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BERLIN BRUSSELS LONDON PARIS BUDAPEST PRAGUE WARSAW MOSCOW TOKYO BEIJING NEW YORK BALTIMORE McLEAN MIAMI DENVER BOULDER COLORADO SPRINGS LOS ANGELES HOGAN & HARTSON L.L.P. COLUMBIA SQUARE DAVID L. SIERADZKI 555 THIRTEENTH STREET, NW PARTNER WASHINGTON, DC 20004-1109 (202) 637-6462 TEL (202) 637-5600 DLSIERADZKI@HHLAW.COM FAX (202) 637-5910 WWW.HHLAW.COM June 23, 2005 Marlene H. Dortch Secretary Federal Communications Commission 445 Twelfth St., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20554 Re: Petition of SunCom Wireless, Inc. for Designation as an Eligible Telecommunications Carrier in Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia; Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service; CC Docket No. 96-45 Dear Ms. Dortch: On behalf of SunCom Wireless, Inc. (?SunCom?), I am enclosing SunCom?s Petition for Designation as an Eligible Telecommunications Carrier in Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia, pursuant to Section 214(e)(6) of the Communications Act. One of the Exhibits to the enclosed petition is a five-year plan providing a specific demonstration of how SunCom will use high-cost support for service improvements that would not occur absent receipt of such support. The data included in this plan are highly confidential commercial and financial trade secret information concerning competitive wireless services, and public disclosure of these data could cause serious competitive harm to SunCom by giving competitors access to the details of its network deployment and capital expenditure plans. Accordingly, pursuant to Section 0.459 of the Commission?s rules, SunCom respectfully requests that the unredacted version of Exhibit E be withheld from public inspection. SunCom is submitting two versions of this petition: (1) a version for public inspection including a redacted version of Exhibit E; and (2) an unredacted HOGAN & HARTSON L.L.P. Marlene H. Dortch June 23, 2005 Page 2 version including the complete, confidential version of Exhibit E. The version for public inspection is being filed via the Commission?s Electronic Comment Filing System. The confidential version is being sent via e-mail to the FCC staff members listed below. If you have any questions, please contact me. Respectfully submitted, David L. Sieradzki Counsel for SunCom Wireless, Inc. cc: Narda Jones Anthony Dale Vickie Robinson Cathy Carpino Cheryl Callahan Anita Cheng Gina Spade Thomas Buckley Theodore Burmeister Katie King Mark Seifert Pam Slipakoff Sheryl Todd Before the FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Washington, DC 20554 In the Matter of ) ) Petition of SunCom Wireless, Inc. For Designation as an Eligible Telecommunications Carrier in Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia ) ) ) ) ) Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service ) ) CC Docket No. 96-45 PETITION OF SUNCOM WIRELESS, INC. FOR DESIGNATION AS AN ELIGIBLE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIER IN GEORGIA, NORTH CAROLINA, TENNESSEE, AND VIRGINIA Charles Kallenbach Senior Vice President for Legal Affairs SUNCOM WIRELESS, INC. 1100 Cassatt Rd. Berwyn, PA 19312 (610) 722-4280 Michele C. Farquhar David L. Sieradzki Tarah S. Grant HOGAN & HARTSON, L.L.P. 555 ? 13th St., NW Washington, DC 20004 (202) 637-6462 Counsel for SunCom Wireless, Inc. June 23, 2005 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page I. INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY......................................................................................1 II. SUNCOM SATISFIES THE REQUIREMENTS FOR DESIGNATION AS AN ELIGIBLE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIER ...............................................................3 A. The State Commissions Have Determined That They Lack Authority to Designate CMRS Carriers As ETCs...............................................................................................3 B. SunCom Offers Each of the Services Supported by the Federal High-Cost Universal Service Program. ...........................................................................................5 1. Voice-Grade Access to the Public Switched Network. .....................................6 2. Local Usage. ......................................................................................................6 3. Dual-Tone Multi-Frequency (?DTMF?) Signaling, or Its Functional Equivalent. .........................................................................................................7 4. Single-Party Service or Its Functional Equivalent.............................................7 5. Access to Emergency Services. .........................................................................7 6. Access to Operator Services. .............................................................................8 7. Access to Interexchange Service. ......................................................................8 8. Access to Directory Assistance..........................................................................8 9. Toll Limitation for Qualifying Low-Income Consumers. .................................8 C. SunCom Will Offer Supported Services Over a Combination of Its Own Facilities and Resale of Other Carrier?s Services..........................................................................9 D. SunCom Will Advertise Its Universal Service Offering................................................9 III. SUNCOM REQUESTS DESIGNATION THROUGHOUT ITS PROPOSED ?DESIGNATED ETC SERVICE AREA? IN GEORGIA, NORTH CAROLINA, TENNESSEE, AND VIRGINIA .............................................................................................10 IV. GRANTING THIS PETITION WILL SERVE THE PUBLIC INTEREST. ..........................11 A. SunCom Satisfies the Commission?s Public Interest Standard....................................11 1. Benefits of Increased Competitive Choice. .....................................................12 2. Impact of the Designation on the Fund............................................................14 3. Unique Advantages of SunCom?s Service Offering........................................14 4. Commitments on Quality of Telecommunications Service.............................15 5. Ability to Serve Customers Within a Reasonable Time Frame.......................16 6. Creamskimming...............................................................................................17 B. SunCom Is Prepared to Demonstrate That It Satisfies the Recently-Adopted Additional Requirements for Commission Designation of ETCs Pursuant to Section 214(e)(6). ........................................................................................................17 1. SunCom Commits to Provide Service Throughout Its Designated Area to All Customers Making a Reasonable Request.................................................18 iii 2. SunCom Plans to Use High-Cost Support to Improve Signal Quality, Coverage, and Capacity Over the Next Five Years. ........................................18 3. SunCom Can Remain Functional In Emergency Situations............................19 4. SunCom Satisfies Applicable Consumer Protection and Service Quality Standards..........................................................................................................20 5. SunCom Offers a Comparable Local Usage Plan............................................20 6. SunCom Acknowledges That It May Be Required To Provide Equal Access Under Certain Circumstances..............................................................21 C. Expeditious Grant of This Application is In the Public Interest..................................21 V. HIGH COST CERTIFICATION. ............................................................................................22 VI. ANTI-DRUG ABUSE CERTIFICATION..............................................................................22 CONCLUSION....................................................................................................................................23 Before the FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Washington, DC 20554 In the Matter of ) ) Petition of SunCom Wireless, Inc. For Designation as an Eligible Telecommunications Carrier in Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia ) ) ) ) ) Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service ) ) CC Docket No. 96-45 PETITION OF SUNCOM WIRELESS, INC. FOR DESIGNATION AS AN ELIGIBLE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIER IN GEORGIA, NORTH CAROLINA, TENNESSEE, AND VIRGINIA SunCom Wireless, Inc. f/k/a Triton PCS, Inc. ( ?SunCom?), pursuant to Section 214(e)(6) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the ?Act?), hereby submits this Petition for Designation as an Eligible Telecommunications Carrier (?ETC?) throughout the proposed Designated ETC Service Area described herein, including areas served by both non-rural and rural incumbent local exchange carriers (?ILECs?), in the states of Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. As demonstrated below, SunCom meets all of the requirements for designation as an ETC and SunCom?s designation will serve the public interest. I. INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY SunCom is authorized to provide commercial mobile radio service (?CMRS?) over broadband personal communications service (?PCS?) and cellular licenses in Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia, as well as in Puerto Rico and the U.S. - 2 - Virgin Islands. 1/ SunCom intends to obtain high-cost universal service support funding throughout its licensed service area in the continental U.S., including areas served by both rural and non-rural ILECs, to speed the delivery of advanced wireless services to consumers in this area. SunCom is a common carrier, consistent with the definition in 47 U.S.C. §§ 153(10) and 332(c)(1), and the requirements of 47 U.S.C. § 214(e)(1). SunCom already is an ETC in Puerto Rico, pursuant to designation by the Junta Reglamentadora de Telecomunicaciónes de Puerto Rico (Telecommunications Regulatory Board). SunCom currently provides all the services and functionalities supported by the federal universal service program set forth in Section 54.101(a) of the Commission?s Rules throughout the areas for which it seeks ETC designation in Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. SunCom provides universal service to its PCS consumers over its existing wireless network infrastructure using existing and soon-to-be-constructed antenna, cell-site, tower, trunking, mobile switching, and interconnection facilities used by SunCom to serve its existing PCS customers. Upon designation as an ETC, SunCom will accelerate its program of network construction and improvement, and will commit to making its universal service available within a reasonable time frame to all requesting customers in the area for which it proposes to be 1/ A list of SunCom?s licensed PCS service areas, by Basic Trading Area (?BTA?), is included in Exhibit A to this application. We note that SunCom has agreed to acquire Urban Comm-North Carolina, Inc., which will result in the assignment to SunCom of several additional BTA licenses in North Carolina and Virginia. See Public Notice, Urban Comm-North Carolina, Inc., SunCom Wireless, Inc., and Cellco Partnership Seek FCC Consent to the Transfer of Control and Assignment of Broadband PCS Licenses, WT Docket No. 05-169, DA 05-1042, 20 FCC Rcd 7652 (Wireless Telecom. Bur., released April 8, 2005). Once that assignment consummates, SunCom may seek to supplement this petition by adding additional geographic areas. - 3 - designated. 