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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 1919 M STREET, N.W. WASHINGTON, D.C. 20554 DA 98-2642 News media mfonnauon 2027418:0500 Fax-Ori-Demand 2021418-2830 Internet: http://www.tcc.gov ftp.ice.gov

COMMON CARRIER BUREAU SENDS LIST OF RURAL TELEPHONE COMPANIES TO THE UNIVERSAL SERVICE ADMINISTRATIVE COMPANY

FOR PURPOSES OF DETERMINING FEDERAL UNIVERSAL SERVICE HIGH COST SUPPORT BEGINNING JULY 1, 1999

CC Docket 96-45

Released: December 31, 1998

On May 8, 1997, the Commission established in the Universal Service Order that rural and non-rural LECs will receive federal universal service support determined by separate mechanisms. 1 In order to differentiate between rural and non-rural carriers, the Common Carrier Bureau (Bureau) released a Public Notice on September 23, 1997 that requires local exchange carriers (LE Cs) seeking to be classified as rural telephone companies to file a letter with the Commission by April 30 of each year in which they self-certify that they meet the statutory definition of "rural telephone company."2 In the Self-Certification Public Notice, the Bureau stated that it would send a list of carriers certified as rural telephone companies to the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) by July 31 of each year.3 On June 22, 1998, the Bureau released a Public Notice acknowledging the receipt of such self-certification letters.4 The new support system for non-rural companies was. scheduled to be implemented January 1, 1999. On July 17, 1998, however, the Commission released an Order indicating that the revised high cost support mechanisms for non-rural carriers will take effect July 1, 1999.5 The Bureau released a Public Notice on July 31, 1998, indicating that it would submit

1 Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, Report and Order, 12 FCC Red 8776, 8927,, 273 (1997) (Universal Service Order).

2 Self-Certification as a Rural Telephone Company, Public Notice, DA 97-1748 (rel. Sept. 23, 1997) (Self-Certification Public Notice). See 47 U.S.C. § 153(37).

3 Id.

4 Commission Acknowledges Receipt of Letters Self-Certifying LECs as Rural Telephone Companies, Public Notice, DA 98-1205 (rel. June 22, 1998) (June 22 Public Notice).

5 Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, Order and Order on Reconsideration. FCC 98-160 (rel. July 17, 1998) (Order).

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a list of rural telephone companies to USAC on January 1, rather than July 31, of each year.6

For purposes of determining federal universal service high cost support for July 1, 1999 through June 30, 2000, we will treat as rural carriers the LECs that filed rural self­certification letters this year. The list of carriers in Attachment 1 that we are sending to USAC includes those carriers listed in the attachment to the June 22 Public Notice announcing receipt of the rural self-certification letters as well as those carriers that submitted self-certification letters after release of the June 22 Public Notice. The Bureau's acceptance of a carrier's self-certification as rural in this Public Notice is not intended to confer status as a "rural telephone company" on such carrier for future years or for any other purpose. This does not preclude further guidance in interpreting the definition of "rural telephone company" in the future or a determination for future years that a carrier that has self-certified as rural should be instead treated as a non-rural carrier.

For further information contact Katie King, Accounting Policy Division, Common Carrier Bureau at (202) 418-7400.

6 Common Carrier Bureau Announces New Date for Sending List of Rural Telephone Companies to the Universal Service Administrative Company, Public Notice, DA 98-1520 (rel. July 31, 1998).

