Public Utilities Commission A REPORT ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANIES OPERATIONS

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1 Public Utilities Commission A REPORT ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANIES OPERATIONS FOR THE YEAR 2008

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3 TABLE OF CONTENTS 2008 Summary.. 5 ILEC Companies and Territory Map & 7 South Dakota Telecommunications Association ILEC Map ILEC and CLEC Lines/Lifeline/Enhanced Lifeline Access Lines for ILEC, CLEC, Wireless ILEC Company Ranking by Lines TSD/BIT Broadband and Fiber Information and Maps & 13 Broadband Access and Fiber Miles Lifeline / Linkup and Enhanced Lifeline / Linkup Trends. 14 Access Lines by Class of Customer (Business, Residential, Other).. 14 CLEC Company Ranking by Lines Square Miles Served by ILEC and Number of Lines Per Mile Eligible Telecommunications Companies and USAC Disbursement Data Telephone Rates per Company...18 Telecommunications Companies Certified in South Dakota Wireless Companies Company Web Sites *Not all companies report annually

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5 Mission Statement: South Dakota Public Utilities Commission The South Dakota Public Utilities Commission will serve and protect South Dakota s consumers by ensuring safe, reliable and high quality utility services. The commission will exercise its authority and influence to ensure that residential and business consumers have access to utility services at fair and reasonable rates. The commission will be proactive and solutions-oriented in striving to maximize consumer utility value and education while working to enhance the economic and environmental well-being for citizens of South Dakota Summary: The commission has territory, complaint and quality of service authority regarding all telecommunications companies operating within South Dakota. The commission retains its switched access rate making authority for all telecommunications companies providing local service, including small, independent and cooperative companies. The gross receipts taxes paid by regulated telecommunication companies in South Dakota for 2008 totaled $792, In 2008, 153 telecommunication dockets were filed with the commission. In addition to these dockets, seven dockets were filed as formal complaint dockets and 41 were informational docket filings. The commission s Consumer Affairs staff assisted consumers with 589 telecommunications issues. Additionally, assistance was given to consumers on 218 issues related to wireless service. Lifeline and Link-Up and Enhanced Lifeline and Link-Up programs provide qualifying South Dakotans access to affordable telephone service. In 2008, South Dakota telecommunications companies reported a total of 10,251 Lifeline customers and 7,744 Enhanced Lifeline customers. This reflects a 14 percent increase in total Lifeline and Enhanced Lifeline customers from 2007 totals. More information on Lifeline and Enhanced Lifeline trends can be found on page 14. Forty-five companies are designated as Eligible Telecommunications Carriers or ETCs by the commission. These telecommunications companies are eligible to receive High Cost Support from the Federal Universal Service Fund administered through the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC). In 2008, USAC distributed more than $95 million to these South Dakota companies. More information on the USAC distribution trends can be found on page

6 INCUMBENT TELEPHONE COMPANIES (Numbers correspond with map on following page) Independent 1. Qwest Corporation, Sioux Falls, S.D. 3. Armour Independent Telephone Company d/b/a Golden West Telecommunications, Armour, S.D. 4. Bridgewater-Canistota Independent Telephone Company d/b/a Golden West Telecommunications, Hartford, S.D. 5. Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Telephone Authority, Eagle Butte, S.D. 31. Knology Community Telephone, Inc., Irene, S.D. 6. Fort Randall/Mt. Rushmore Telephone Company, Willmar, Minn. 63. Hills Telephone Company, Garretson, S.D. (not in service in South Dakota until 6/1/2005) 13. Jefferson Telephone Company d/b/a Long Lines Ltd., Jefferson, S.D. 14. Kadoka Telephone Company d/b/a Golden West Telecommunications, Kadoka, S.D. 15. Kennebec Telephone Co., Inc., Kennebec, S.D. 18. RC Communications, Inc., New Effington, S.D. 20. Sioux Valley Telephone Company d/b/a Golden West Telecommunications, Dell Rapids, S.D. 21. Splitrock Properties, Inc., Garretson, S.D. 23. Stockholm-Strandburg Telephone Company, Stockholm, S.D. 24. Tri-County Telecom, Inc., Emery, S.D. 25. Union Telephone Co. d/b/a Golden West Telecommunications, Hartford, S.D. 28. Vivian Telephone Company d/b/a Golden West Telecommunications, Wall, S.D. 29. Western Telephone Company, Faulkton, S.D. Cooperative 30. Alliance Communications Cooperative, Inc., Garretson, S..D 32. Golden West Telecommunications Cooperative, Inc. d/b/a Golden West Telecommunications, Wall, S.D. 33. Interstate Telecommunications Cooperative, Inc., Clear Lake, S.D. 34. James Valley Cooperative Telephone Company, Groton, S.D. 35. McCook Cooperative Telephone Company, Salem, S.D. 36. Midstate Communications, Inc., Kimball, S.D. 37. Roberts County Telephone Cooperative Association, New Effington, S.D. 38. Santel Communications Cooperative, Woonsocket, S.D. 40. Venture Communications Cooperative, Highmore, S.D. 41. Valley Telecommunications Cooperative Association Inc., Herreid, S.D. 42. West River Cooperative Telephone Company, Bison, S.D. Municipal 43. Beresford Municipal Telephone Company, Beresford, S.D. 44. City of Brookings Telephone Company d/b/a Swiftel Communications, Brookings, S.D. 45. Faith Municipal Telephone Company, Faith, S.D. Foreign 47. Consolidated Telecom, Dickinson, N.D. 48. Dickey Rural Communications, Inc., Ellendale, N.D. 49. Dickey Rural Telephone Cooperative, Ellendale, N.D. 50. Farmers Mutual Telephone Company, Bellingham, Minn. 51. Citizens Telecommunications Company of Minnesota, Inc., Mound City, Minn. 52. Great Plains Communications, Blair, Neb. 53. RT Communications, Inc., Worland, Wyo. 54. Red River Rural Telephone Association, Abercrombie, N.D. 55. Three River Telco, Lynch, Neb. 56. Qwest Corporation of Iowa 57. Qwest Corporation of Nebraska 58. Qwest Corporation of Minnesota 59. Valley Telephone Company, Browns Valley, Minn. 60. West River Telecommunications Cooperative, Hazen, N.D. 61. Northeast Nebraska Telephone Company, Jackson, Neb. 62. Heartland Telecom Co. d/b/a/ HickoryTech., Mankato, Minn