2/ As discussed below, designating SunCom as an ETC will advance the public interest. II. SUNCOM SATISFIES THE REQUIREMENTS FOR DESIGNATION AS AN ELIGIBLE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIER SunCom satisfies each of the elements required for ETC designation pursuant to Section 214(e)(6) of the Act. 3/ A. The State Commissions Have Determined That They Lack Authority to Designate CMRS Carriers As ETCs. In the Section 214(e)(6) Public Notice, the Commission established that a carrier must demonstrate it is ?not subject to the jurisdiction of a state commission? in order to petition the Commission for designation as an ETC. In its Twelfth Report and Order, the Commission stated that where a carrier provides the Commission with an ?affirmative statement? from the state commission or a court of competent jurisdiction that the state commission lacks jurisdiction to perform the designation, the Commission will consider requests filed pursuant to 214(e)(6).? 4/ In the Highland Cellular Order, the Commission affirmed that, where a state commission was ?given the specific opportunity to address and resolve the issue of whether it has authority to regulate CMRS providers as a class of carriers? and determined generically that it has no such jurisdiction, subsequent wireless carriers need not seek individualized rulings from 2/ See infra Section III. See also Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service; Western Wireless Corporation Petition for Preemption of an Order of the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission, 15 FCC Rcd 15168 (2000). 3/ Procedures for FCC Designation of Eligible Telecommunications Carriers Pursuant to Section 214(e)(6) of the Commissions Act, Public Notice, 12 FCC Rcd 22947 (1997) (?Section 214(e)(6) Public Notice?), citing 47 U.S.C. § 214(e)(6). 4/ Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service; Promoting Deployment and Subscribership in Unserved and Underserved Areas, Including Tribal and Insular Areas, Twelfth Report and Order, 15 FCC Rcd 12208, 12265, ¶ 114 (2000) (?Twelfth Report and Order?). - 4 - that state commission. 5/ In response to opportunities to address and resolve the question of whether they have jurisdiction over ETC applications by CMRS providers, the state commissions for each of the states subject to this application have issued generic rulings that they do not have jurisdiction to designate this class of carriers: ? Georgia. In a letter issued on July 2, 2003, the Georgia Public Service Commission stated that it ?does not exercise jurisdiction over Commercial Mobile Radio Service providers for purposes of making determinations concerning eligibility for Eligible Telecommunications Carrier designation under 47 U.S.C. Section 214(e) and 47 C.F.R. Section 54.201 et seq.? 6/ ? North Carolina. In two orders, issued respectively on June 24, 2003 and August 28, 2003, the North Carolina Utilities Commission stated that it ?lacks jurisdiction over CMRS services and the appropriate venue for the designation of ETC status for such services is with the FCC.? 7/ ? Tennessee. In an order issued on April 11, 2003, the Tennessee Regulatory Authority dismissed an application for ETC designation on the ground that the agency lacks jurisdiction over CMRS providers. 8/ ? Virginia. On April 9, 2002, in the Application of Virginia Cellular, LLC, Case Number PUC010263, the Virginia State Corporation Commission found that ?this Commission has not asserted jurisdiction over CMRS carriers and that the Applicant should apply to the FCC for ETC designation.?9 / 5/ Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, Highland Cellular, Inc. Petition for Designation as an Eligible Telecommunications Carrier in the Commonwealth of Virginia, 19 FCC Rcd 6422, ¶¶ 13-14 (2004) (?Highland Cellular Order?). 6/ Letter from Robert B. Baker, Jr., Chairman, Georgia Public Service Commission, in response to letter filed by counsel for NPCR, Inc., d/b/a Nextel Partners (July 2, 2003) (attached hereto as Exhibit B-1). See also Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service; Sprint Corp. Application for Designation as an Eligible Telecommunications Carrier in the States of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, New York, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia, 19 FCC Rcd 22663, ¶ 9 (Wireless Telecom. Bur. 2004) (?Sprint ETC Order?). 7/ Designation of Carriers Eligible for Universal Carrier Support, Docket No. P-100, Sub 133c, Order Granting Petition, at 2 (N.C. Util. Comm?n June 24, 2003); Designation of Carriers Eligible for Universal Carrier Support, Docket No. P-100, Sub 133c, Order Granting Petition, at 2 (N.C. Util. Comm?n Aug. 28, 2003) (attached hereto as Exhibit B-2). See also Sprint ETC Order, ¶ 9. 8/ Application of Advantage Cellular Systems, Inc. To Be Designated As An Eligible Telecommunications Carrier, Order, Docket No. 02-01245, at 2-3 (Tenn. Regulatory Auth., April 11, 2003) (attached hereto as Exhibit B-3). See also Sprint ETC Order, ¶ 9. 9/ Application of Virginia Cellular Order, LLC for Designation As An Eligible Telecommunication Provider under 47 U.S.C. § 214(e)(2), Case No. PUC010263 at 4-5 (Virginia State Corporation Commission, April 9, 2002 (attached hereto as Exhibit B-4). See also Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service; Virginia Cellular, LLC Petition for Designation as an Eligible Telecommunications Carrier in the Commonwealth of Virginia, 19 FCC Rcd 1563, ¶ 13 (2004) (?Virginia Cellular Order?); Highland Cellular Order, ¶¶ 13-14; Sprint ETC Order, ¶ 9.. - 5 - The regulatory decisions cited above provide the requisite ?affirmative statement? from each of the respective state commissions, as required under Section 214(e)(6), that the FCC is the appropriate regulatory authority to consider SunCom?s petition for ETC status in Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. B. SunCom Offers Each of the Services Supported by the Federal High-Cost Universal Service Program. SunCom provides all the services and functionalities supported by the federal universal service program, as set forth in Section 241(e) of the Act and Section 54.101(a) of the Commission?s Rules, throughout the service area for which it seeks ETC designation in Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. In order to be designated as an ETC, a carrier must be a common carrier and both offer and advertise the supported services throughout the designated service area. 47 U.S.C. § 214(e)(1). The Commission has identified the following services and functionalities as the core services to be offered by an ETC and supported by federal universal service support mechanisms: 1. Voice-grade access to the public switched telephone network; 2. Local usage; 3. Dual-tone, multi-frequency (?DTMF?) signaling, or its functional equivalent; 4. Single-party service or its functional equivalent; 5. Access to emergency services; 6. Access to operator services; 7. Access to interexchange service; 8. Access to directory assistance; and 9. Toll limitation for qualifying low-income consumers. - 6 - For purposes of ETC applications, carriers must demonstrate that they provide each of the supported services, or where appropriate, its functional equivalent.10/ As shown below, SunCom currently provides, or will provide upon designation, each of the required services and functionalities throughout the area for which it seeks designation. 1. Voice-Grade Access to the Public Switched Network. The Commission has concluded that voice-grade access means the ability to make and receive phone calls within a specified bandwidth and frequency range.11/ SunCom meets this requirement by providing voice-grade access to the public switched telephone network. Through its interconnection arrangements with local exchange carriers, each of SunCom?s customers are able to make and receive calls on the public switched telephone network within the specified bandwidth. 2. Local Usage. ETCs must include local usage beyond providing simple access to the public switched network as part of a universal service offering. In the First Report and Order, the Commission deferred a determination on the amount of local usage that a carrier would be required to provide.12/ The Commission recently declined to adopt a specific local usage threshold.13/ SunCom includes local and long-distance usage in each of the rate plans that it offers consumers ? including SunCom?s ?Un-Plan SM ? which includes unlimited local and 10/ Section 214(e)(6) Public Notice, 12 FCC Rcd at 22948 & n.5. 11/ Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, CC Docket No. 96-45, First Report and Order, 12 FCC Rcd 8776 at 8810-11 (1997) (?First Report and Order?). 12/ Id. at 8812-14. 13/ Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, Report and Order, CC Docket No. 96-45, FCC 05-46, ¶ 32 (released Mar. 17, 2005) (?ETC Designation Framework Order?). In Section IV.B(5). below, we address how SunCom intends to comply with the ETC Designation Framework Order?s new requirement regarding local usage plans that are ?comparable? to those offered by ILECs. Id., ¶¶ 33-34; 47 C.F.R. § 54.202(a)(4). - 7 - domestic long-distance calling at a flat rate ? and thereby complies with the requirement that all ETCs offer local usage. 3. Dual-Tone Multi-Frequency (?DTMF?) Signaling, or Its Functional Equivalent. DTMF is a method of signaling that facilitates the transportation of call-set up and call detail information. Consistent with the principles of competitive and technological neutrality, the Commission permits carriers to provide signaling that is functionally equivalent to DTMF, such as out-of-band digital signaling, in satisfaction of this requirement.14/ SunCom currently uses out-of-band digital signaling that is functionally equivalent to DTMF and SunCom therefore meets this requirement. 4. Single-Party Service or Its Functional Equivalent. ?Single-party service? means that only one party will be served by a subscriber loop or access line (in contrast to a multi-party line).15/ The Commission has concluded that a wireless provider offers the equivalent of single-party service when it offers a dedicated message path for the length of a user?s particular transmission.?16/ SunCom meets the requirement of single-party service in this manner. 5. Access to Emergency Services. The ability to reach a public emergency service provider by dialing 911 is required in any universal service offering. SunCom currently provides its subscribers with access to 911 emergency services in accord with this requirement, and consistent with 14/ 47 C.F.R. § 54.101(a)(3). 15/ First Report and Order, 12 FCC Rcd at 8810. 