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Attachment 1

List Of Carriers Who Filed Rural Self-Certification Letters

3 Rivers Telephone Cooperative, Inc. Absaraka Cooperative Telephone Company Accent Communications, Inc. Accipiter Communications, Inc. Accucomm Telecommunications, Inc. Ace Telephone Association Ace Telephone Company of Michigan, Inc. Adams Telephone Cooperative, Inc. Agate Mutual Telephone Alaska Telephone Company Albany Mutual Telephone Assoc. Albion Telephone Company, Inc. Alenco Communications, Inc. Alhambra-Grantfork Telephone Company All West Communications/UT All West Communications/WY Allendale Telephone Company ALL TEL Alabama, Inc. ALL TEL Arkansas, Inc. ALL TEL Carolina, Inc.-North ALL TEL Florida, Inc. ALL TEL Georgia Communications Corporation ALL TEL Georgia, Inc. ALL TEL Kentucky, Inc. ALL TEL Mississippi, Inc. ALL TEL Missouri, Inc. ALL TEL New York, Inc. ALL TEL Ohio, Inc. ALL TEL Oklahoma, Inc. ALL TEL Pennsylvania, Inc. ALL TEL South Carolina, Inc. Alma Telephone Company - Georgia Alma Telephone Company - Missouri Alpine Communications, L.C. Amana Colonies Telephone Company Amelia Telephone Corporation American Samoa Telecommunications Authority Amery Telecom, Inc. Amherst Telephone Company Andrew Telephone Co. Arcadia Telephone Company Arcadia Telephone Cooperative Ardmore Telephone Company Arizona Telephone Company Arkansas Telephone Company, Inc. Arlington Telephone Company Armour Independent Telephone Company Armstrong Telephone Company Northern Division Armstrong Telephone Company - MD Armstrong Telephone Company - NY Armstrong Telephone Company - PA

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Armstrong Telephone Company - WV Armstrong Telephone Company North Arrowhead Communications Corp. Arthur Mutual Telephone Company Artie Slope Telephone Association Coop., Inc. Arvig Telephone Company Asotin Telephone Company A TC Communications Atkins Telephone Company, Inc. Atlantic Telephone Membership Corporation Atlas Telephone Co., Inc. Ayersville Telephone Co. Ayrshire Farmers Mutual Telephone Company Baca Valley Telephone Co Inc Badger Telecom, Inc. Baldwin Telecom, Inc. Baldwin-Nashville Telephone Company, Inc. Ballard Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc. Baltic Telecom Cooperative Baraga Telephone Company Bamardsville Telephone Company Barnes City Cooperative Telephone Co. Barry County Telephone Company Bascom Mutual Telephone Company Bay Springs Telephone Company Bayland Telephone, Inc. Bear Lake Communications, Inc. Beaver Creek Cooperative Telephone Co. Beehive Telephone Company Beehive Telephone Company, Inc. Nevada Beggs Telephone Co., Inc. BEK Communications Cooperative BEK Communications I, Inc. Belmont Telephone Company Ben Lomand Rural Telephone Coop., Inc. Benkelman Telephone Company, Inc. Benton Cooperative Telephone Benton Ridge Telephone Company Beresford Municipal Telephone Company Bergen Telephone Company - Illinois Bergen Telephone Company - Wisconsin Berkshire Telephone Corporation Bernard Telephone Co., Inc. Bettles Telephone, Inc. Big Bend Telephone Company Big Sandy Telecom, Inc. Bijou Telephone Co-Op Assn. Bixby Telephone Co. Black Earth Telephone Company Blackduck Telephone Company Blackfoot Telephone Cooperative, Inc. Blair Telephone Company Blanca Telephone Company Blanchard Telephone Association Bledsoe Telephone Cooperative Bloomer Telephone Company

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Century Telephone of Southwest Louisiana, Inc. Century Telephone of Southwest, Inc. (Arizona) Century Telephone of Wisconsin, Inc. CFW Telephone Inc. Champlain Telephone Company Champlain Valley Telecom Chapin Telephone Company Chariton Valley Telephone Corp. Chatham Telephone Company Chautauqua & Erie Telephone Corporation Chazy & Westport Telephone Corp. Chequamegon Telephone Cooperative, Inc. Cherokee Telephone Company Chesnee Telephone Company, Inc. Chester Telephone Company Chibardun Telephone Cooperative, Inc. Chichester Telephone Company Chickamauga Telephone Corporation Chickasaw Telephone Company Chillicothe Telephone Company China Telephone Company Chippewa County Telephone Company Choctaw Telephone Co. Chouteau Telephone Company Christensen Communications Co. d/b/a Madelia Telephone Chugwater Telephone Company Churchill County Telephone & Telegraph Cimarron Telephone Company, Inc. Circle Telephone Citizen's Telephone Corporation Citizens Mountain State Telephone Company Citizens Telecommunications Co. of the Volunteer State, LLC Citizens Telecommunications Co. of the White Mountains, Citizens Telecommunications Company of California Citizens Telecommunications Company of Idaho Citizens Telecommunications Company of Montana Citizens Telecommunications Company of Nevada Citizens Telecommunications Company of Nevada Citizens Telecommunications Company of New York Citizens Telecommunications Company of New York Citizens Telecommunications Company of New York Citizens Telecommunications Company of Oregon Citizens Telecommunications Company of Tennessee, LLC Citizens Telecommunications Company of the Golden State Citizens Telecommunications Company of Tuolomne Citizens Telecommunications Company of Utah Citizens Telecommunications Company West Virginia Citizens Telephone Company - North Carolina Citizens Telephone Company of Hammond, NY, Inc. Citizens Telephone Company of Higginsville Missouri Citizens Telephone Company of Kecksburg Citizens Telephone Company, Inc. - Georgia Citizens Telephone Cooperative, Inc.-WI Citizens Telephone Cooperative-VA Citizens Utilities Rural Company, Inc. City of Barnesville