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9 SOUTH DAKOTA TELEPHONE COMPANIES For the Year Ended December 31, 2008 Total Lines Lifeline Enhanced Lifeline Qwest Corporation 135,047 3,596 0 Independents ,397 2, Municipals 3 13, Cooperatives 11 70,451 2,350 1,149 Foreign 13 4, Competitive Local Exchange Companies , Wireless Companies 587, ,114 Total 1,004,840 10,251 7,

10 Year Incumbent LEC Wireline Access Lines ACCESS LINES in SOUTH DAKOTA Number of Providers Reporting Competitive LEC Wireline Access Lines Number of Providers Reporting Wireless Subscriber Lines Number of Providers Reporting , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

11 Rank 2008 ILEC RANKING by NUMBER OF LINES IN SERVICE Company Lines Home Office 1 1 Qwest Corporation 135,047 Sioux Falls 2 2 Vivian Telephone Co. d/b/a Golden West Telecomm. 16,841 Wall 3 3 Golden West Telecomm., Inc. 13,946 Wall 4 4 Interstate Telecommunications Cooperative, Inc. 13,217 Clear Lake 5 5 Venture Communications Cooperative 12,666 Highmore 6 6 City of Brookings Telephone Co d/b/a Swiftel Communications 11,671 Brookings 7 7 Alliance Communications Cooperative, Inc. 8,174 Garretson 8 8 Fort Randall Telephone (includes Mt Rushmore Tele.) 6,322 Willmar, MN 9 9 Knology Community Telephone, Inc. 5,103 Irene Midstate Communications, Inc. 4,843 Dell Rapids Sioux Valley Telephone Company d/b/a Golden West Telecom. 4,710 Kimball Santel Communications Corporations 4,484 Woonsocket James Valley Cooperative Telephone Company 3,691 Groton West River Cooperative Telephone Company 3,587 Bison West River Telecommunications Cooperative 3,303 Hazen, ND Valley Telecommunications Cooperative Association, Inc. 3,294 Herried Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Telephone Authority 3,215 Eagle Butte McCook Cooperative Telephone Company 2,089 Salem Union Telephone Company d/b/a Golden West Telecomm. 1,717 Hartford RC Communications 1,470 New Effington Beresford Municipal Telephone Company 1,469 Beresford Splitrock Properties, Inc. 1,440 Garretson Western Telephone Company 1,018 Faulkton Bridgewater-Canistota Independent d/b/a Golden West Telecom 834 Hartford Kennebec Telephone Co., Inc. 711 Kennebec Armour Ind. Telephone Company d/b/a Golden West Telecomm. 639 Armour Stockholm-Strandburg Telephone Company 637 Stockholm Kadoka Telephone Company d/b/a Golden West Tele. 462 Kadoka Roberts County Telephone Cooperative Association 460 New Effington Hills Telephone Company 445 Garretson Tri-County Telcom, Inc. 417 Emery Jefferson Telephone Company 416 Jefferson City of Faith Telephone Company 332 Faith Heartland Comm of Iowa; dba HickoryTech 261 Mankato, MN Consolidated Telecom 235 Dickinson, ND Great Plains Communications 200 Kilgore, NE Valley Telephone Company 195 Browns Valley MN RT Communications, Inc. 91 Worland, WY Citizens Telecommunications Company of Minnesota, Inc. 75 Mound City, MN Dickey Rural Telephone Cooperative 56 Ellendale, ND Dickey Rural Communications, Inc. 33 Ellendale, ND Farmers Mutual Telephone Company 19 Marietta, MN Three River Telco 11 Lynch, NE Northeast Nebraska Telephone 8 Jackson, NE Red River Telecom, Inc. 1 Abercrombie, ND

12 Broadband and Fiber in South Dakota The following two pages come from a report by the Department of Tourism and State Development and the Bureau of Information and Telecommunications. It portrays the availability of broadband and fiber optics in South Dakota

13 In the ever-evolving world of communications, South Dakota is taking a pro-active approach to businesses current and future needs. Some of the communications technologies available are: Approximately 25,000 miles of fiber optics Video Conferencing Dedicated, private, point-point lines All communities with fiber access have at Local & long distance services least DS3 (equivalent to 28 T1 lines) Frame Relay Several communities in micro/metropolitan Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) areas have access to OC3, OC12 and OC Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) 48 lines. Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) Wave based services (10 Gbps) Metro and wide area Ethernet networks Network management services Single-line, multi-line or PBX trunk line services Security management services High Speed Internet Cable technology Self-healing architectures High speed research, education and economic Web hosting development networks (10 Gbps) Disaster Recovery 3G wireless

14 BROADBAND AND FIBER TRENDS ILECs CLECs Fiber Miles 19,428 14,261 11,698 3,857 4,013 1,506 Copper Miles 53,674 61,654 61,681 3,177 2, Customers with Broadband Access 115, , , , , ,670 Customers Subscribed to Broadband 59,676 54,401 73, , ,148 97,813 LIFELINE AND LINK-UP TRENDS ILECs ILECs CLECs CLECs Wireless Wireless Lifeline and Link-Up Lines 9,080 10, na Enhanced Lifeline and Link-Up Lines 2,600 4, ,114 na ACCESS LINES BY CLASS OF CUSTOMER Business Residential Other Qwest -1 56,012 56,396 2,912 Independents 17 11,764 30, Municipals 3 7,926 5, Cooperative 11 18,043 48,908 0 Foreign 13 1,259 2,420 1 CLECs 49,278 90, Other 3,349 1% Business 144,282 38% Residential 234,386 61% Business Residential Other