16/ Id. - 8 - Commission regulations throughout the service area for which designation is sought. SunCom also provides Enhanced 911 Services in compliance with the FCC?s applicable rules.17/ 6. Access to Operator Services. Access to operator services is defined as any automatic or live assistance provided to a consumer to arrange for the billing or completion, or both, of a telephone call.18/ SunCom meets these requirements by providing all of its customers with access to operator services, including customer service and call completion, provided by either SunCom or other entities. 7. Access to Interexchange Service. An ETC must offer consumers access to interexchange service to make and receive toll or interexchange calls. SunCom meets this requirement by providing all of its customers with the ability to make and receive interexchange calls. SunCom?s rate plans include nationwide interexchange calling at the same rate as local calls. 8. Access to Directory Assistance. The ability to place a call to directory assistance is a required service offering.19/ SunCom meets this requirement by providing all of its customers with access to directory assistance by dialing ?411? or ?555-1212?. 9. Toll Limitation for Qualifying Low-Income Consumers. An ETC must offer either ?toll control? or ?toll blocking? services to qualifying Lifeline customers at no additional charge. 47 C.F.R. § 54.101(a)(9). SunCom currently has no Lifeline customers in the areas for which it proposes to be designated as an ETC in this application, because only designated ETCs can participate in the provision of Lifeline service. 17/ Cf. Virginia Cellular Order, ¶ 19. 18/ First Report and Order, 12 FCC Rcd at 8817-18. 19/ First Report and Order, 12 FCC Rcd at 8821. - 9 - Once designated as an ETC, SunCom will participate in Lifeline as required, and will provide toll control and/or toll blocking capability in satisfaction of the Commission?s requirement. SunCom currently has the technology to provide toll limitation and will utilize this technology to provide such functionality at no additional charge to Lifeline customers. 20/ C. SunCom Will Offer Supported Services Over a Combination of Its Own Facilities and Resale of Other Carrier?s Services. A carrier requesting designation must demonstrate that it offers the supported services ?either using its own facilities or a combination of its own facilities and resale of another carrier?s services.?21/ SunCom will provide the supported services using its existing network infrastructure, which includes the antenna, cell-site, tower, trunking, mobile switching, and interconnection facilities used by SunCom to serve its existing PCS customers. In addition, in certain areas, SunCom will provide the supported services using resale of services offered by other wireless carriers. D. SunCom Will Advertise Its Universal Service Offering. SunCom will advertise the availability of the supported services and the corresponding charges in a manner that informs the general public within the designated service area of both the services available and the corresponding charges. SunCom advertises its wireless services through several different media of general distribution throughout the service areas for which designation is requested and will use the same media to advertise its universal service offerings throughout the service areas designated by the Commission. In addition, once SunCom receives ETC designation, it will provide notices of its service offerings, including the availability of Lifeline and Link Up discounts, using outreach methods intended to reach 20/ See Virginia Cellular Order, ¶ 22. 21/ 47 U.S.C. § 214(e)(1)(A). - 10 - households that do not currently have telecommunications service, including any sizeable non- English-speaking populations in the ETC designated areas, and in coordination with government agencies that administer the relevant assistance programs. 22/ III. SUNCOM REQUESTS DESIGNATION THROUGHOUT ITS PROPOSED ?DESIGNATED ETC SERVICE AREA? IN GEORGIA, NORTH CAROLINA, TENNESSEE, AND VIRGINIA SunCom requests ETC designation for its entire licensed service area in Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia, as well as certain limited adjacent areas, as depicted on the maps attached hereto in Exhibit C. The area for which SunCom proposes to be designated as an ETC, referred to as the ?Designated ETC Service Area,? includes each of the non-rural ILEC wire centers listed in Exhibit D-1, and the entirety of each of the rural ILEC study areas listed in Exhibit D-2. SunCom will provide service to the vast majority of the proposed Designated ETC Service Area using its own wireless network facilities. With respect to the minor portions of the Designated ETC Service Area falling within portions of SunCom?s service area where SunCom lacks adequate network coverage, or areas outside SunCom?s licensed service area, SunCom will serve customers via the resale of services offered by other wireless carriers.23/ SunCom already has arrangements in place that enable its customers located outside the area to which it provides facilities-based wireless service, but within its Designated ETC Service Area, 22/ Lifeline and Link-Up, 19 FCC Rcd 8302, ¶ 45 (2004). 23/ An ETC may provide the supported services ?using either its own facilities or a combination of its own facilities and resale of another carrier?s services.? 47 U.S.C. § 214(e)(1)(A)(i). See also Virginia Cellular Order, ¶ 37 (specifically noting permissibility of providing service using combination of facilities-based and resale of wireline or wireless services); id., ¶ 24. SunCom will not file line counts including customers whose billing addresses it serves exclusively via resale, and will not claim support with respect to such customers. 47 C.F.R. § 54.307(a)(3). - 11 - to receive service via ?roaming? over the networks of other wireless carriers ? in essence, a form of resale. IV. GRANTING THIS PETITION WILL SERVE THE PUBLIC INTEREST. A. SunCom Satisfies the Commission?s Public Interest Standard. SunCom is seeking ETC designation in areas served by rural LECs. The Commission must therefore determine that SunCom?s designation as an ETC in each case is in the public interest. 24/ The Commission has articulated the public interest standard for designating ETCs in rural ILEC areas as follows: In determining whether designation of a competitive ETC in a rural telephone company?s service area is in the public interest, we weigh the benefits of increased competitive choice, the impact of the designation on the universal service fund, the unique advantages and disadvantages of the competitor?s service offering, any commitments made regarding quality of telephone service, and the competitive ETC?s ability to satisfy its obligation to serve the designated service areas within a reasonable time frame. 25/ As demonstrated below, the Commission should find, pursuant to this standard, that designating SunCom as an ETC would serve the public interest in rural ILEC areas. Moreover, given that SunCom satisfies the more rigorous public interest standard that applies to areas served by rural ILECs, and given that SunCom satisfies the statutory eligibility criteria set forth in Section 214(e)(1) of the Act, it follows that it would be ?consistent with the public interest, convenience, and necessity? to designate SunCom in non-rural ILEC areas. 26/ We note that the Commission recently adopted modifications to its public interest standard in the ETC Designation Framework Order. SunCom is not required to meet the 24/ 47 U.S.C. §214(e)(6). 25/ Virginia Cellular Order at ¶ 28. 26/ 47 U.S.C. §§ 214(e)(1), (6); Virginia Cellular Order, ¶ 27; Cellco Partnership d/b/a Bell Atlantic Mobile Petition for Designation as an Eligible Telecommunications Carrier, 16 FCC Rcd 39, 45, ¶ 14 (Com. Car. Bur. 2000). - 12 - requirements for ETC designation specified in the ETC Designation Framework Order because this application was pending before the ETC Designation Framework Order took effect. 27/ Nonetheless, we show in the following section that SunCom will be prepared to demonstrate that it complies with the ETC Designation Framework Order requirements when it submits its annual certification. 1. Benefits of Increased Competitive Choice. The Commission has recognized that ?[d]esignation of competitive ETCs promotes competition and benefits consumers in rural high-cost areas by increasing customer choice, innovative services, and new technologies.? 28/ SunCom will implement a variety of service offerings and rate plans that will be both competitive with the incumbent LEC service offerings and affordable to consumers in Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. As discussed above, SunCom?s local service area ? effectively, the entire country ? will be larger than the incumbent LECs? local service areas, affording consumers the opportunity to reduce intra-LATA toll charges. Moreover, SunCom?s ?Un-Plan? is unusual among wireless carriers and delivers consumers a simple, straightforward, and easily understood package that is lacking in other wireless carriers? overly complicated sets of plans. 27/ Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service; Virginia PCS Alliance, L.C. and Richmond 20 MHz LLC d/b/a NTELOS, DA 05-1663, ¶ 8 (rel. June 14, 2005). The ETC Designation Framework Order is scheduled to take effect on June 24, 2005 ? 30 days after the date it was published in the Federal Register. See 70 Fed. Reg. 29960 (May 25, 2005). However, the information collection requirements in that Order, including the expanded requirements regarding the content of ETC applications in 47 C.F.R. § 54.202, will not take effect until they have been approved by the Office of Management and Budget pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act. See ETC Designation Framework Order, ¶ 109; see also Notice of Public Information Collections Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission, 70 Fed. Reg. 24787 (May 11, 2005) (seeking comments on or before July 11, 2005, regarding the ETC Designation Framework Order?s collection of information subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act, and reiterating that ?An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid control number. No person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act that does not display a valid control number.?). 28/ Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service; Western Wireless Corp. Petition for Designation as an Eligible Telecommunications Carrier in the State of Wyoming, 16 FCC Rcd 48, 55 (Com. Car. Bur. 2000), aff?d, 16 FCC Rcd 19144, ¶ 17 (2001). - 13 - Designating SunCom as an ETC will bring consumers the benefits of competition, including increased choices, higher quality service, and lower rates. In a competitive market, rural consumers will be able to choose the services that best meet their communications needs. With a choice of service providers, the consumer is able to select a provider based on service quality, service availability and rates. Receiving universal service funding will enable SunCom to significantly improve the quality and coverage of its network facilities, to the benefit of wireless consumers throughout the area, and will strengthen both intra-modal wireless competition and inter-modal wireless/wireline competition. In addition, designating SunCom as an ETC will also provide a heightened incentive to the incumbent LECs to improve their existing networks in order to remain competitive, resulting in improved services to consumers. The Commission has noted that ?we believe that competition may provide incentives to the incumbent to implement new operating efficiencies, lower prices, and offer better service to its customers.?29/ For example, ILECs will face incentives to broaden their local calling areas and/or reduce their toll charges, to the benefit of consumers, because SunCom?s local calling area is larger than those of the incumbent local exchange carriers it competes against, SunCom?s customers will be subject to fewer toll charges. 