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South Dakota Public Utilities Commission
WEEKLY FILINGS
For the Period of July 26, 2001 through August 1, 2001
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TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Application by NTERA, INC. for a Certificate of Authority to provide local and interexchange service in South Dakota including switched and non switched local services, DSL, ISDN, and outbound and toll free interexchange service. Local service is proposed to be provided in areas not eligible for a small or rural carrier exemption pursuant to Section 251(f) (1) of the Federal Act.
Staff Analyst: Dave Jacobson
Staff Attorney: Kelly Frazier
Date Docketed: 07/26/01
Intervention Deadline: 08/17/01
Application by TeleCents Communications, Inc. for a Certificate of Authority to provide resold and facilities based local exchange service in South Dakota. Applicant seeks to provide local service in areas served by LECs that are not eligible for a small or rural carrier exemption pursuant to Section 251(f) (1) of the Federal Act.
Staff Analyst: Dave Jacobson
Staff Attorney: Kelly Frazier
Date Docketed: 07/26/01
Intervention Deadline: 08/17/01
On July 27, 2001, a Filing for Approval of an Amendment to an Interconnection Agreement between Qwest Corporation (Qwest) and McLeodUSA Telecommunications Services, Inc. (McLeodUSA) was received by the Commission. According to the parties the Agreement is a negotiated agreement with the parties adopting the negotiated interconnection agreement between McLeodUSA and USA Telecom, which was approved by the Commission effective July 23, 1999, in Docket TC99-057. The Amendment is made in order to add terms and conditions for Interconnection Distribution Frame (IDF) Collocation, Local Number Portability Managed Cuts, UDIT Rearrangement, UNE Combinations, Shared Transport and Custom Routing as set for in Attachments 1 through 6 and Exhibit A attached to the Amendment. The UNE Combinations portion of this Amendment replaces in its entirety the UNE Combinations amendment previously executed by the parties. Any party wishing to comment on the agreement may do so by filing written comments with the Commission and the parties to the agreement no later than August 16, 2001. Parties to the agreement may file written responses to the comments no later than twenty days after the service of the initial comments.
Staff Attorney: Kelly Frazier
Date Docketed: 07/27/01
Initial Comments Due: 08/16/01
On July 27, 2001, Qwest Corporation (Qwest) filed a petition for the purpose of determining Qwest's forward looking costs to be used in setting the prices for the elements and services contained in Qwest's Statement of Generally Available Terms (SGAT) and setting a scheduling conference for the purpose of adopting a procedural schedule for the orderly progression of this filing. Qwest filed its most recent South Dakota specific total element long run incremental cost (TELRIC) studies for those Unbundled Network Elements offered in Qwest's SGAT. Qwest is not generally seeking changes to those prices already established by this Commission in the AT&T Arbitration (TC96-184). Qwest recommends that this Commission declare those previously established prices to be Qwest's permanent TELRIC-based wholesale prices. For those services that were not addressed in previous pricing decisions of this Commission, Qwest offers its cost studies and supporting materials in support of the prices depicted in its filing. Qwest will not seek cost recovery for its Operations Support Systems until testing of said systems has been successfully completed. Qwest proposes a series of informal workshops to precede the preparation and filing of more formal positions of Staff and any other interested party. At these workshops Qwest will explain and, if requested, provide "hands-on" assistance for the use of its Integrated Cost Model and other cost models. Following the workshop phase, Qwest then proposes that the case move to a more formal schedule that provides for direct and re al testimony and an evidentiary hearing on those issues remaining after the informal workshop process is completed.
Staff Analyst: Harlan Best
Staff Attorney: Karen Cremer
Date Docketed: 07/27/01
Intervention Deadline: 08/17/01
On July 30, 2001, a Filing for Approval of a Third Amendment to an Interconnection Agreement between Qwest Corporation (Qwest) and AT&T Communications of the Midwest, Inc. (AT&T) was received by the Commission. According to the parties the Agreement is a negotiated agreement with the parties adopting the arbitrated interconnection agreement between Qwest and AT&T which was approved by the Commission effective March 4, 1999, in Docket TC96-184. Amendment No. 3 is made in order to add terms and conditions to enable AT&T to received blocking reports on all interoffice trunk groups carrying EAS/local traffic between Qwest tandem switches and Qwest end office switches for Interconnection Trunk Reports as set forth in Attachment 1, attached to the Amendment. Any party wishing to comment on the agreement may do so by filing written comments with the Commission and the parties to the agreement no later than August 20, 2001. Parties to the agreement may file written responses to the comments no later than twenty days after the service of the initial comments.
Staff Attorney: Kelly Frazier
Date Docketed: 07/30/01
Initial Comments Due: 08/20/01
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