15 2008 CLEC RANKING BY NUMBER OF LINES IN SERVICE Rank Company Lines Home Office 1 1 Midcontinent Communications 75,289 Sioux Falls 2 2 Knology of the Black Hills, LLC 27,940 Rapid City Knology of the Plains, Inc. 14,487 Sioux Falls 3 4 Orbitcom, Inc. 5,934 Sioux Falls 4 5 Northern Valley Communications 5,301 Groton 5 6 Avera Communication, LLC 4,988 Sioux Falls 6 7 AT&T Communications of the Midwest, Inc. 2,483 Highlands Ranch, Colo. 7 9 Sancom, Inc. 2,120 Mitchell 8 8 McLeodUSA Telecommunications Services, Inc. 1,527 Cedar Rapid, Iowa 9 10 Long Lines Metro, LLC 1,485 Sargeant Bluff, Iowa Granite Telecommunications, Inc. 1,217 Quincy, Mass Midstate Telecom, Inc. 1,041 Kimball SSTelecom, Inc. d/b/a ITC 815 Clear Lake Ionex Communications North 724 Addison, Texas 14 3 Level 3 Communications, LLC 547 Broomfield, CO MCC Telephony of the Midwest, Inc. 444 Middletown, N.Y FiberComm, L.C. 420 Sioux City, Iowa MCImetro Access Transmission Services LLC d/b/a Verizon Vienna, Va. Access Transmission Services BullsEye Telecom, Inc. 142 Oak Park, Mich RC Communications, Inc. & RC Comm DBA RC Services 115 New Effington Matrix Telecom, Inc. d/b/a Trinsic Communications 34 Tampa, Fla. 21 Metropolitan Telecommunications of SD (MetTel) 19 New York, NY 22 Comtech 21, LLC 18 Wallingford, CT Capital Telephone Company, Inc. 17 Las Vegas, Nev NOS Communications, Inc. 15 Las Vegas, Nev. 25 France Telecom Corp Solutions LLC 15 Washington, DC DIECA Communications, Inc. d/b/a Covad Communications Denver, Colo. Company Trans National Communications International, Inc. 9 Boston, Mass. 28 American Fiber Network, Inc 9 Overland Park, KS Comtel Telcom Assets LP 7 Dallas, Texas QuantumShift Communications, Inc., d/b/a vcom Solutions 1 San Ramon, Calif. 31 Mitel NetSolutions, Inc. 1 Jefferson SQUARE MILES SERVED IN SOUTH DAKOTA BY INCUMBENT TELEPHONE COMPANIES as of December 31, 2008 Number of Square Percent Lines in Lines Per Telephone Company Miles Served of State Service Square Mile Qwest Corporation 13, , Cooperatives Alliance , Golden West 16, , Interstate 3, ,

16 James Valley 2, , McCook , Midstate 2, , Roberts Santel 1, , Venture Communications 7, , Valley 2, , West River 5, , Total 42, , Independents Armour Bridgewater-Canistota Independent Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Telephone Authority 4, , Knology Community Telephone, Inc. 1, , Fort Randall Telephone Company 1, , Jefferson Kadoka Kennebec Hills Telephone Company RC Communications, Inc , Sioux Valley , Splitrock Properties, Inc , Stockholm-Strandburg Tri-County Mutual Union , Vivian 6, , Western , Total 18, , Municipals Beresford , Swiftel Communications ,671 2, Faith Total , Foreign Citizens Telecommunications of Minnesota Consolidated Telcom Dickey Rural Dickey Rural Communications Farmers Mutual Great Plains HickoryTech Northeast Nebraska Telephone RT Communications, Inc Red River Telecom, Inc Three River Valley West River Telecomm , Total 1, ,

17 South Dakota Eligible Telecommunications Companies Universal Service Funds Received Per USAC Web Site ETC Alliance - Baltic $718,536 $958,479 $1,304,580 Alliance - Splitrock $1,508,058 $1,554,129 $2,018,976 Armour Independent $501,450 $564,708 $481,473 Beresford Municipal $200,700 $248,283 $257,202 Black Hills FiberCom, LLC $120,295 $132,546 $185,759 Brookings Municipal Utilities dba Swiftel $598,177 $651,534 $413,904 Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe $1,794,098 $1,812,666 $1,924,854 City of Brookings $636,696 $775,440 $ 914,934 City of Faith Municipal $154,806 $153,540 $145,230 Dickey Rural Communications, Inc. $ - $ - $ - Golden West Telecomm $9,752,937 $7,898,679 $ 8,598,540 Hills Telephone Co, Inc. $120,396 $134,748 $159,846 Interstate Telecomm $3,447,540 $3,828,456 $ 3,760,056 James Valley Co-op $1,615,200 $1,694,292 $1,428,906 James Valley Wireless $42,424 $1,326 $ - Jefferson Telephone Co. S.D. $536,856 $566,238 $577,134 Kadoka Telephone Co. $181,416 $(43,254) $(25,518) Kennebec Telephone Co. $1,659,144 $1,674,894 $1,650,150 Long Lines Metro $ - $ - $ - Long Lines Wireless, LLC. $ - $ - $ - McCook Cooperative Telephone Co. $837,264 $839,574 $762,705 Midcontinent Comm $133,788 $92,382 $65,202 Midstate Communications, Inc. $3,042,810 $2,969,268 $3,324,126 Midstate Telecom Inc. $13,648 $13,551 $ - Mt. Rushmore Telephone $1,266,126 $1,220,232 $1,118,844 PrairieWave/Knology $821,106 $1,881,804 $3,012,450 Qwest $1,346,193 $1,446,351 $2,240,610 RC Communications, Inc. dba RC Services $ - $ - $ - RCC Minnesota, Inc. $1,166,396 $1,145,826 $1,158,783 Roberts County Co-op. $1,556,423 $1,058,349 $912,354 Santel Communications $3,353,590 $3,395,226 $3,173,154 Sioux Valley Telephone $744,702 $943,059 $1,067,844 SS Telecom $5,840 $39 $ - Stockholm-Strandburg $402,336 $428,700 $502,398 Tri-County $264,858 $228,324 $133,266 Union Telephone Co. $322,515 $766,572 $299,268 Valley Telecommunications $2,749,368 $2,655,720 $2,865,144 Venture Communications $5,167,410 $5,587,416 $5,891,784 Vivian Telephone $9,307,443 $8,520,732 $8,345,625 West River Co-op. $3,635,319 $2,847,945 $2,474,118 West River (Mobridge) $338,088 $371,520 $394,812 Western Telephone $405,780 $418,404 $374,742 Western Wireless $31,262,135 $30,722,320 $25,770,690 Western Wireless (Pine Ridge) $3,487,830 $2,892,595 $1,738,815 Wireless Alliance, LLC. $26,491 $45,702 $48,333 TOTALS $95,246,188 $93,100,322 $89,473,