30/ 29/ Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service; Guam Cellular and Paging, Inc., d/b/a/ GuamCell Communications Petition for Designation as an Eligible Telecommunications Carrier in the Territory of Guam, 17 FCC Rcd 1502, ¶ 22 (Com. Car. Bur. 2002). 30/ Virginia Cellular Order, ¶ 29. - 14 - 2. Impact of the Designation on the Fund. Designating SunCom as an ETC will have only a negligible impact on the overall universal service high-cost fund. As the Commission has recognized, it is most productive to consider issues of fund growth in the broader context of generic rulemaking proceedings.31/ 3. Unique Advantages of SunCom?s Service Offering. Importantly, designating SunCom as an ETC will bring consumers in Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia the unique benefits of mobile telephony. The Commission has recognized the benefits that wireless carriers can bring to the universal service program. For example, the Commission found that the mobility of wireless ETCs? service ?assists consumers in rural areas who often must drive significant distances to places of employment, stores, schools, and other critical community locations. In addition, the availability of a wireless universal service offering provides access to emergency services that can mitigate the unique risks of geographic isolation associated with living in rural communities.? 32/ Consistently, the Commission has found that ?imposing additional burdens on wireless entrants would be particularly harmful to competition in rural areas, where wireless carriers could potentially offer service at much lower costs than traditional wireline service.?33/ Thus, designation of SunCom as an ETC will provide consumers with a valuable alternative to the existing telecommunications services offered in these rural areas, including the larger local calling area, the benefits of mobile telephone service and, where requested by the 31/ Virginia Cellular Order, ¶ 31; Highland Cellular Order, ¶ 25; ETC Designation Framework Order, ¶ 54 (?As the Commission has found in the past, analyzing the impact of one ETC on the overall fund may be inconclusive. Indeed, given the size of the total high-cost fund ? approximately $3.8 billion a year ? it is unlikely that any individual ETC designation would have a substantial impact on the overall size of the fund. In addition, the Commission is considering in other proceedings, such as the Rural Referral Proceeding, how support is calculated for both rural incumbent LECs and [competitive] ETCs.?) (footnotes omitted). 32/ Virginia Cellular Order at ¶ 29. 33/ First Report and Order, 12 FCC Rcd 8776, 8882-8883. - 15 - PSAP, location assistance for customers calling 911. In addition, as discussed above, SunCom?s unique wireless calling plans provide mobile consumers a simple, straightforward, and easily understood package that should be appealing to consumers and strengthen both intra-modal wireless competition and inter-modal wireless/wireline competition. 4. Commitments on Quality of Telecommunications Service. SunCom is dedicated to building strong customer relationships by providing customers with services that exceed expectations. SunCom offers a superior customer service experience. To further demonstrate the quality of its customer service, SunCom will provide a confidential report to the Commission on the number of consumer complaints per 1,000 handsets each year.34/ SunCom is a signatory to and already complies with the Cellular Telecommunica- tions & Industry Association (?CTIA?) Consumer Code for Wireless Service. SunCom also plans to maintain and construct additional cell sites in rural areas using the universal service funds it expects to receive if it receives designation as an ETC, which it would not be able to maintain or construct in the absence of universal service funding. These network improvements should improve the coverage, signal strength, and service quality that consumers in rural areas in Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia, and Tennessee will enjoy as a result of SunCom?s ETC designation. Attached as Exhibit E is a five-year plan providing a specific demonstration of how high-cost support will be used for service improvements that would not occur absent receipt of such support. The data included in this plan are highly confidential commercial and financial trade secret information concerning competitive wireless services, and public disclosure of these data could cause serious competitive harm to SunCom by giving competitors access to the details of our network deployment and capital expenditure 34/ Id. - 16 - plans. Accordingly, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(4) and Section 0.459 of the Commission?s rules, SunCom respectfully requests that the unredacted version of Exhibit E be withheld from public inspection.35/ 5. Ability to Serve Customers Within a Reasonable Time Frame. SunCom will comply with the same customer service deployment commitments as those offered by Virginia Cellular. SunCom will provide service immediately using its standard customer equipment to potential customers requesting service. In instances where a request comes from a potential customer within SunCom?s licensed service area but outside its existing network coverage, it will take a number of steps to provide service that include determining whether: (1) the requesting customer?s equipment can be modified or replaced to provide service; (2) a roof-mounted antenna or other equipment can be deployed to provide service; (3) adjustments can be made to the nearest cell tower to provide service; (4) there are any other adjustments that can be made to network or customer facilities to provide service; (5) it can offer resold services from another carrier?s facilities to provide service; and (6) an additional cell site, cell extender, or repeater can be employed or can be constructed to provide service. In addition, if after following these steps, SunCom still cannot provide service, it will notify the requesting party and report the unfulfilled request to the Commission within 30 days after making such determination.36/ Furthermore, in connection with its annual reporting obligations, SunCom will submit in an annual report filed with the Commission information detailing how 35/ Once the ETC Designation Framework Order takes effect, SunCom will submit the five-year plan and progress reports that the Order requires. ETC Designation Framework Order, ¶¶ 23, 69; 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.202(a)(1)(B), 54.209(a)(1). 36/ Id. - 17 - many requests for service were unfulfilled for the past year and how SunCom attempted to provide service to those potential customers.37/ 6. Creamskimming. SunCom proposes to operate as an ETC throughout each of the rural telephone company study areas. Therefore, no study area redefinition need be considered, and there is no need to conduct a ?creamskimming? analysis. 38/ B. SunCom Is Prepared to Demonstrate That It Satisfies the Recently-Adopted Additional Requirements for Commission Designation of ETCs Pursuant to Section 214(e)(6). The Commission recently adopted additional eligibility requirements for carriers seeking ETC designation.39/ An ETC applicant subject to these new requirements must (1) commit to provide service throughout its designated service area to all requesting customers, and to provide a five-year plan demonstrating how high-cost universal service support will be used to improve its coverage, service quality or capacity throughout the service area for which it seeks designation; (2) demonstrate its ability to remain functional in emergency situations; (3) demonstrate that it will satisfy applicable consumer protection and service quality standards; (4) offer local usage plans comparable to those offered by the ILEC in the service area for which it seeks designation; and (5) acknowledge that it may be required to provide equal access if all other ETCs in the designated service area relinquish their designations.40/ While as noted above, SunCom is not subject to these new requirements because this application was pending 37/ ETC Designation Framework Order, ¶ 69. 38/ Cf. Virginia Cellular Order, ¶¶ 32-35. See also ETC Designation Framework Order, ¶¶ 48-53. 39/ ETC Designation Framework Order. 40/ 47 C.F.R. § 54.202(a)(1)-(5). - 18 - before the ETC Designation Framework Order took effect, 41/ SunCom is prepared to make the required showings when it submits its annual certification, as further described below. 1. SunCom Commits to Provide Service Throughout Its Designated Area to All Customers Making a Reasonable Request. SunCom will comply with the customer service deployment commitments set forth in the ETC Designation Framework Order.42/ If, after following the steps specified therein, SunCom still cannot provide service, it will notify the requesting party and report the unfulfilled request to the Commission within 30 days after making such determination.43/ Furthermore, in connection with its annual reporting obligations, SunCom will submit in an annual report filed with the Commission information detailing how many requests for service were unfulfilled for the past year and how SunCom attempted to provide service to those potential customers.44/ 2. SunCom Plans to Use High-Cost Support to Improve Signal Quality, Coverage, and Capacity Over the Next Five Years. SunCom will use universal service funds to improve service within the Designated ETC Service Area. SunCom will, as required by Section 214(e) of the Act, use all federal high cost support that it receives for the construction, maintenance and upgrading of facilities used to provide supported service in rural and high-cost areas. As a broadband PCS licensee in the proposed ETC designated service areas, SunCom is in compliance with its construction obligations under Section 24.203 of the FCC?s rules. Receipt of universal service high-cost funds will enable SunCom to accelerate and complete its deployment of wireless 41/ See supra note 27. 42/ ETC Designation Framework Order, ¶ 22. 43/ Id. 44/ ETC Designation Framework Order, ¶ 69. - 19 - network facilities throughout its Designated ETC Service Area, as demonstrated in Exhibit E. Exhibit E is a five-year plan providing a specific demonstration of how high-cost support will be used for service improvements that would not occur absent receipt of such report. 