PUBLIC NOTICE Federal Communications Commission 445 12th St., S.W. Washington, D.C.20554 News Media Information 202 / 418-0500 Internet: http://www.fcc.gov TTY: 1-888-835-5322 DA 13-2329 Released: December 5, 2013 OVER $255 MILLION OF CONNECT AMERICA FUNDING AUTHORIZED TO CONNECT UNSERVED HOMES AND BUSINESSES IN 41 STATES WC Docket No. 10-90 By this Public Notice, the Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) authorizes $255,723,850 in second round of Connect America Phase I incremental support for certain census blocks in response to elections from five price cap carriers: AT&T, CenturyLink, FairPoint Communications (FairPoint), Frontier Communications (Frontier), and Windstream Corporation (Windstream). 1 In total, these carriers elected to serve 563,767 locations spread throughout 84,097 census blocks.2 73,015 of those census blocks were reported as unserved with fixed broadband with speeds of 3 Mbps/768 kbps or higher on the National Broadband Map.3 No provider challenged their elections for 66,712 of those census blocks. Given these blocks are shown on the map as unserved, and no party contested the eligibility of these blocks for funding, the Bureau now authorizes funding for the 393,409 locations contained in these 66,712 census blocks. A machine readable list of the census blocks authorized in this Public Notice is available at http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-324550A1.xlsx. The Universal Service Administrative Company is authorized and directed to distribute Phase I incremental support to the operating companies for each affected carrier as specified in Attachment 1.4 Attachment 2 to this document summarizes the authorized funding and obligation for each carrier. The Bureau will take action on the remaining pending elections at a future date. 1 Letter from Robert W. Quinn, Senior Vice President for Federal Regulatory and Chief Privacy Officer, AT&T, to Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary, Federal Communications Commission, WC Docket No. 10-90 (filed Aug. 20, 2013); Letter from Melissa E. Newman, Senior Vice President for Federal Policy and Regulatory Affairs, CenturyLink, to Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary, Federal Communications Commission, WC Docket No. 10-90 (filed Aug. 20, 2013); Letter from Michael T. Skrivan, Vice President for Regulatory, FairPoint, to Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary, Federal Communications Commission, WC Docket No. 10-90 (filed Aug. 20, 2013); Letter from Michael Golob, Senior Vice President for Engineering and Technology, Frontier, to Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary, Federal Communications Commission, WC Docket No. 10-90 (filed Aug. 20, 2013); Letter from Eric N. Einhorn, Senior Vice President for Government Affairs and Strategy, Windstream, to Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary, Federal Communications Commission, WC Docket No. 10-90 (filed Aug. 20, 2013). 2 The census block figures in this Public Notice count each census block and wire center combination individually. Thus, a single census block may be counted multiple times if it is split between two or more wire centers. 3 The remaining elections were in census blocks where the price cap carriers challenged the designation of the blocks as served on the National Broadband Map. 4 For funding disbursement purposes, Attachment 1 allocates funding at the operating company level. However, in satisfying its Phase I deployment obligations, the holding company for a price cap carrier is free to redistribute this funding among its operating companies. 