18 Telephone Rates Charged in South Dakota Qwest Corporation Residence: All communities (same rate group) $ Installation charges are $25.00 Business: Rate Group 1 $32.00 Rate Group 2 $ Installation $47.00 Rate Group 1 Rate Group 2 (Business Only) Arlington, Belle Fourche, Canton, Chamberlain, Colman, De Smet, Elk Point, Flandreau, Lake Preston, McIntosh, Milbank, Miller, Morristown, Redfield, Sturgis, Timber Lake, Vermillion, Volga-Bruce (Business Only) Aberdeen, Cavour, Deadwood, Harrisburg, Hill City, Huron, Iroquois, Lead, Madison, Mitchell, Pierre-Fort Pierre, Rapid City, Sioux Falls, Spearfish, Tea, Watertown, Whitewood, Yankton Measured Service: Residence $13.80 (3 hour package-180 minutes) - Additional Usage - $.02 per min Business: $ Additional Usage - $.02 per min Municipals Business Residence 1-Party 1-Party Centrex Beresford $17.50 $7.00 Brookings Business rate varies SDSU per Admin Contract Faith Foreign Exchange Companies Three Dickey Rural Farmers Valley West Riv River Consolidated Telephone Mut. Tel. Telephone Telecom Telco Telcom Cooperative Company NebCom Company Coop. Business 1-Party $27.50 $29.50 $15.75 $10.00 $27.50 $19.23 $19.45 Residence 1-Party Citizens RT Dickey Rural Red River Telecomm. Great Plains Commun. Commun. Telecom Minnesota Communications Inc. Inc. Inc. HickoryTech Business 1-Party $31.70 $29.95 $23.99 $15.75 $33.20 $26.85 Residence 1-Party $22.77 (combo) Qwest Minnesota Qwest Iowa Qwest Nebraska Big Stone City North Sioux City North Valentine Business 1-Party $35.33 $35.50 $31.00 Measured Residence 1-Party Measured

19 Independent Companies Rural Rural Residence Business Business Residence Residence Res/Bus Measured 1-Party 1-Party 1-Party 1-Party Rate Rate Armour Ind. Telephone Company Armour $14.00 $16.00 $ 9.00 $11.00 Bridgewater-Canistota Independent Telephone Company Bridgewater/Canistota usage C.R.S.T. Telephone Authority Eagle Butte/Dupree/Isabel/LaPlant/ South Dupree (ranch) Knology Community Telephone Alsen/Beresford-Rural/Flyger/Hurley-Davis/ Irene/Lennox-Chancellor/Parker-Monroe, Wakonda-Volin/Worthing Fort Randall Telephone Company (6/22/96) Tyndall Lake Andes/Wagner Tabor Hermosa Keystone Centerville/Viborg Hills Telephone Company Valley Springs/East Valley Springs North Larchwood Jefferson Telephone Company-Long Lines Jefferson Kadoka Telephone Company Kadoka Kennebec Telephone Co., Inc. Kennebec/Presho RC Communications, Inc. Peever/Summit/Veblen/Wilmot Sioux Valley Telephone Company Dell Rapids-Trent Corsica/Humboldt-Montrose/ Plankinton Colton Splitrock Properties, Inc. Howard/Oldham Stockholm-Strandburg Telephone Company Stockholm/Strandburg Revillo South Shore Tri-County Telcom, Inc. Clayton/Emery Union Telephone Co. Hartford - unlimited rate plan local measured service (includes 60 minutes of use) per minute beyond 1 Hr of use $.0563 $.0625 $.0450 $.0500 Vivian Telephone Company d/b/a Golden West Communications Vivian Bonesteel/Burke/Murdo Clearfield Gregory Marion Reliance