3. SunCom Can Remain Functional In Emergency Situations. SunCom has the ability to remain functional in emergency situations. SunCom has a reasonable amount of back-up power to ensure functionality without an external power source, is able to reroute traffic around damaged facilities, and is capable of managing traffic spikes resulting from emergency situations.45/ SunCom has the ability to deploy portable facilities known as ?COWs? (Cellular on Wheels) as temporary cell site facilities where permanent facilities are unable to provide service due to an emergency event. 46/ As required by the Commission?s rules, SunCom will certify on an annual basis that it is able to function in emergency situations.47/ Furthermore, in connection with its annual reporting obligations, SunCom will submit data concerning outages in its designated service areas that affect at least ten percent of the end users served in that area or that potentially affect a 911 special facility. Such data shall include (1) the date and time of onset of the outage; (2) a brief description of the outage and its resolution; (3) the particular services affected; (4) the geographic areas affected by 45/ ETC Designation Framework Order, ¶ 25. 46/ In particular, SunCom has fixed and portable backup power generators deployed in various locations throughout our network ready to be deployed in the event of an emergency situation. These backup power generators can maintain our cell sites on air for a few days, which in most cases is long enough for us to restore power to our sites or to provide additional fuel for the generators to keep them turned on. SunCom also has the ability to change call routing translations to divert calls from routes that could be damaged or out of service and route the calls through other portions of our network. SunCom is able to manage traffic spikes through call rerouting changes, capacity additions, and deployment of COWs. 47/ ETC Designation Framework Order, ¶ 26 and ¶ 69. - 20 - the outage; (5) steps taken to prevent a similar situation in the future; and (6) the number of customers affected.48/ 4. SunCom Satisfies Applicable Consumer Protection and Service Quality Standards. As further described above, SunCom is dedicated to building strong customer relationships by providing customers with services that exceed expectations. SunCom will continue to abide by that CTIA Consumer Code and, as required by the ETC Designation Framework Order, SunCom will certify to the Commission on an annual basis its compliance with that code.49/ 5. SunCom Offers a Comparable Local Usage Plan. SunCom offers a local usage plan that is comparable or superior to those offered by ILECs in the Designated ETC Service Area. Specifically, SunCom?s ?Un-Plan SM ? enables customers to place unlimited local and domestic long-distance calls for a flat rate. The Un-Plan also includes voicemail, 3-way calling, call waiting, Caller ID, call forwarding, and on-line account management for no extra charge. In addition, SunCom offers the ?SunCom 1000? plan that includes 1,000 minutes of local and domestic long-distance calling (with per-minute charges for additional minutes), including all the other features listed above. Both of these plans are ?comparable? with, although not identical to, plans generally offered by rural and non-rural ILECs in SunCom?s area, within the scope of ?comparability? as defined in the ETC Designation Framework Order.50/ Both plans give customers access to ?a local calling plan that has a different calling area than the local exchange area provided by the LECs in the same region? ? i.e., a nationwide calling area, with no 48/ ETC Designation Framework Order, ¶ 27 and ¶ 69. 49/ ETC Designation Framework Order, ¶ 28 and ¶ 69. 50/ ETC Designation Framework Order, ¶ 33. - 21 - distinctions between local and nationwide long-distance minutes.51/ And the ?Un-Plan? gives customers ?an unlimited calling plan that bundles local minutes with long distance minutes,? while the SunCom 1000 plan ?offers a specified number of free minutes of service within the local service area.?52/ As in the Virginia Cellular and Highland Cellular cases, SunCom?s customers are ?subjected to fewer toll charges than the customers using the incumbent?s plan? and have ?a choice of a variety of local usage plans, [both] of which include[ ] a large volume of minutes.? 53/ SunCom will certify that its local usage offering is comparable to those of the ILECs in connection with its annual reporting obligations to the Commission. 54/ 6. SunCom Acknowledges That It May Be Required To Provide Equal Access Under Certain Circumstances. SunCom acknowledges that the Commission may require it to provide equal access to long distance carriers in the event that no other ETC is providing equal access within the Designated ETC Area. 55/ C. Expeditious Grant of This Application is In the Public Interest. The public interest is further served by the expeditious grant of this Petition. The Commission has recognized that ?excessive delay in the designation of competing providers may hinder the development of competition and the availability of service in may high-cost areas,? and therefore the Commission made a public commitment to resolve ETC petitions within six 51/ Id. 52/ Id. 53/ Id., n.86, citing Virginia Cellular, 19 FCC Rcd at 1576, ¶ 29; Highland Cellular, 19 FCC Rcd at 6433, ¶ 23. 54/ Id., ¶ 69. 55/ Id., ¶¶ 35, 69. - 22 - months or less after they are filed. 56/ The Commission should abide by that commitment, and should expeditiously proceed to grant this petition. V. HIGH COST CERTIFICATION. Under Sections 54.313, 54.314, 54.809, and 54.904 of the Commission?s Rules , carriers seeking high cost support must either be certified by the appropriate state commission or, where the state commission does not exercise jurisdiction, must self-certify with the Commission and the Universal Service Administrative Company (?USAC?) as to their compliance with Section 254(e) of the Act. As explained herein, the state commissions for the four states covered by this application do not exercise jurisdiction over CMRS carriers such as SunCom. Therefore, SunCom has submitted its high-cost certification with the Commission and USAC, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit F. SunCom respectfully requests that the Commission issue a finding that SunCom has met the high-cost certification requirement and that SunCom is, therefore, entitled to begin receiving high-cost support as of the date it receives a grant of ETC status in order that funding will not be delayed. VI. ANTI-DRUG ABUSE CERTIFICATION. SunCom certifies that no party to this petition is subject of a denial of federal benefits pursuant to Section 5301 of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988, 21 U.S.C. § 862. See Exhibit F attached hereto. 56/ Twelfth Report and Order, 15 FCC Rcd at ¶ 94 (2000). - 23 - CONCLUSION For the foregoing reasons, SunCom?s applications for designation as an ETC in Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia should be granted expeditiously. By: Respectfully submitted, SUNCOM WIRELESS, INC. ___________________________________ Charles Kallenbach Senior Vice President for Legal Affairs SUNCOM WIRELESS, INC. 1100 Cassatt Rd. Berwyn, PA 19312 (610) 722-4280 Michele C. Farquhar David L. Sieradzki Tarah S. Grant HOGAN & HARTSON, L.L.P. 555 ? 13th St., NW Washington, DC 20004 (202) 637-6462 Counsel for SunCom Wireless, Inc. June 23, 2005 BTA Market Virginia 104 Danville, VA North Carolina 20 Asheville-Hendersonville, NC 62 Burlington, NC 74 Charlotte, NC 141 Fayetteville/Lumberton, NC 165 Goldsboro-Kinston, NC 174 Greensboro, NC 176 Greenville-Washington, NC 189 Hickory-Lenoir, NC 214 Jacksonville, NC 316 New Bern, NC 368 Raleigh-Durham, NC 377 Roanoke Rapids, NC 382 Rocky Mount-Wilson, NC 478 Wilmington, NC Georgia 22 Athens, GA 26 Augusta, GA 410 Savannah, GA Tennessee 229 Kingsport, TN Exhibit A: BTAs Served by SunCom EXHIBIT B-1 GEORGIA EXHIBIT B-2 NORTH CAROLINA EXHIBIT B-3 TENNESSEE EXHIBIT B-4 VIRGINIA EXHBIT C COVERAGE MAP EXHIBIT D-1 LIST OF NON-RURAL ILEC WIRE CENTERS Exhibits D-1 and D-2 for ETC Petition - updated NC and VA-6-21-05.xls - Exhibit D-1 Exhibit D-1 - The non-rural ILEC wire centers for GA, NC, VA and TN SAC Study_Area_Name Rural RC_ABBRE SAC Study_Area_Name Rural RC_ABBRE SAC Study_Area_Name Rural RC_ABBRE SAC Study_Area_Name Rural RC_ABBRE 225192 BELLSOUTH - GA N ADAIRSVL 235193 BELLSOUTH - NC N ACME 195040 Verizon-Virginia, Inc. 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TN N KINGSTON 225192 BELLSOUTH - GA N MONTICELLO 235193 BELLSOUTH - NC N STANLEY 295185 BELLSOUTH - TN N KNOXVILLE 225192 BELLSOUTH - GA N NEWNAN 235193 BELLSOUTH - NC N STATESVL 295185 BELLSOUTH - TN N LAFOLLETTE 225192 BELLSOUTH - GA N NEWTON 235193 BELLSOUTH - NC N STONYPOINT 295185 BELLSOUTH - TN N LAGRANGE 225192 BELLSOUTH - GA N PELHAM 235193 BELLSOUTH - NC N SUMMERFLD 295185 BELLSOUTH - TN N LAKE CITY 225192 BELLSOUTH - GA N PINE MT 235193 BELLSOUTH - NC N SWANNANOA 295185 BELLSOUTH - TN N LAWRENCEBG 225192 BELLSOUTH - GA N POOLER 235193 BELLSOUTH - NC N TAYLORSVL 295185 BELLSOUTH - TN N LEBANON 225192 BELLSOUTH - GA N RICHLAND 235193 BELLSOUTH - NC N TROUTMAN 295185 BELLSOUTH - TN N LENOIRCITY 225192 BELLSOUTH - GA N ROCKMART 235193 BELLSOUTH - NC N WATERVILLE 295185 BELLSOUTH - TN N LEWISBURG 225192 BELLSOUTH - GA N ROME 235193 BELLSOUTH - NC N WAYNESVL 295185 BELLSOUTH - TN N LEXINGTON 225192 BELLSOUTH - GA N ROOPVILLE 235193 BELLSOUTH - NC N WENDELL 295185 BELLSOUTH - TN N LOUDON Georgia North Carolina Virginia Tennessee Page 1 of 6 Exhibits D-1 and D-2 for ETC Petition - updated NC and VA-6-21-05.xls - Exhibit D-1 Exhibit D-1 - The non-rural ILEC wire centers for GA, NC, VA and TN SAC Study_Area_Name Rural RC_ABBRE SAC Study_Area_Name Rural RC_ABBRE SAC Study_Area_Name Rural RC_ABBRE SAC Study_Area_Name Rural RC_ABBRE Georgia North Carolina Virginia Tennessee 225192 BELLSOUTH - GA N ROSSVILLE 235193 BELLSOUTH - NC N WILMINGTON 295185 BELLSOUTH - TN N LYLES 225192 BELLSOUTH - GA N ROYSTON 235193 BELLSOUTH - NC N WINSTN SAL 295185 BELLSOUTH - TN N LYNCHBURG 225192 BELLSOUTH - GA N RUTLEDGE 235193 BELLSOUTH - NC N WRGHTSVBCH 295185 BELLSOUTH - TN N LYNNVILLE 225192 BELLSOUTH - GA N SANDERSVL 235193 BELLSOUTH - NC N ZEBULON 295185 BELLSOUTH - TN N MADISONVL 225192 BELLSOUTH - GA N SARDIS 230491 North State Telephone Company N HIGH POINT 295185 BELLSOUTH - TN N MANCHESTER 225192 BELLSOUTH - GA N SAVANNAH 230491 North State Telephone Company N RANDLEMAN 295185 BELLSOUTH - TN N MARYVILLE 225192 BELLSOUTH - GA N SENOIA 230491 North State Telephone Company N THOMASVL 295185 BELLSOUTH - TN N MASCOT 225192 BELLSOUTH - GA N SMITHVILLE 230509 VERIZON SOUTH INC - NC (CONTEL) N ANDREWS 295185 BELLSOUTH - TN N MAYNARDVL 225192 BELLSOUTH - GA N SOCIALCRCL 230509 VERIZON SOUTH INC - NC (CONTEL) N BAKERSVL 295185 BELLSOUTH - TN N MCEWEN 225192 BELLSOUTH - GA N SPARKS 230509 VERIZON SOUTH INC - NC (CONTEL) N BRYSONCITY 295185 BELLSOUTH - TN N MCKENZIE 225192 BELLSOUTH - GA N SPARTA 230509 VERIZON SOUTH INC - NC (CONTEL) N BURNSVILLE 295185 BELLSOUTH - TN N MEDINA 225192 BELLSOUTH - GA N STSIMONSIS 230509 VERIZON SOUTH INC - NC (CONTEL) N CASHIERS 295185 BELLSOUTH - TN N MEMPHIS 225192 BELLSOUTH - GA N SWAINSBORO 230509 VERIZON SOUTH INC - NC (CONTEL) N CHEROKEE 295185 BELLSOUTH - TN N MICHIE 225192 BELLSOUTH - GA N SYLVESTER 230509 VERIZON SOUTH INC - NC (CONTEL) N CULLOWHEE 295185 BELLSOUTH - TN N MIDDLETON 