2To request materials in accessible formats for people with disabilities (braille, large print, electronic files, audio format), send an e-mail to fcc504@fcc.gov or call the Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau at 202-418-0530 (voice), 202-418-0432 (tty). For further information, please contact Ryan Yates, Telecommunications Access Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau at 202-418-7400, TTY (202) 418-0484, or at Ryan.Yates@fcc.gov. - FCC – 3ATTACHMENT 1 Connect America Phase I Round Two Authorized Amounts Study Area Study Area Code Authorized Amount BellSouth Telecommunications, LLC (AT&T) 255181 $94,741,425.00 UNITED TELEPHONE OF NEW JERSEY, INC. (CenturyLink) 160138 $24,227.45 UNITED TELEPHONE OF PENNSYLVANIA (CenturyLink) 170209 $10,902.35 CENTRAL TEL. CO. OF VIRGINIA (CenturyLink) 190254 $1,897,064.34 UNITED TELEPHONE - SOUTHEAST, INC – VIRGINIA (CenturyLink) 190567 $247,450.36 United of Florida (CenturyLink) 210341 $960,489.89 CAROLINA TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH, LLC (CenturyLink) 230470 $626,958.67 CENTRAL TEL. CO. OF NC (CenturyLink) 230471 $34,964.61 UNITED TEL. CO. OF THE CAROLINAS-SO. CAROLINA (CenturyLink) 240506 $373,488.16 Gulf Telephone Company (CenturyLink) 250298 $31,936.18 CenturyTel of Southern Alabama 259788 $845,593.04 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama 259789 $998,996.85 CenturyTel of Central Louisiana, LLC 270423 $165,902.97 CenturyTel of Southeast Louisiana, LLC 270424 $18,978.17 CenturyTel of Northwest Louisiana, Inc. 270431 $16,151.63 CenturyTel of Evangeline, LLC 270434 $675,321.79 CenturyTel of North Louisiana, LLC 270436 $84,722.66 CenturyTel of Southwest Louisiana, LLC 270442 $269,420.25 CenturyTel of North Mississippi, Inc. 280458 $146,741.26 CenturyTel of Adamsville, Inc. 290552 $5,653.07 CenturyTel of Claiborne, Inc. 290557 $181,320.43 UNITED TELEPHONE - SOUTHEAST, INC – TENNESSEE (CenturyLink) 290567 $220,873.58 UNITED TELEPHONE CO. OF OHIO (CenturyLink) 300661 $413,206.49 CenturyTel of Upper Michigan, Inc. 310689 $1,706.93 CenturyTel of Michigan, Inc. 310702 $18,170.59 CenturyTel of Central Indiana, Inc. 320747 $4,845.49 UNITED TELEPHONE CO. OF INDIANA, INC. (CenturyLink) 320832 $55,099.09 CenturyTel of the Midwest-Wisconsin (Cencom) 330841 $167,352.94 CenturyTel of Forestville, LLC 330884 $79,950.58 4CenturyTel of Wisconsin, LLC 330895 $33,918.43 CenturyTel of Monroe County, LLC 330913 $60,660.39 CenturyTel of the Midwest-Wisconsin 330922 $429,596.73 CenturyTel of the Midwest-Kendall, LLC 330924 $302,035.53 CenturyTel of Southern Wisconsin, LLC 330931 $118,072.11 CenturyTel of Northwest Wisconsin, LLC 330950 $1,799,879.23 CenturyTel of Northern Wisconsin, LLC 330956 $850,677.14 CenturyTel of the Midwest-Wisconsin (Wayside) 330970 $63,798.95 Telephone USA of Wisconsin, LLC (CenturyLink) 331155 $633,052.24 CenturyTel of Central Wisconsin, LLC 331159 $497,176.63 CenturyTel of Minnesota, Inc. 361445 $130,112.42 EMBARQ – MINNESOTA (CenturyLink) 361456 $273,917.01 CenturyTel of Russellville 401142 $1,980,061.71 CenturyTel of Siloam Springs 401143 $47,647.32 CenturyTel of Central Ark, LLC 401144 $243,375.74 CenturyTel of Arkansas, Inc. 401705 $60,733.81 CenturyTel of Mountain Home, Inc. 401711 $183,321.03 CenturyTel of South Arkansas, Inc. 401727 $11,306.14 UNITED TELEPHONE CO. - EASTERN & SO. CENTRAL KANSAS (CenturyLink) 411317 $78,060.11 UNITED TELEPHONE CO. - EASTERN & SO. CENTRAL KANSAS (CenturyLink) 411842 $3,413.87 Spectra Communications Group, LLC (CenturyLink) 421151 $226,783.61 EMBARQ MISSOURI, INC (CenturyLink) 421957 $655,279.09 CenturyTel of Southern Missouri 429786 $258,022.33 CenturyTel of Southwest Missouri 429787 $315,470.76 UNITED TELEPHONE CO. OF TEXAS, INC. (CenturyLink) 442084 $206,777.61 CENTRAL TELEPHONE CO. OF TEXAS (CenturyLink) 442114 $129,121.29 AZ Qwest (CenturyLink) 455101 $17,109,351.27 CenturyTel of Eagle, Inc. 462185 $2,433,041.60 CenturyTel of Montana, Inc. 482249 $10,425.14 CenturyTel of the Southwest (New Mexico) 492274 $62,018.60 UNITED TELEPHONE CO. OF THE WEST – WYOMING (CenturyLink) 511595 $5,653.07 CenturyTel of Wyoming, Inc. 512299 $5,249.28 UNITED TELEPHONE CO. OF THE NORTHWEST – WA (CenturyLink) 522400 $139,454.67 CenturyTel of Washington, Inc. 522408 $915,852.65 CenturyTel of Oregon, Inc. 532361 $753,693.92 CenturyTel of Oregon, Inc. 532395 $27,457.78 5UNITED TELEPHONE CO. OF THE NORTHWEST – OR (CenturyLink) 532400 $91,660.52 CENTRAL TELEPHONE CO. – NEVADA (CenturyLink) 552348 $13,655.45 Northern New England Telephone Operations LLC (Maine) (FairPoint) 105111 $903,335.31 Northern New England Telephone Operations LLC (New Hampshire) (FairPoint) 125113 $740,318.57 Chautauqua & Erie Telephone Corporation (FairPoint) 150078 $168,690.68 Bluestem Telephone Company (FairPoint) 411835 $91,612.35 Taconic Telephone Company (FairPoint) 150084 $142,066.79 Peoples Mutual Telephone Company (FairPoint) 190244 $546,924.42 Ellensburg Telephone Company (FairPoint) 522412 $13,442.88 Marianna and Scenery Hill Telephone Company (FairPoint) 170185 $30,726.58 GTC, Inc. (Perry) (FairPoint) 210329 $14,883.19 GTC, Inc. (Port St. Joe) (FairPoint) 210339 $212,423.68 GTC, Inc. (Florala) (FairPoint) 210291 $25,925.55 Frontier West Virginia Inc. 205050 $57,637,650.00 Windstream Alabama, LLC 250302 $1,087,689.56 Windstream Arkansas, LLC 401691 $4,372,349.63 Windstream Florida, Inc. 210336 $1,101,063.24 Windstream Georgia, LLC 220357 $2,116,067.07 Windstream Georgia Communications, LLC 223037 $7,048,666.29 Georgia Windstream, LLC 223036 $3,999,123.42 Windstream Accucomm Telecommunications, LLC 220395 $347,029.95 Windstream Georgia Telephone, LLC 220364 $61,492.00 Windstream Iowa Communications, Inc. 351178 $752,820.84 Windstream Iowa Communications, Inc. 351167 $905,613.95 Windstream Iowa Communications, Inc. 351170 $1,139,775.89 Windstream Kentucky East, LLC 269690 $3,060,148.74 Windstream Kentucky East, LLC 269691 $879,638.14 Windstream Kentucky West, LLC 260402 $670,888.65 Windstream Missouri, Inc. 421885 $1,990,719.40 Windstream Mississippi, LLC 280453 $1,525,751.19 Windstream North Carolina, LLC 230476 $7,603,772.15 Windstream Concord Telephone, Inc 230474 $54,792.91 Windstream Nebraska, Inc. 371568 $705,547.56 Valor Telecommunications of New Mexico, LLC (Windstream) 491164 $951,368.61 Windstream New York, Inc. 150109 $1,036,558.49 Windstream New York, Inc. 150106 $961,901.00 Windstream Western Reserve, Inc 300666 $974,098.97 6Windstream Ohio, Inc. 300665 $497,790.07 Valor Telecommunications of Oklahoma, LLC (Windstream) 431165 $691,806.47 Windstream Oklahoma, LLC 431965 $171,984.11 Oklahoma Windstream, LLC 432011 $502,064.26 Windstream Pennsylvania, LLC 170176 $4,208,570.99 Windstream South Carolina, LLC 240517 $1,259,061.32 Valor Telecommunications of Texas, L.P. (Windstream) 441181 $7,946,968.81 Texas Windstream, Inc. 442153 $1,787,346.33 Windstream Sugar Land, Inc 442147 $3,796.56 Windstream Communications Kerrville, LLC 442097 $300,883.43 7ATTACHMENT 2 Summary of Funding and Obligations Carrier Funding Authorized $775 Locations1 $550 Locations2 AT&T $94,741,425 122,247 0 CenturyLink $39,737,275 10,735 57,123 FairPoint $2,890,350 988 3,863 Frontier $57,637,650 24,192 70,707 Windstream $60,717,150 16,722 86,832 Total $255,723,850 174,884 218,525 1 Number of locations lacking 768 kbps/200 kbps Internet service access that must be deployed to. 2 Number of locations having 768 kbps/200 kbps Internet service but lacking 3 Mbps/768 kbps Internet service access that must be deployed to.