20 Winner Witten Lesterville Rosebud Freeman Mission Custer Menno Scotland Avon/Springfield South Burke South Bonesteel South Gregory Western Telephone Company Faulkton/Orient Cresbard Rural Telephone Cooperatives Business Residence Combination 1-Party 1-Party Rate Alliance Communications Cooperative, Inc. Garretson/Brandon $13.00 $8.00 East Garretson Baltic/Crooks Alcester/Hudson Golden West Telecommunications Cooperative, Inc. Ardmore/Belvidere/Buffalo Gap/Creighton/Edgemont/Enning/Faith-Rural Hayes/Hot Springs/Interior/Kyle/Long Valley/Martin/Maurine/Midland, Milesville/New Underwood/Oelrichs/Oral/Philip/Pine Ridge/Quinn/Wall/ Wasta/Whiteclay Neb./White River/Wicksville/Wood Interstate Telecommunications Cooperative, Inc. Astoria/Bradley/Brandt/Brookings-Rural/Bryant/Castlewood/Chester/ Clark-Raymond/Clear Lake/Elkton/Estelline/Florence/Gary/Goodwin/ Hayti-Lake Norden/ /Nunda/Sinai/Toronto/Wentworth/Waubay/Webster/ White/Willow Lake/Hendricks Minn./Lake Benton Minn James Valley Cooperative Telephone Company Conde/Houghton/Columbia/Turton/Hecla Claremont/Ferney/Groton/Andover Bristol/Doland Frederick/Mellette McCook Cooperative Telephone Company Spencer/Center/Winfred/Canova Salem Alexandria Midstate Communications, Inc. Academy/Delmont/Ft. Thompson/Gann Valley/Kimball/New Holland Pukwana/Stickney/White Lake Platte-Geddes LMS $8.00+usage Roberts County Telephone Cooperative Association Claire City/New Effington/North New Effington Santel Communications Cooperative, Inc. Alpena/Artesian/Ethan/Forestburg/Letcher/Mt. Vernon/ Woonsocket Tripp/Parkston/Wolsey Venture Communications Cooperative Blunt/East Onida/Harrold/Highmore/ Hitchcock/Hoven/Langford/Onaka/ Ree Heights/Rosholt/Seneca/Tolstoy/Tulare/Wessington/West Onida/

21 Bowdle/Britton/Gettysburg-Lebanon/Onida/Pierpont/Roscoe/Roslyn/ Selby/Wessington Springs Sisseton Valley Teleco Co-op. Association, Inc. Eureka/Glenham/Herreid/Hosmer/Ipswich/Leola/Long Lake/Mound City/Pollock West River Cooperative Telephone Company Bison/Buffalo/Camp Crook/Meadow/Sorum Newell/Lemmon/Nisland

22 Telecommunications Companies Certified to do Business by the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission in 2008 LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE Networks Inc RECONEX Inc. dba USTel 3U Telecom Inc. 360networks (USA) inc. 800 Response Information Services LLC AccessLine Communications Corp. Access One Inc. Access Point Inc. ACN Communication Services Inc. ACSI Local Switched Services Inc. dba e.spire Affinity Network Inc. dba ANI Networks Affinity Network Inc. dba QuantumLink Communications and dba HorizonOne Communications and dba VoIP Communications and Optic Communications Airespring Inc. Airnex Communications Inc. Alliance Group Services Inc. dba U.S. Republic Communications Inc. Alticomm Inc. American Fiber Network Inc. dba AFN Inc. American Telecommunications Systems Inc. Americatel Corp. dba Americatel dba Americatel dba AMETEX dba Americatel Collect fka STARTEC Global Operating Co. AmeriVision Communications Inc. dba LifeLine Communications dba Affinity 4 Amerivon LLC Applewood Communications Corp. Asia Talk Telecom Inc. dba HelloCom Inc. Associated Network Partners Inc. AT&T Communications of the Midwest Inc. Avera Communication LLC Bandwidth.com CLEC LLC fka Computer Network Technology Corp. BCN Telecom Inc. fka NUI Telecom Inc. BEK Communications Cooperative Bell Atlantic Communications Inc. dba Verizon Long Distance BellSouth Long Distance Inc. dba AT&T Long Distance Service BLC Management LLC dba AT&T Long Distance Service Broadband Dynamics LLC Broadwing Communications LLC BT Communications Sales LLC Budget Call Long Distance Inc

23 Budget PrePay Inc. dba Budget Phone BullsEye Telecom Inc. Business Discount Plan Inc. Business Network Long Distance Inc. Business Productivity Solutions Inc. fka GE Business Productivity Solutions Inc. dba GE Capital Communications Services Business Telecom Inc. Caribbean Telephone and Telegraph Inc. Central Telecom Long Distance Inc. Ciera Network Systems Inc. Cincinnati Bell Any Distance Inc. fka BroadWing Telecommunications Inc. Coast International Inc. Comcast Business Communications LLC dba Comcast Long Distance CommPartners LLC Communication Access Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Inc. Communications Network Billing Inc. CommuniGroup of K.C. Inc. dba CGI COMTECH 21 LLC Comtel Telcom Assets LP Consolidated Communications Networks Inc. Consumer Telcom Inc. Convergia Inc. Covista Inc. CSDVRS LLC CTC Communications Corp. Custom Teleconnect Inc. DakotaComm LLC D.D.D. Calling Inc. DelTel Inc. dba AuctionFON DIECA Communications Inc. dba Covad Communications Co. Embarq Communications Inc. Embarq Payphone Services Inc. fka Sprint Payphone Services Inc. Encompass Communications LLC Enhanced Communications Group LLC dba ECG LLC Entrix Telecom Inc. Enventis Telecom Inc. Epixtar Communications Corp. Express Communications Inc. FairPoint Carrier Services Inc. fka FairPoint Communications Solutions Corp. FiberComm LC First Choice Technology Inc. First Communications LLC France Telecom Corporate Solutions LLC Frontier Communications of America Inc. fka Citizens Telecommunications Co

24 dba Citizens Long Distance Co. Global Capacity Group Inc. Global Crossing North American Networks Inc. Global Crossing Telecommunications Inc. Global Tel*Link Corp. Go Solo Technologies Inc. Gold Line Telemanagement Inc. Granite Telecommunications LLC GST Net Inc. GTC Telecom Hawk Relay LLC HickoryTech Long Distance fka Crystal Communications Inc. Horizon Telecom Inc. Hypercube Telecom LLC fka KMC Data LLC IDT America Corp. Incomnet Communications Corp. Infone LLC fka North By NortheastCom LLC Intandem Communications Corp. Integra Telecom of South Dakota Inc. Integrated Services Inc. Ionex Communications North Inc. dba Birch Communications ITC^DeltaCom Communications Inc. dba ITC^DeltaCom J D Services Inc. dba American Freedom Network JirehCom Inc. KDDI America Inc. fka KDD America Inc. Kentucky Data Link Inc. Knology of the Black Hills LLC fka PrairieWave Black Hills LLC Knology of the Plains Inc. fka PrairieWave Telecommunications Inc. LCR Telecommunications LLC Least Cost Routing Inc. dba Long Distance Charges Legacy Long Distance International Inc. Level 3 Communications LLC Lightyear Network Solutions LLC Long Distance of Michigan Inc. fka LDMI Telecommunications Inc. dba LDMI Telecommunications dba FoneTel Long Lines Metro fka CommChoice LLC Main Street Telephone Co. Maskina Communications fka Transcom Communications, Inc. dba Comm Port Communications Matrix Telecom Inc. dba Matrix Business Technology MCC Telephony of the Midwest Inc. dba Mediacom