225192 BELLSOUTH - GA N TALLAPOOSA 230509 VERIZON SOUTH INC - NC (CONTEL) N FONTANAVLG 295185 BELLSOUTH - TN N MILAN 225192 BELLSOUTH - GA N TEMPLE 230509 VERIZON SOUTH INC - NC (CONTEL) N FRANKLIN 295185 BELLSOUTH - TN N MORRISTOWN 225192 BELLSOUTH - GA N TENNGA 230509 VERIZON SOUTH INC - NC (CONTEL) N GARDENCITY 295185 BELLSOUTH - TN N MOSCOW 225192 BELLSOUTH - GA N THOMASVL 230509 VERIZON SOUTH INC - NC (CONTEL) N GLENWDPDNC 295185 BELLSOUTH - TN N MTPLEASANT 225192 BELLSOUTH - GA N THOMSON 230509 VERIZON SOUTH INC - NC (CONTEL) N GUNTERTOWN 295185 BELLSOUTH - TN N MURFREESBO 225192 BELLSOUTH - GA N TIFTON 230509 VERIZON SOUTH INC - NC (CONTEL) N HAYESVILLE 295185 BELLSOUTH - TN N NASHVILLE 225192 BELLSOUTH - GA N TYBEE IS 230509 VERIZON SOUTH INC - NC (CONTEL) N HIGHLANDS 295185 BELLSOUTH - TN N NEWBERN 225192 BELLSOUTH - GA N VALDOSTA 230509 VERIZON SOUTH INC - NC (CONTEL) N HOTSPRINGS 295185 BELLSOUTH - TN N NEWPORT 225192 BELLSOUTH - GA N VIDALIA 230509 VERIZON SOUTH INC - NC (CONTEL) N MARION 295185 BELLSOUTH - TN N NORMANDY 225192 BELLSOUTH - GA N VILLA RICA 230509 VERIZON SOUTH INC - NC (CONTEL) N MARS HILL 295185 BELLSOUTH - TN N NORRIS 225192 BELLSOUTH - GA N WADLEY 230509 VERIZON SOUTH INC - NC (CONTEL) N MARSHALL 295185 BELLSOUTH - TN N NSPRINGHIL 225192 BELLSOUTH - GA N WARNERRBNS 230509 VERIZON SOUTH INC - NC (CONTEL) N MICAVILLE 295185 BELLSOUTH - TN N OAK RIDGE 225192 BELLSOUTH - GA N WARRENTON 230509 VERIZON SOUTH INC - NC (CONTEL) N MURPHY 295185 BELLSOUTH - TN N OLDHICKORY 225192 BELLSOUTH - GA N WATKINSVL 230509 VERIZON SOUTH INC - NC (CONTEL) N OLD FORT 295185 BELLSOUTH - TN N OLIVER SPG 225192 BELLSOUTH - GA N WAYCROSS 230509 VERIZON SOUTH INC - NC (CONTEL) N ROBBINSVL 295185 BELLSOUTH - TN N PALMYRA 225192 BELLSOUTH - GA N WAYNESBORO 230509 VERIZON SOUTH INC - NC (CONTEL) N SEVIER 295185 BELLSOUTH - TN N PARIS 225192 BELLSOUTH - GA N WOODBURY 230509 VERIZON SOUTH INC - NC (CONTEL) N SUIT 295185 BELLSOUTH - TN N PETERSBURG 225192 BELLSOUTH - GA N WRENS 230509 VERIZON SOUTH INC - NC (CONTEL) N SYLVA 295185 BELLSOUTH - TN N PLEASANTVW 225192 BELLSOUTH - GA N WRIGHTSVL 230509 VERIZON SOUTH INC - NC (CONTEL) N WEAVERVL 295185 BELLSOUTH - TN N PORTLAND 225192 BELLSOUTH - GA N ZEBULON 230479 VERIZON SOUTH INC. - NC N ALTON 295185 BELLSOUTH - TN N PULASKI 230479 VERIZON SOUTH INC. - NC N ALTON 295185 BELLSOUTH - TN N RIDGELY 230479 VERIZON SOUTH INC. - NC N CREEDMOOR 295185 BELLSOUTH - TN N RIPLEY 230479 VERIZON SOUTH INC. - NC N DURHAM 295185 BELLSOUTH - TN N ROCKWOOD 230479 VERIZON SOUTH INC. - NC N DURHAM 295185 BELLSOUTH - TN N ROGERSVL 230479 VERIZON SOUTH INC. - NC N GOOSECREEK 295185 BELLSOUTH - TN N SANGO 230479 VERIZON SOUTH INC. - NC N MONROE 295185 BELLSOUTH - TN N SANTA FE 230479 VERIZON SOUTH INC. - NC N MONROE 295185 BELLSOUTH - TN N SAVANNAH 295185 BELLSOUTH - TN N SCUNNINGHA 295185 BELLSOUTH - TN N SELMER 295185 BELLSOUTH - TN N SEVIERVL 295185 BELLSOUTH - TN N SEWANEE 295185 BELLSOUTH - TN N SHELBYVL 295185 BELLSOUTH - TN N SMYRNA 295185 BELLSOUTH - TN N SNEEDVILLE 295185 BELLSOUTH - TN N SO FULTON 295185 BELLSOUTH - TN N SO GUTHRIE 295185 BELLSOUTH - TN N SO PITTSBG 295185 BELLSOUTH - TN N SODDYDAISY 295185 BELLSOUTH - TN N SOFREDONIA 295185 BELLSOUTH - TN N SOLWAY 295185 BELLSOUTH - TN N SOMERVILLE 295185 BELLSOUTH - TN N SOOAKGROVE 295185 BELLSOUTH - TN N SPENCERMIL 295185 BELLSOUTH - TN N SPRINGCITY 295185 BELLSOUTH - TN N SPRINGFLD 295185 BELLSOUTH - TN N SPRINGHILL 295185 BELLSOUTH - TN N SUMMERTOWN 295185 BELLSOUTH - TN N SURGOINSVL 295185 BELLSOUTH - TN N SWEETWATER 295185 BELLSOUTH - TN N TIPTONVL 295185 BELLSOUTH - TN N TRENTON 295185 BELLSOUTH - TN N TRIUNE 295185 BELLSOUTH - TN N TROY 295185 BELLSOUTH - TN N TULLAHOMA 295185 BELLSOUTH - TN N UNION CITY 295185 BELLSOUTH - TN N VANLEER 295185 BELLSOUTH - TN N WARTRACE 295185 BELLSOUTH - TN N WATERTOWN 295185 BELLSOUTH - TN N WAVERLY 295185 BELLSOUTH - TN N WESTSWEETW 295185 BELLSOUTH - TN N WHITE PINE 295185 BELLSOUTH - TN N WHITEBLUFF 295185 BELLSOUTH - TN N WHITEHOUSE 295185 BELLSOUTH - TN N WHITEVILLE 295185 BELLSOUTH - TN N WHITWELL 295185 BELLSOUTH - TN N WILLIAMSPT 295185 BELLSOUTH - TN N WINCHESTER Page 2 of 6 EXHIBIT D-2 LIST OF RURAL ILEC STUDY AREAS Exhibits D-1 and D-2 for ETC Petition - updated NC and VA-6-21-05.xls - Exhibit D-2 Exhibit D-2 - The entirety of each of the rural ILEC study areas for GA, NC VA and TN SAC Study_Area_Name Rural RC_ABBRE SAC Study_Area_Name Rural RC_ABBRE SAC Study_Area_Name Rural RC_ABBRE SAC Study_Area_Name Rural RC_ABBRE 223037 Alltel Georgia Communication Corp. R ABBEVILLE 230476 Alltel Carolina Inc. - North R ABERDEEN 190248 Scott County Tel. Coop. R CLINCHPORT 290557 CenturyTel of Claiborne, Inc. R NEWTAZWELL 223037 Alltel Georgia Communication Corp. R ADEL 230476 Alltel Carolina Inc. - North R ANSONVILLE 190248 Scott County Tel. Coop. R DUFFIELD 290557 CenturyTel of Claiborne, Inc. R SHARPSCHPL 223037 Alltel Georgia Communication Corp. R ALAPAHA 230476 Alltel Carolina Inc. - North R BROADWAY 190248 Scott County Tel. Coop. R DUNGANNON 290567 UNITED TELEPHONE INTER-MOUNTAINR BAILEYTON 223037 Alltel Georgia Communication Corp. R ASHBURN 230476 Alltel Carolina Inc. - North R COLUMBUS 190248 Scott County Tel. Coop. R FT BLACKMR 290567 UNITED TELEPHONE INTER-MOUNTAINR BLOUNTVL 223037 Alltel Georgia Communication Corp. R BARWICK 230476 Alltel Carolina Inc. - North R DENTON 190248 Scott County Tel. Coop. R NICKELSVL 290567 UNITED TELEPHONE INTER-MOUNTAINR BLUFF CITY 223037 Alltel Georgia Communication Corp. R BERLIN 230476 Alltel Carolina Inc. - North R GREENCREEK 190248 Scott County Tel. Coop. R WILLIAMSML 290567 UNITED TELEPHONE INTER-MOUNTAINR BRISTOL 223037 Alltel Georgia Communication Corp. R BLUFFTON 230476 Alltel Carolina Inc. - North R GRTQRRCKWL 190567 SPRINT / UNITED SOUTHEAST-VA R ABINGDON 290567 UNITED TELEPHONE INTER-MOUNTAINR BUTLER 223037 Alltel Georgia Communication Corp. R BOSTON 230476 Alltel Carolina Inc. - North R HEMBY BDG 190567 SPRINT / UNITED SOUTHEAST-VA R BRISTOL 290567 UNITED TELEPHONE INTER-MOUNTAINR CHURCHHILL 223037 Alltel Georgia Communication Corp. R BROXTON 230476 Alltel Carolina Inc. - North R INDIANTRAL 190567 SPRINT / UNITED SOUTHEAST-VA R CHILHOWIE 290567 UNITED TELEPHONE INTER-MOUNTAINR ELIZABTHTN 223037 Alltel Georgia Communication Corp. R BUENAVISTA 230476 Alltel Carolina Inc. - North R KING 190567 SPRINT / UNITED SOUTHEAST-VA R DAMASCUS 290567 UNITED TELEPHONE INTER-MOUNTAINR ERWIN 223037 Alltel Georgia Communication Corp. R BYROMVILLE 230476 Alltel Carolina Inc. - North R LAURELHILL 190567 SPRINT / UNITED SOUTHEAST-VA R GATE CITY 290567 UNITED TELEPHONE INTER-MOUNTAINR FALLBRANCH 223037 Alltel Georgia Communication Corp. R CANTON 230476 Alltel Carolina Inc. - North R LEWISVILLE 190567 SPRINT / UNITED SOUTHEAST-VA R GLADE SPG 290567 UNITED TELEPHONE INTER-MOUNTAINR GREENEVL 223037 Alltel Georgia Communication Corp. R CARNESVL 230476 Alltel Carolina Inc. - North R LILESVILLE 190567 SPRINT / UNITED SOUTHEAST-VA R KONNAROCK 290567 UNITED TELEPHONE INTER-MOUNTAINR HAMPTON 223037 Alltel Georgia Communication Corp. R CHATSWORTH 230476 Alltel Carolina Inc. - North R MARSHVILLE 190567 SPRINT / UNITED SOUTHEAST-VA R MARION 290567 UNITED TELEPHONE INTER-MOUNTAINR JOHNSON CY 223037 Alltel Georgia Communication Corp. R COHUTTA 230476 Alltel Carolina Inc. - North R MATTHEWS 190567 SPRINT / UNITED SOUTHEAST-VA R MEADOWVIEW 290567 UNITED TELEPHONE INTER-MOUNTAINR JONESBORO 223037 Alltel Georgia Communication Corp. R COOLIDGE 230476 Alltel Carolina Inc. - North R MOORESVL 190567 SPRINT / UNITED SOUTHEAST-VA R MORRISONCY 290567 UNITED TELEPHONE INTER-MOUNTAINR KINGSPORT 223037 Alltel Georgia Communication Corp. R CUTHBERT 230476 Alltel Carolina Inc. - North R MORVEN 190567 SPRINT / UNITED SOUTHEAST-VA R MOUTHWILSN 290567 UNITED TELEPHONE INTER-MOUNTAINR LIMESTONE 223037 Alltel Georgia Communication Corp. R DALTON 230476 Alltel Carolina Inc. - North R NEW SALEM 190567 SPRINT / UNITED SOUTHEAST-VA R RICHVALLEY 290567 UNITED TELEPHONE INTER-MOUNTAINR MIDWAY SUL 223037 Alltel Georgia Communication Corp. R DAWSON 230476 Alltel Carolina Inc. - North R NORWOOD 190567 SPRINT / UNITED SOUTHEAST-VA R SALTVILLE 290567 UNITED TELEPHONE INTER-MOUNTAINR MIDWAY WA 223037 Alltel Georgia Communication Corp. R DOERUN 230476 Alltel Carolina Inc. - North R OLDTOWN 190567 SPRINT / UNITED SOUTHEAST-VA R SUGARGROVE 290567 UNITED TELEPHONE INTER-MOUNTAINR MOSHEIM 223037 Alltel Georgia Communication Corp. R DOUGLAS 230476 Alltel Carolina Inc. - North R OLIVIA 190479 VERIZON SOUTH INC - VA R RICHLANDS 290567 UNITED TELEPHONE INTER-MOUNTAINR MOUNTAINCY 223037 Alltel Georgia Communication Corp. R EASTANOLLE 230476 Alltel Carolina Inc. - North R PEACHLPKTN 290567 UNITED TELEPHONE INTER-MOUNTAINR ROAN MT 223037 Alltel Georgia Communication Corp. R EDISON 230476 Alltel Carolina Inc. - North R PINEBLUFF 290567 UNITED TELEPHONE INTER-MOUNTAINR STONEY CRK 223037 Alltel Georgia Communication Corp. R ELLAVILLE 230476 Alltel Carolina Inc. - North R RURAL HALL 290567 UNITED TELEPHONE INTER-MOUNTAINR SULIVNGDNS 223037 Alltel Georgia Communication Corp. R ENIGMA 230476 Alltel Carolina Inc. - North R SANFORD 223037 Alltel Georgia Communication Corp. R FITZGERALD 230476 Alltel Carolina Inc. - North R STANLEYVL 223037 Alltel Georgia Communication Corp. R FORTGAINES 230476 Alltel Carolina Inc. - North R TRYON 223037 Alltel Georgia Communication Corp. R FUNSTON 230476 Alltel Carolina Inc. - North R WADESBORO 223037 Alltel Georgia Communication Corp. R HAHIRA 230476 Alltel Carolina Inc. - North R WAGRAM 223037 Alltel Georgia Communication Corp. R IDEAL 230476 Alltel Carolina Inc. - North R WAXHAW 223037 Alltel Georgia Communication Corp. R IRWINVILLE 230476 Alltel Carolina Inc. - North R WINGATE 223037 Alltel Georgia Communication Corp. R JACKSONVL 230468 Atlantic Tel. Membership Corp. R BLNGSPGLKS 223037 Alltel Georgia Communication Corp. R JASPER 230468 Atlantic Tel. Membership Corp. R BOLIVIA 223037 Alltel Georgia Communication Corp. R LAKELAND 230468 Atlantic Tel. Membership Corp. R HOLDEN BCH 223037 Alltel Georgia Communication Corp. R LAVONIA 230468 Atlantic Tel. Membership Corp. R LONGWOOD 223037 Alltel Georgia Communication Corp. R LYERLY 230468 Atlantic Tel. Membership Corp. R SEASIDE 223037 Alltel Georgia Communication Corp. R MANCHESTER 230468 Atlantic Tel. Membership Corp. R SHALLOTTE 223037 Alltel Georgia Communication Corp. R MARSHALLVL 230469 Barnardsville Tel. Co. dba TDS Telecom R BARNARDSVL 223037 Alltel Georgia Communication Corp. R MCRAE 230473 Citizens Tel. Co. R BREVARD 223037 Alltel Georgia Communication Corp. R MEIGS 230478 Ellerbe Telephone Company R ELLERBE 223037 Alltel Georgia Communication Corp. R MENLO 230483 Lexcom Telephone Co. R LEXINGTON 223037 Alltel Georgia Communication Corp. R MILLEDGEVL 230483 Lexcom Telephone Co. R SOUTHMONT 223037 Alltel Georgia Communication Corp. R MONROE 230483 Lexcom Telephone Co. R WELCOME 223037 Alltel Georgia Communication Corp. R MONTEZUMA 230485 MebTel, Inc. R MEBANE 223037 Alltel Georgia Communication Corp. R MORGAN 230497 Piedmont Telephone Membership Corp. R CHURCHLAND 223037 Alltel Georgia Communication Corp. R MORVEN 230497 Piedmont Telephone Membership Corp. R REEDS 223037 Alltel Georgia Communication Corp. R MOULTRIE 230494 Pineville