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2 1 2 3 BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OF OREGON UM In the Matter of PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OF OREGON Staff investigation of the Oregon Universal Service Fund JOINT MOTION OF FRONTIER, CENTURYLINK AND OTA TO STRIKE PORTIONS OF OCTA REBUTTAL TESTIMONY Pursuant to OAR , Frontier Communications Northwest, Inc. (Frontier, CenturyLink 1, and the Oregon Telecommunications Association (OTA jointly move the Oregon Public Utility Commission for an Order striking portions of the Rebuttal Testimony of the Oregon Cable Telecommunications Association (OCTA as the testimony raises new facts and issues which should have been raised in direct testimony and are not proper rebuttal testimony. Allowing this improper rebuttal testimony denies all parties in the Docket the chance to respond to the new evidence Factual Basis for the Motion On January 30, 2013, the OCTA filed the Rebuttal Testimony of August H. Ankum designated as Exhibit OCTA/200, Ankum/1-44. Beginning at OCTA/200, Ankum/3, line 11, OCTA proposes a new cost allocation methodology not discussed in its Direct Testimony: Given the rulings issued by the Administrative Law Judge ( ALJ restricting the scope of discovery in this proceeding, I propose allocating 1 CenturyLink consists of United Telephone Company of the Northwest, Century Tel of Oregon, Century Tel of Eastern Oregon and Qwest Corporation. UM 1481 Joint Motion to Strike Testimony, Page 1

3 ILEC network cost based on the bandwidth requirements of basic voice service compared with non-basic services (e.g., broadband services. The introduction of the new proposal continues through OCTA/200, Ankum/3, line 21. This new methodology is discussed more fully beginning at OCTA/200, Ankum/10, line 1 through OCTA/200, Ankum/15, line 4. Introducing new evidence through rebuttal testimony is objectionable and the improper evidence should be stricken. Given the schedule in this case, no party has the right or ability to offer testimony to rebut OCTA s new proposal and the Commission is denied the opportunity to consider rebuttal evidence on a proposal that should have been contained in OCTA s Direct Testimony. Argument It is important to recall the timeline of events that gave rise to this issue. The Administrative Law Judge (ALJ issued his ruling denying OCTA s Motion to Compel the production of evidence relating to broadband revenues on December 3, OCTA did not file its Direct Testimony until December 10, Also on December 10th, OCTA filed its Motion to Certify the ALJ s ruling on broadband revenues in hopes of overturning the ALJ s ruling. Rather than hedge its bets and offer testimony that contained alternative proposals that would take into account the possible outcomes of its Motion to Certify, OCTA filed testimony that assumed it would prevail. OCTA now seeks to correct this mistake at the expense of the other parties by making a new cost allocation proposal in its Rebuttal Testimony to which there is no opportunity to respond. This denies all parties a fair process and hearing as well the Commission sufficient information to make an informed decision. Based on the forgoing facts and arguments, Frontier, CenturyLink and the OTA request that their Joint Motion to Strike be granted and the previously referenced portions of OCTA/200 be stricken. UM 1481 Joint Motion to Strike Testimony, Page 2

5 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I certify that on February 5, 2013 I served the foregoing document(s upon all parties of record in Docket No.UM 1481 by . Mark Trinchero (C (W Cynthia Manheim (W Davis Wright Tremaine AT&T Suite 2300 P.O. Box SW Fifth Ave Redmond, WA Portland, OR cm9268@att.com marktrinchero@dwt.com Alan J. Galloway (W Barbara Young (W Davis Wright Tremaine Embarq Communications, Inc Suite Wasco St - ORHDRA SW Fifth Ave Hood River, OR Portland, OR barbara.c.young@centurylink. alangalloway@dwt.com com David Collier (W Sharon Mullin (W AT&T Communications of the Pacific NW AT&T Services, Inc. 645 E Plumb Ln 816 Congress Ave P.O. Box Austin, TX Reno, NV sm3162@att.com david.collier@att.com Jason C. Jones (C (W G. Catriona McCracken (C (W Department of Justice Citizens Utility Board 1162 Court St., NE 610 SW Broadway, Ste 400 Salem, OR Portland, OR jason.w.jones@state.or.us Catriona@oregoncub.org Gordon Feighner (C (W Doug Cooley (W Citizens Utility Board Comcast Business 610 SW Broadway, Ste 400 Communications, Inc. Portland, OR Industrial Dr. NE Gordon@oregoncub.com Salem, OR doug_cooley@cable.comcast. com 1

6 Citizens Utility Board (W Tim Spannring (W OPUC Dockets Comspan Communications 610 SW Broadway. Ste NW Garden Valley Blvd Portland, OR Roseburg, OR Arthur A. Butler (C (W Roger T. Dunaway (W Ater Wynne LLP Ater Wynne LLP 601 Union St., Ste Union St., Ste 1501 Seattle, WA Seattle, WA Ron L. Trullinger (C (W William E. Hendricks (C (W CenturyLink CenturyLink 310 SW Park Ave., 11 th flr 902 Wasco St. A0412 Portland, OR Hood River, OR Renee Willer (W (C Kevin Saville (W (C Frontier Communications NW, Inc. Frontier Communications NW Von Neumann Dr of America Beaverton, OR Wilshire Blvd Mound, MN Carsten Koldsbaek (W Jim Rennard (W GVNW Consulting GVNW Consulting P.O. Box 2330 P.O. Box 2330 Tualatin, OR Tualatin, OR Jeffry H. Smith (C (W Douglas K Denney (C (W GVNW Consulting Integra Telecom P.O. Box NE Lloyd Blvd, Ste 500 Tualatin, OR Portland, OR jsmith@gvnw.com dkdenney@integratelecom.com Richard A. Finnigan (C (W J Jeffrey Oxley 2112 Black Lake Blvd SW Integra Telecom Olympia, WA Golden Hills Dr rickfinn@localaccess.com Golden Valley, MN jjoxley@integratelecom.com 2

7 Lyndall Nipps (W Richard B. Severy (W (C TW Telecom of Oregon LLC Verizon 9665 Granite Ridge Dr, Ste Mitchell Dr, Bldg 8-2 San Diego, CA Walnut Creek, CA Lisa Rackner (W Adam Lowney (W McDowell Rackner & Gibson McDowell Rackner & Gibson 419 SW 11 th Ave, Ste SW 11 th Ave, Ste 400 Portland, OR Portland, OR Mike Dewey (W Craig Phillips (W OCTA OECA 1249 Commercial St., SE 1104 Main St., #300 Salem, OR Vancouver, WA Brant Wolf (C (W Kay Marinos (C (W OTA OPUC th St,. SE, STE 120 P.O. Box 2148 Salem, OR Salem, OR Roger White (C (W Carla Butler (W OPUC Qwest P.O. Box SW Park Ave., 11 th Flr Salem, OR Portland, OR Milt H. Doumit (W Rudolph M. Reyes (W (C Verizon Verizon th Ave SE, Ste Spear St., 7 th Flr Olympia, WA San Francisco, CA milt.h.doumit@verizon.com rudy.reyes@verizon.com Marsha Spellman (C (W Adam Haas (C (W WSTC SW Hawthorne Ln Portland, OR marsha.spellman@warmspringstelecom.com adam.haas@warmspringstelecom.com 3

BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTLITY COMMISISON OF OREGON UM 1547

BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTLITY COMMISISON OF OREGON UM 1547 May 2, 2012 Filing Center Oregon Public Utility Commission 550 Capitol Street NE Suite 215 RE: UM 1547 Call Termination Investigation Dear Filing Center, Enclosed is the original and one copy of Petition