25 MCI Communications Services Inc. dba Verizon Business Services MCImetro Access Transmission Services LLC dba Verizon Access Transmission McLeodUSA Telecommunications Services Inc. Megapath, Inc fka DSLnet Communications LLC Metropolitan Telecommunications of South Dakota Inc. Midcontinent Communications Inc. Midstate Telecom Inc. Mitel NetSolutions Inc. fka Inter-Tel NetSolutions Inc. Momentum Telecom Inc. Multiline Long Distance Inc. National Access Long Distance Inc. National Directory Assistance LLC Nationwide Long Distance Services Inc. Navigator Telecommunications LLC NECC Telecom Inc. Net One International Inc. NetLojix Telecom Inc. NET-tel Corp. dba NET-tel Communications Corp. Network Billing Systems LLC Network Communications International Corp. aka Mundo Telecom and aka 1800Call4Less Network Innovations Inc. Network Service Billing Inc. Network US Inc. dba CA Affinity NetworkIP LLC New Access Communications LLC New Century Telecom Inc. New Edge Network Inc. dba New Edge Networks New Horizons Communications Corp. NexUSTel LLC NobelTel LLC Norlight Telecommunications Inc. Norstan Network Services Inc. North Dakota Long Distance LLC Northern Valley Communications LLC NOS Communications Inc. dba International Plus and dba Internet Business Association and Ivantage Network Solutions (Inetba) and dba 011 Communications and dba Blueridge Telecom Systems NOSVA Limited Partnership dba CierraCom Systems NovaTel Ltd. Inc. NYNEX Long Distance Co. dba Verizon Enterprise Solutions OLS Inc. Onvoy Inc. fka Minnesota Independent Interexchange Corp. dba MEANS Telcom OPCOM Inc. dba WCS Telecom dba WCS Operators Operator Service Co. dba Excell Services Opex Communications Inc. fka PremierCom Inc. OrbitCom fka VP Telecom Inc

26 Pacific Centrex Services Inc. PaeTec Communications Inc. Parcel Consultants Inc. dba Minimum Rate Pricing (answering phone as National Communications) Pathnet Inc. PNG Telecommunications Inc. dba PowerNet Global Communications and dba CrossConnect POPP Telcom fka Popp.Com Inc. Preferred Carrier Services Inc. Premiere Network Services Inc. Primus Telecommunications Inc. Public Communications Services Inc. Quantumshift Communications Inc. dba Vcom Solutions Qwest Communications Corp. Qwest Corp. Qwest LD Corp. dba Qwest Long Distance Reduced Rate Long Distance LLC Reliance Communications International Inc. Reliant Communications Inc. fka HJN Telecom Inc. Ridley Telephone Co. LLC RRV Enterprises Inc. dba Consumer Access Sancom Inc. dba Mitchell Telecom SBC Long Distance LLC dba SBC Long Distance dba AT&T Long Distance Silv Communication Inc. SmartStop Inc. SNiP Link LLC Sprint Communications Co. LP SSTelecom Inc. dba ITC Starlink Communications LLC Startec Global Operating Co. STi Prepaid LLC fka Dialaround Enterprises Inc. Talk America Inc. dba Cavalier Telephone also dba Cavalier Business Communications Telecare Inc. Telecom Management Inc. dba Pioneer Telephone Telecom Resources Inc. TeleCommunications Systems Corp. of Maryland Teleconnect Long Distance Services and Systems Co. dba Telecom*USA Telenational Communications Inc. Telrite Corp. Three River Telco dba Three River Long Distance TON Services Inc. Total Call International Inc. Total National Telecommunications Inc. dba Total World Telecom Touch 1 Communications Inc

27 Touchtone Communications Inc. Trans National Communications International Inc. Transamerica Telecom Inc. TRI-M Communications Inc. dba TMC Communications Trinsic Communications Inc. fka Z-Tel Communications Inc. TTI National Inc. U.S. Telecom Long Distance Inc. fka Corporate Calling Services Inc. fka Business Calling Plan Inc. UCN Inc. fka Buyers United Inc. fka Gyphics Communications Inc.dba BuyersOnline and dba United Carrier Networks Uni-Tel Communications Group Inc. Univance Telecommunications Inc. USA Digital Communications Inc. Vanco Direct USA LLC Verizon Select Services Inc. Voicecom Telecommunications LLC WDT World Discount Telecommunications Co. Western CLEC Corp. dba Business Services by Cellular One WilTel Communications LLC fka Williams Communications LLC Windstream Communications Inc. fka ALLTEL Holding Corporate Services Inc. WinStar Communications LLC fka Winstar Wireless Inc. Working Assets Funding Service Inc. dba Credo Long Distance X2Comm Inc. dba DC Communications XO Communications Services Inc. fka XO Network Services Inc. dba XO LDS fka XO Long Distance Services Inc. Yak Communications (America) Inc. Yestel USA Inc. ZENEX Long Distance Inc. Zeus Telecommunications LLC Zone Telecom Inc. OPERATOR SERVICE COMPANIES ASC Telecom Inc. Consolidated Communications Operator Services Inc. Evercom Systems Inc. (correctional facilities) Global Tel*Link Corp. Inmate Calling Solutions LLC dba ICSolutions Intellicall Operator Services Inc. dba ILD ITI Inmate Telephone Inc. Network Operator Services Inc. Phone1 Inc. Reliance Telephone Systems Inc. (correctional facilities)