Tel. Co. R PINEVILLE 223037 Alltel Georgia Communication Corp. R MT VERNON 230495 Randolph Tel. Co. R LIBERTY-RA 223037 Alltel Georgia Communication Corp. R NASHVILLE 230496 Randolph Tel. Membership Corp. R BADIN LAKE 223037 Alltel Georgia Communication Corp. R NORMANPARK 230496 Randolph Tel. Membership Corp. R BENNETT 223037 Alltel Georgia Communication Corp. R OCILLA 230496 Randolph Tel. Membership Corp. R COLERIDGE 223037 Alltel Georgia Communication Corp. R PARROTT 230496 Randolph Tel. Membership Corp. R FARMER 223037 Alltel Georgia Communication Corp. R PAVO 230496 Randolph Tel. Membership Corp. R HIGHFALLS 223037 Alltel Georgia Communication Corp. R PERRY 230496 Randolph Tel. Membership Corp. R JACKSONCRK 223037 Alltel Georgia Communication Corp. R PRESTON 230496 Randolph Tel. Membership Corp. R PISGAH 223037 Alltel Georgia Communication Corp. R QUITMAN 230498 Saluda Mountain Tel. Co. dba TDS TelecoR SALUDA 223037 Alltel Georgia Communication Corp. R RAY CITY 230500 Service Tel. Co. dba TDS Telecom R FAIR BLUFF 223037 Alltel Georgia Communication Corp. R SASSER 230501 Skyline Tel. Membership Corp. R BALDWIN 223037 Alltel Georgia Communication Corp. R SHELLMAN 230501 Skyline Tel. Membership Corp. R BANNER ELK 223037 Alltel Georgia Communication Corp. R SUMMERVL 230501 Skyline Tel. Membership Corp. R BEECH MT 223037 Alltel Georgia Communication Corp. R TOCCOA 230501 Skyline Tel. Membership Corp. R CRESTON 223037 Alltel Georgia Communication Corp. R TRION 230501 Skyline Tel. Membership Corp. R GLADECREEK 223037 Alltel Georgia Communication Corp. R TUNNELHILL 230501 Skyline Tel. Membership Corp. R LANSING 223037 Alltel Georgia Communication Corp. R UNADILLA 230501 Skyline Tel. Membership Corp. R NATHANSCRK 223037 Alltel Georgia Communication Corp. R WARM SPG 230501 Skyline Tel. Membership Corp. R SCOTTVILLE 223037 Alltel Georgia Communication Corp. R WINDER 230501 Skyline Tel. Membership Corp. R SPARTA 223037 Alltel Georgia Communication Corp. R WOODLAND 230501 Skyline Tel. Membership Corp. R SUGARGROVE 220357 Alltel Georgia Inc. R BRASELTON 230501 Skyline Tel. Membership Corp. R WATAUGA 220357 Alltel Georgia Inc. R BYRON 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR ANGIER 220357 Alltel Georgia Inc. R CAIRO 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR ATLANTIC 220357 Alltel Georgia Inc. R CALVAYRENO 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR AULANDER 220357 Alltel Georgia Inc. R CARLTON 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR AURORA 220357 Alltel Georgia Inc. R CENTERVL 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR AYDEN 220357 Alltel Georgia Inc. R COLBERT 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR BAILEY 220357 Alltel Georgia Inc. R COMER 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR BATH 220357 Alltel Georgia Inc. R COMMERCE 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR BAYBORO 220357 Alltel Georgia Inc. R DANIELSVL 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR BEAUFORT 220357 Alltel Georgia Inc. R HOMER 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR BELHAVEN 220357 Alltel Georgia Inc. R ILA 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR BENSON 220357 Alltel Georgia Inc. R JEFFERSON 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR BETHEL 220357 Alltel Georgia Inc. R LEXINGTON 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR BEULAVILLE 220357 Alltel Georgia Inc. R MAXEYS 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR BLADENBORO 220357 Alltel Georgia Inc. R MAYSVILLE 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR BONLEE 220357 Alltel Georgia Inc. R NICHOLSON 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR BUXTON 220357 Alltel Georgia Inc. R PENDERGRSS 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR CARTHAGE 220357 Alltel Georgia Inc. R UNIONPOINT 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR CHADBOURN 220357 Alltel Georgia Inc. R WHITE PL 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR CLARKTON Georgia North Carolina Virginia Tennessee Page 3 of 6 Exhibits D-1 and D-2 for ETC Petition - updated NC and VA-6-21-05.xls - Exhibit D-2 Exhibit D-2 - The entirety of each of the rural ILEC study areas for GA, NC VA and TN SAC Study_Area_Name Rural RC_ABBRE SAC Study_Area_Name Rural RC_ABBRE SAC Study_Area_Name Rural RC_ABBRE SAC Study_Area_Name Rural RC_ABBRE Georgia North Carolina Virginia Tennessee 220357 Alltel Georgia Inc. R WINTERVL 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR CLAYTON 220348 Bulloch County Rural Tel. Coop. Inc. R ANDERSON 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR CLINTON 220348 Bulloch County Rural Tel. Coop. Inc. R BROOKLET 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR COLERAIN 220348 Bulloch County Rural Tel. Coop. Inc. R CLITO 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR COLUMBIA 220348 Bulloch County Rural Tel. Coop. Inc. R NEVILS 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR CONWAY 220348 Bulloch County Rural Tel. Coop. Inc. R PORTAL 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR CRESWELL 220348 Bulloch County Rural Tel. Coop. Inc. R STILSON 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR DUNN 220356 Coastal Utilities Inc. R HINESVILLE 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR ELIZABTHTN 220356 Coastal Utilities Inc. R Keller 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR ELM CITY 220356 Coastal Utilities Inc. R MIDWAY 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR ENFIELD 220356 Coastal Utilities Inc. R RICHMONDHL 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR ENGELHARD 220362 Frontier Communications of Fairmount, LLR FAIRMOUNT 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR FAISON 220362 Frontier Communications of Fairmount, LLR RANGER 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR FARMVILLE 220387 Frontier Communications of Georgia, LLC R REGISTER 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR FAYETTEVL 220387 Frontier Communications of Georgia, LLC R STATESBORO 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR FOUNTAIN 223036 Georgia Alltel Telecom, Inc. R ALAMO 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR FOUR OAKS 223036 Georgia Alltel Telecom, Inc. R CLAYTON 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR FRANKLINTN 223036 Georgia Alltel Telecom, Inc. R COLLINS 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR FREMONT 223036 Georgia Alltel Telecom, Inc. R DANVILLE 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR FUQUAYVRIN 223036 Georgia Alltel Telecom, Inc. R DILLRDMTCY 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR GARLAND 223036 Georgia Alltel Telecom, Inc. R DONALSONVL 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR GIBSONVL 223036 Georgia Alltel Telecom, Inc. R FARGO 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR GOLDSTON 223036 Georgia Alltel Telecom, Inc. R FOLKSTON 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR GREENVILLE 223036 Georgia Alltel Telecom, Inc. R GLENNVILLE 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR GRIFTON 223036 Georgia Alltel Telecom, Inc. R GRAY 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR HALIFAX 223036 Georgia Alltel Telecom, Inc. R HADDOCK 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR HAMILTON 223036 Georgia Alltel Telecom, Inc. R HOMERVILLE 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR HAVELOCK 223036 Georgia Alltel Telecom, Inc. R IRON CITY 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR HENDERSON 223036 Georgia Alltel Telecom, Inc. R JAKIN 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR HOLLYRIDGE 223036 Georgia Alltel Telecom, Inc. R JEFFERSNVL 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR JACKSON 223036 Georgia Alltel Telecom, Inc. R KENSINGTON 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR JACKSONVL 223036 Georgia Alltel Telecom, Inc. R LA FAYETTE 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR KENANSVL 223036 Georgia Alltel Telecom, Inc. R LKSINCLAIR 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR KENLY 223036 Georgia Alltel Telecom, Inc. R LUDOWICI 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR KERNERSVL 223036 Georgia Alltel Telecom, Inc. R MILAN 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR KINSTON 223036 Georgia Alltel Telecom, Inc. R MONTROSE 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR LA GRANGE 223036 Georgia Alltel Telecom, Inc. R NOBLE 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR LEWISTON 223036 Georgia Alltel Telecom, Inc. R ODUM 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR LILLINGTON 223036 Georgia Alltel Telecom, Inc. R PINEVIEW 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR LITTLETON 223036 Georgia Alltel Telecom, Inc. R PITTS 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR LKWACCAMAW 223036 Georgia Alltel Telecom, Inc. R REBECCA 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR LOUISBURG 223036 Georgia Alltel Telecom, Inc. R REIDSVILLE 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR LUCAMA 223036 Georgia Alltel Telecom, Inc. R REYNOLDSVL 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR MAMIE 223036 Georgia Alltel Telecom, Inc. R RHINE 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR MARSHALLBG 223036 Georgia Alltel Telecom, Inc. R RINCON 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR MAXTON 223036 Georgia Alltel Telecom, Inc. R ROCHELLE 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR MAYSVILLE 223036 Georgia Alltel Telecom, Inc. R SCREVEN 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR MOREHEADCY 223036 Georgia Alltel Telecom, Inc. R SPRINGFLD 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR MOSS HILL 223036 Georgia Alltel Telecom, Inc. R ST GEORGE 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR MURFREESBO 223036 Georgia Alltel Telecom, Inc. R SYLVANIA 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR NASHVILLE 223036 Georgia Alltel Telecom, Inc. R THOMASTON 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR NEW BERN 223036 Georgia Alltel Telecom, Inc. R UVALDA 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR NEWPORT 223036 Georgia Alltel Telecom, Inc. R VILLANOW 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR NEWTON GRV 223036 Georgia Alltel Telecom, Inc. R YATESVILLE 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR NORLINA 220368 Hart Telephone Company, Inc. R HARTWELL 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR OCRACOKE 220376 Pembroke Tel. Co. Inc. R ELLABELLE 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR ORIENTAL 220376 Pembroke Tel. Co. Inc. R PEMBROKE 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR OXFORD 220377 Pineland Tel. Coop. Inc. R ADRIAN 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR PARKTON 220377 Pineland Tel. Coop. Inc. R BARTOW 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR PINEHURST 220377 Pineland Tel. Coop. Inc. R COBBTOWN 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR PINETOPS 220377 Pineland Tel. Coop. Inc. R DAVISBORO 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR PINK HILL 220377 Pineland Tel. Coop. Inc. R KITE 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR PITTSBORO 