> delineating the status of your company's existing § 54.202(a) "5 year plan" on file with the FCC, as it relates to your provision of voice telephony service. <112> Attach Five-Year Service Quality Improvement Plan or, in subsequent years, your annual progress report filed pursuant to 47 C.F.R. § 54.313(a)(1). If your company is a CETC which only receives frozen support, your progress report is only required to address voice telephony service. Name of Attached Document (.pdf) Please check these boxes below to confirm that the attached PDF, on line 112, contains a progress report on its five-year service quality improvement plan pursuant to § 54.202(a). The information shall be submitted at the wire center level or census block as appropriate. <113> Maps detailing progress towards meeting plan targets