28 T NETIX Inc. (correctional facilities) T-NETIX Telecommunications Services Inc. (correctional facilities) Transworld Network Corp. Value Added Communications Inc. (correctional facilities) COMPETITIVE LOCAL EXCHANGE Networks Inc Reconex Inc. dba USTel 360networks (USA) inc. Access Point Inc. ACN Communication Services Inc. Alticomm Inc. American Fiber Network Inc. d/b/a AFN, Inc. AT&T Communications of the Midwest Inc. Aventure Communication Technology LLC Avera Communication LLC Bandwidth.com CLEC LLC fka Computer Network Technology Corp. BEK Communications Cooperative BellSouth Long Distance Inc. dba AT&T Long Distance Service BLC Management LLC dba Angles Communication Solutions BT Communications Sales LLC Budget Prepay Inc. dba Budget Phone BullsEye Telecom Inc. Capital Telephone Co. Inc. CommPartners LLC COMTECH 21 LLC Comtel Telcom Assets LP Contact Communications Inc. Covista Inc. DakotaComm LLC DIECA Communications Inc. dba Covad Communications Co. FiberComm LC France Telecom Corporate Solutions LLC Global Capacity Group Inc. Granite Telecommunications LLC HickoryTech Long Distance fka Crystal Communications Inc. Hypercube Telecom LLC fka KMC Data LLC IDT America Corp. Integra Telecom of South Dakota Inc

29 Ionex Communications North Inc. Kentucky Data Link Inc. Knology of the Black Hills LLC fka PrairieWave Black Hills LLC Knology of the Plains Inc. fka PrairieWave Telecommunications Inc. Level 3 Communications LLC Long Lines Metro fka CommChoice LLC Matrix Telecom Inc. dba Matrix Business Technologies MCC Telephony of the Midwest Inc. MCImetro Access Transmission Services LLC dba Verizon Access Transmission Services McLeodUSA Telecommunications Services Inc. MegaPath Inc fka DSLnet Communications LLC Metropolitan Telecommunications of South Dakota Inc. Midcontinent Communications Midstate Telecom Inc. Momentum Telecom Inc. New Edge Network Inc. dba New Edge Networks Norlight Telecommunications Inc. Northern Valley Communications LLC NOS Communications Inc. dba Blueridge Telecom Systems dba International Plus; 011 Communications; The Internet Business Association (Inetba); and ivantage NETWORK SOLUTIONS OrditCom Inc. fka VP Telecom Pacific Centrex Services Inc. Pathnet Inc. Premiere Network Services Inc. Quantumshift Communications dba Vcom Solutions Qwest Communications Corp. RC Communications Inc. dba RC Services Reliant Communications Inc. fka HJN Telecom Inc. Sancom Inc. dba Mitchell Telecom Sprint Communications Co. LP Sprint Payphone Services Inc. SSTelecom Inc. Starlink Communications LLC Sti Prepaid LLC fka Dialaround Enterprises Inc. Talk America Inc. dba Cavalier Telephone also dba Cavalier Business Communications Trans National Communications International Inc. Trinsic Communications Inc. fka Z-Tel Communications Inc

30 UCN Inc. Vanco Direct USA LLC VCI Co. dba Vilaire Wyoming Financial Lenders fka Houlton Enterprises Inc. dba Guaranteed Phone Service XO Communications Services Inc. fka XO Network Services Inc. dba XO LDS YMax Communications Corp. LOCAL TELEPHONE COMPANIES Independents Armour Independent Telephone Co. dba Golden West Telecommunications Bridgewater-Canistota Independent Telephone dba Golden West Telecommunications Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Telephone Authority Fort Randall Telephone Co. Hills Telephone Co. Inc. dba Alliance Communications Jefferson Telephone LLC dba Long Lines Kadoka Telephone Co. dba Golden West Telecommunications Kennebec Telephone Co. Knology Communicty Telephone Inc. fka PrairieWave Community Telephone Inc. Mount Rushmore Telephone Co. Qwest Corp. RC Communications Inc. dba RC Services Sioux Valley Telephone Co. dba Golden West Telecommunications Splitrock Properties Inc. dba Alliance Communications Stockholm-Strandburg Telephone Co. dba ITC Tri-County Telcom Inc. Union Telephone Co. dba Golden West Telecommunications Vivian Telephone Co. dba Golden West Telecommunications Western Telephone Co. Municipals Beresford Municipal Telephone Co. City of Brookings Utilities Telephone Division dba Swiftel Communications Faith Municipal Telephone Co. Cooperatives Alliance Communications Cooperative Inc. Golden West Telecommunications Cooperative dba Golden West Telecommunications Interstate Telecommunications Cooperative (ITC) James Valley Telecommunications McCook Cooperative Telephone Co. Midstate Communications Inc. Roberts County Telephone Cooperative Assn

31 Santel Communications Cooperative Valley Telecommunications Cooperative Association Inc. Venture Communications Cooperative Inc. West River Cooperative Telephone Co. Foreign Exchange Carriers Citizens Telecommunications of Minnesota Inc. Consolidated Telcom Dickey Rural Communications Inc. Dickey Rural Telephone Cooperative Farmers Mutual Telephone Co. Great Plains Communications Heartland Telecommunications Co. of Iowa dba Hickory Tech Corp. Northeast Nebraska Telephone Co. Qwest Corp. Iowa Qwest Corp. Minnesota Qwest Corp. Nebraska Red River Rural Telephone Association RT Communications Inc. Three River Telco dba Three River Long Distance Valley Telephone Co. West River Telecommunications Cooperative MISCELLANEOUS TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANY South Dakota Network LLC dba SDN Communications WIRELESS COMPANIES Known by the Public Utilities Commission to be doing business in South Dakota