220377 Pineland Tel. Coop. Inc. R LEXSY 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR PLYMOUTH 220377 Pineland Tel. Coop. Inc. R METTER 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR POLLOCKSVL 220377 Pineland Tel. Coop. Inc. R MIDVILLE 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR PRINCETON 220377 Pineland Tel. Coop. Inc. R OAK PARK 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR RAEFORD 220377 Pineland Tel. Coop. Inc. R TWIN CITY 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR REDSPRINGS 220378 Planters Telephone Rural Telephone Co-oR DOVER 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR RICHLANDS 220378 Planters Telephone Rural Telephone Co-oR GUYTON 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR RICHSQUARE 220378 Planters Telephone Rural Telephone Co-oR HILLTONIA 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR ROANOKERPD 220378 Planters Telephone Rural Telephone Co-oR NEWINGTON 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR ROBBINS 220378 Planters Telephone Rural Telephone Co-oR SO GUYTON 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR ROBERSONVL 220394 Wilkes Tel. & Elec. Co. Inc. R CRAWFORDVL 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR ROCKYMOUNT 220394 Wilkes Tel. & Elec. Co. Inc. R LINCOLNTON 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR ROSE HILL 220394 Wilkes Tel. & Elec. Co. Inc. R METASVILLE 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR ROSEBORO 220394 Wilkes Tel. & Elec. Co. Inc. R RAYLE 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR ROXOBEL 220394 Wilkes Tel. & Elec. Co. Inc. R TIGNALL 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR SCOTLDNECK 220394 Wilkes Tel. & Elec. Co. Inc. R WASHINGTON 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR SEABOARD 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR SILER CITY 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR SMITHFIELD 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR SNEADSFRRY 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR SNOW HILL 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR SOUTHEPINS 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR SPRINGHOPE 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR ST PAULS 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR STANTONSBG 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR SWANQUARTR Page 4 of 6 Exhibits D-1 and D-2 for ETC Petition - updated NC and VA-6-21-05.xls - Exhibit D-2 Exhibit D-2 - The entirety of each of the rural ILEC study areas for GA, NC VA and TN SAC Study_Area_Name Rural RC_ABBRE SAC Study_Area_Name Rural RC_ABBRE SAC Study_Area_Name Rural RC_ABBRE SAC Study_Area_Name Rural RC_ABBRE Georgia North Carolina Virginia Tennessee 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR SWANSBORO 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR TABOR CITY 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR TARBORO 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR TOPSAIL IS 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR TRENTON 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR VANCEBORO 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR VASS 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR WAKEFOREST 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR WALLACE 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR WARRENTON 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR WARSAW 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR WASHINGTON 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR WAVES 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR WELDON 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR WHISPEPINS 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR WHITAKERS 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR WHITEVILLE 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR WILLIAMSTN 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR WILSON 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR WINDSOR 230470 Sprint/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoR WOODLAND 230471 Sprint/Central Telephone Company - NorthR ASHEBORO 230471 Sprint/Central Telephone Company - NorthR BETHLEHEM 230471 Sprint/Central Telephone Company - NorthR BISCOE 230471 Sprint/Central Telephone Company - NorthR BOONVILLE 230471 Sprint/Central Telephone Company - NorthR CANDOR 230471 Sprint/Central Telephone Company - NorthR CATAWBA 230471 Sprint/Central Telephone Company - NorthR DANBURY 230471 Sprint/Central Telephone Company - NorthR DOBSON 230471 Sprint/Central Telephone Company - NorthR EDEN 230471 Sprint/Central Telephone Company - NorthR ELKIN 230471 Sprint/Central Telephone Company - NorthR GRANITEFLS 230471 Sprint/Central Telephone Company - NorthR HAYS 230471 Sprint/Central Telephone Company - NorthR HICKORY 230471 Sprint/Central Telephone Company - NorthR HILDEBRAN 230471 Sprint/Central Telephone Company - NorthR HILLSBORGH 230471 Sprint/Central Telephone Company - NorthR MADISON 230471 Sprint/Central Telephone Company - NorthR MOCKSVILLE 230471 Sprint/Central Telephone Company - NorthR MOUNT AIRY 230471 Sprint/Central Telephone Company - NorthR MT GILEAD 230471 Sprint/Central Telephone Company - NorthR MT VIEW 230471 Sprint/Central Telephone Company - NorthR MULBERRY 230471 Sprint/Central Telephone Company - NorthR NOWILKESBO 230471 Sprint/Central Telephone Company - NorthR PILOT MT 230471 Sprint/Central Telephone Company - NorthR QUAKER GAP 230471 Sprint/Central Telephone Company - NorthR RAMSEUR 230471 Sprint/Central Telephone Company - NorthR ROARINGGAP 230471 Sprint/Central Telephone Company - NorthR ROXBORO 230471 Sprint/Central Telephone Company - NorthR SANDYRIDGE 230471 Sprint/Central Telephone Company - NorthR SEAGROVE 230471 Sprint/Central Telephone Company - NorthR SHERILLSFD 230471 Sprint/Central Telephone Company - NorthR STATE ROAD 230471 Sprint/Central Telephone Company - NorthR STONEVILLE 230471 Sprint/Central Telephone Company - NorthR TIMBERLAKE 230471 Sprint/Central Telephone Company - NorthR TROY 230471 Sprint/Central Telephone Company - NorthR VALDESE 230471 Sprint/Central Telephone Company - NorthR VIRGILINA 230471 Sprint/Central Telephone Company - NorthR WALKERTOWN 230471 Sprint/Central Telephone Company - NorthR WALNUTCOVE 230471 Sprint/Central Telephone Company - NorthR WEST END 230471 Sprint/Central Telephone Company - NorthR WJEFFERSON 230471 Sprint/Central Telephone Company - NorthR YADKINVL 230502 Star Tel. Membership Corp. R ABBOTTSBG 230502 Star Tel. Membership Corp. R COHARIE 230502 Star Tel. Membership Corp. R CYPRESSCRK 230502 Star Tel. Membership Corp. R HARRELLS 230502 Star Tel. Membership Corp. R HERRING 230502 Star Tel. Membership Corp. R KELLY 230502 Star Tel. Membership Corp. R LISBON 230502 Star Tel. Membership Corp. R SIX RUN 230502 Star Tel. Membership Corp. R SOUTHRIVER 230502 Star Tel. Membership Corp. R WHITE OAK 230503 Surry Tel. Membership Corp. R BEULAH 230503 Surry Tel. Membership Corp. R LEVELCROSS 230503 Surry Tel. Membership Corp. R RED BRUSH 230503 Surry Tel. Membership Corp. R SHOALS 230503 Surry Tel. Membership Corp. R WESTFIELD 230503 Surry Tel. Membership Corp. R ZEPHYR 230474 The Concord Telephone Company, Inc. R ALBEMARLE 230474 The Concord Telephone Company, Inc. R BADIN 230474 The Concord Telephone Company, Inc. R CHNGRVLNDS 230474 The Concord Telephone Company, Inc. R CONCORD 230474 The Concord Telephone Company, Inc. R HARRISBURG 230474 The Concord Telephone Company, Inc. R KANNAPOLIS 230474 The Concord Telephone Company, Inc. R MTPLEASANT 230474 The Concord Telephone Company, Inc. R NEW LONDON 230474 The Concord Telephone Company, Inc. R OAKBORO Page 5 of 6 Exhibits D-1 and D-2 for ETC Petition - updated NC and VA-6-21-05.xls - Exhibit D-2 Exhibit D-2 - The entirety of each of the rural ILEC study areas for GA, NC VA and TN SAC Study_Area_Name Rural RC_ABBRE SAC Study_Area_Name Rural RC_ABBRE SAC Study_Area_Name Rural RC_ABBRE SAC Study_Area_Name Rural RC_ABBRE Georgia North Carolina Virginia Tennessee 230505 Tri-County Tel. Membership Corp. R PIKE ROAD 230505 Tri-County Tel. Membership Corp. R PINETOWN 230505 Tri-County Tel. Membership Corp. R SIDNEY 230510 Wilkes Telephone Membership Corporatio R BOOMER 230510 Wilkes Telephone Membership Corporatio R CHAMPION 230510 Wilkes Telephone Membership Corporatio R CLINGMAN 230510 Wilkes Telephone Membership Corporatio R LOMAX 230511 Yadkin Valley Tel. Membership Corp. R ADVANCE 230511 Yadkin Valley Tel. Membership Corp. R BROOKS 230511 Yadkin Valley Tel. Membership Corp. R COOLEEMEE 230511 Yadkin Valley Tel. Membership Corp. R COURTNEY 230511 Yadkin Valley Tel. Membership Corp. R EAST BEND 230511 Yadkin Valley Tel. Membership Corp. R FORBUSH 230511 Yadkin Valley Tel. Membership Corp. R HARMONY 230511 Yadkin Valley Tel. Membership Corp. R IJAMES 230511 Yadkin Valley Tel. Membership Corp. R NEW HOPE 230511 Yadkin Valley Tel. Membership Corp. R UNIONGROVE Page 6 of 6 REDACTED VERSION FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION Exhibit E SunCom?s Five Year Plan for Network Improvements Due to the Receipt of High-Cost Support The attached spreadsheet [NOT INCLUDED WITH REDACTED VERSION] demonstrates that SunCom will use the universal service support funds that it receives for maintaining and improving service in a manner that would not occur absent receipt of such support. The first page of the spreadsheet lists [REDACTED] cell sites in rural portions of [REDACTED] BTAs in which usage is low, due to the low population densities of the relatively rural areas that these cell sites serve, and accordingly the cost of operating these cell sites exceeds the revenues attributable to them by a total of over [REDACTED] per year. In the absence of universal service support, SunCom would have to decommission these highly unprofitable cell sites. However, if SunCom receives ETC designation and universal service support, it will continue operating these [REDACTED] cell sites. The second page of the spreadsheet provides a list of [REDACTED] cell sites that SunCom would like to construct in rural portions of [REDACTED] BTAs ? at a total cost of [REDACTED] ? over the next five years. It would not be profitable to construct these cell sites if universal service funding is unavailable, but if SunCom receives ETC designation it plans to construct these sites. The third page of the spreadsheet lists the operating costs associated with the [REDACTED] cell sites referred to in the preceding paragraph. SunCom expects to incur over [REDACTED] per year in operating costs on these cell sites. Again, these cell sites will be constructed only if SunCom receives ETC designation and obtains access to high-cost universal service support. The parameters of these build-out plans may change over time in response to changes in customer demand and other marketplace conditions. At the present time, however, these plans constitute a good-faith estimate of the universal service benefits ? due to expanded coverage and improved signal strength and service quality ? that rural consumers in Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia, and Tennessee will enjoy as a result of the Commission?s designating SunCom as an ETC. EXHIBIT F DECLARATION OF CHARLES KALLENBACH