32 American Messaging Services LLC fka Verizon Wireless Messaging Services LLC Bell Atlantic Communications Inc. dba Verizon Wireless Messaging Services LLC Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless, as Success-in-Interest to CommNet Cellular Inc. Managing partner of the following: Cellular Inc. Network Corp. (MSA 289 B, RSA 634 B, RSA 635 B, RSA 636 B, RSA 638 B1, RSA 638 B2, RSA 639 B1 and RSA 639 B2) City of Brookings dba Swiftel Communications (product brand Sprint PSC) Dakota Systems Inc. fka Sioux Falls Cellular LP (MSA 267 B) Eastern SD Cellular Inc. fka Eastern S.D. of SD LP (RSA 642 B) Missouri Valley Cellular Inc. fka SD 7 Sully LP (RSA 640 B) Sanborn Cellular Inc. fka SD 8 Kingsbury LP (RSA 641 B) Coast to Coast Cellular Inc. Golden West Technologies Inc. (paging) Ionex Communications North Inc. Iowa Wireless Services LLC dba i Wireless James Valley Wireless LLC KDDI America Inc. Long Lines Wireless LLC MCIMetro Access Transmission Services LLC dba Verizon Access Transmission Services Midco Communications Inc. nka Midcontinent Communications Midwest Wireless Communications LLC New Cell Inc. NYNEX Long Distance Co. dba Verizon Enterprise Solutions OnStar Corp. dba OEM Telematics Services Pierre Radio Paging & Telephone Inc. Qwest Wireless LLC RCC Minnesota and Wireless Alliance dba RCC Minnesota Inc. Rural Cellular Corp. aka Glacial Cellular 2000 dba Unicel TeleCommunications Systems Corp. of Maryland Touchtone Communications Inc. Vantek Communications fka McLeodUSA Wireless Systems Inc. fka Dakota Wireless Systems Inc. (DTG) Verizon Wireless

33 Wagner Mobile Phone Inc. Western Communications Inc. Western Wireless Managing partner of the following: Cellular Corp. of Sioux Falls dba Cellular One (MSA 267 A) GCC License LLC (MSA 289 A, RSA 638 A, RSA 639 A, RSA 635 A, A 637 A, RSA 641 A, RSA 640 A, RSA 642 A, RSA 634 A, RSA 636 A) Wireless Alliance PSC dba Unicel Working Assets Funding Services Inc. Ztar Mobile Inc. South Dakota Telephone Company Web Sites Reconex, Inc Networks

34 3UTelecom, Inc. Access One, Inc. Access Point, Inc. ACN Communication Services Affinity Network, Inc. dba QuantumLink Comm and HorizonOne Comm. Airespring, Inc. Airnex Communications Alliance Communications Cooperative, Inc. AmeriVision Comm. Armour Independent Telephone Co. AT&T Communications of the Midwest Bandwidth.com CLEC BEK Communications BellSouth Long Distance dba AT&T Long Distance Beresford Municipal Telephone Broadwing Communications Bridgewater-Canistota Independent Telephone Co. Brookings Municipal Utilities/Swiftel BT Communications Budget Call Long Distance Bullseye Telecom Inc. Business Network Long Distance Business Productivity Solutions Business Telecom, Inc. dba BTI Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Telephone Authority Cincinnati Bell Any Distance Inc. Citizens Telecommunication Co of Minnesota Comcast Business Communication Communications Network Billing Consolidated Telecom Consolidated Communications Network Services Covista, Inc. DakotaComm, LLC DSLnet Communications LLC Embarq Payphone Services Fairpoint Carrier Services Farmers Mutual Telephone Fibercomm Frontier Communications Global Crossing North American Networks Go Solo Technologies Golden West Telecommunications Cooperative, Inc. Granite Telecommunications Great Plains Comm Hickory Tech Hills Telephone Co. IDT America Inerstate Telecommunications Co-op. Infone, LLC. Integra Telecom of S.D. Intellicall Operator Services Interstate Telecommunications Co-op. James Valley Cooperative Telephone Co

35 Kadoka Telephone Kennebec Telephone Knology LCR Telecommunications Least Cost Routing Legacy Long Distance Level 3 Comm Matrix Telecom McCook Cooperative Telephone Co. MCIMetro Access Transmission Services McLeod USA Midcontinent Comm. Midstate Communications, Inc. Mitel NetSolutions National Access Long Distance National Directory Assistance, LLC. Net One Int l NetLojix Telecom Network Billing Systems Network Operator Services New Edge Network Norlight Telecommunications Northeast Nebraska Telephone Co. Northern Valley Communications NOS Communications Nosva Limited Onvoy, Inc. Opex Communications PaeTec Communications PNG Telecommunications Quantum Shift Qwest RC Communications Red River Telephone Reduced Rate Long Distance Reliance Telephone Systems RT Communications Roberts County Telephone Co-op. Rural Cellular Corp. Sancom Inc. dba Mitchell Telecom Santel Communications Silv Communications Sioux Valley Telephone Co. South Dakota Network (SDN) Splitrock Properties, Inc. Sprint Communications Stockholm-Strandburg Telephone Co. Telecare, Inc. Telecom Management dba Pioneer Teleconnect Long Distance Co. dba Telecom*USA Telenational Communications Telrite Corp. T-Netix

36 Ton Services Trans National Comm Tri-County Telcom, Inc. Trinsic Communications Union Telephone Co. Valley Telecommunications Coop. Assn. Valley Telephone Venture Communications Verizon Wireless Vivian Telephone Co. VoiceCom Telecommunications Western Telephone Co. West River Cooperative Telephone Co. West River Telecommunications Cooperative WilTel Communications Wireless Alliance XO Communications Yak Communications Zone Telecom, Inc