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City of Brookings Municipal Telephone Clara City Telephone Company Clarence Telephone Company, Inc. Clark Fork Telecommunications, Inc. Clarks Telecommunications Co. Clay County Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc. Clear Creek Mutual Telephone Company Clear Lake Independent Telephone Company - Iowa Clear Lake Independent Telephone Company Clear Lake Telephone Company, Inc. - Wisconsin Clements Telephone Co., Inc. Cleveland County Telephone Company, Inc. Climax Telephone Co. Coastal Utilities, Inc. Cobbosseecontee Tel & Tel Co. Cochrane Cooperative Telephone Company Coleman County Telephone Cooperative Colo Telephone Company Colorado Valley Telephone Cooperative, Inc. Colton Telephone Company Columbine Telecom Company Columbine Telephone Company dba Teton Telecom Columbus Grove Telephone Company Columbus Telephone Company Comanche County 'Telephone Company, Inc. Commonwealth Telephone Company Communications Corporation of Indiana, Inc. Communications Corporation of Michigan Communications Corporation of Southern Indiana,· Inc. Community Service Telephone Company Community Telephone Co., Inc. ComSouth Telecommunications, Inc. Concord Telephone Company Concord Telephone Exchange, Inc. Conestoga Telephone & Telegraph Conneaut Telephone Company Consolidated Telco., Inc. Consolidated Telephone Co. - Minnesota Consolidated Telephone Company - Nebraska Consolidated Telephone Cooperative Conte! of Arkansas, Inc. dba GTE Arkansas, Inc. Conte! of CA - Nevada Conte! of California, Inc. Continental Telephone Company Contoocook Valley Telephone Co, Inc. Coon Creek Telephone Company Coon Valley Co-op Telephone Assn. Coon Valley Farmers Telephone Company, Inc. Cooperative Telephone Company Cooperative Telephone Exchange Copper Valley Telephone Cooperative, Inc. Copper Valley Telephone, Inc. Cordova Telephone Cooperative, Inc. Com Belt Telephone Co. Council Grove Telephone Co. Cowiche Telephone Company

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Cozad Telephone Company Craigville Telephone Company Crandon Telephone Company Craw-Kan Telephone Cooperative, Inc. - Kansas Craw-Kan Telephone Cooperative, Inc. - Missouri CrockettTelephone Company, Inc. Cross Telephone Company Crosslake Telephone Company Crossville Telephone Company Crown Point Telephone Corporation CTC Communications, Inc. Cuba City Telephone Exchange Cumberland Telephone Company Cumby Telephone Cooperative, Inc. Cunningham Telephone Company, Inc. Curtis Telephone Company, Inc. Custer Telephone Cooperative, Inc. Dakota Central Telecom I Dakota Central Telecommunications Cooperative Dakota Telecommunications Group, Inc. Dalton Telephone Company, Inc. Danube Telephone Company Danville Mutual Telephone Company Darien Telephone Company Daviess-Martin County Rural Telephone Corporation Decatur Telephone Co., Inc. Decatur Telephone Company Deep River Mutual Telephone Company Deerfield Farmers Tel. Co. Defiance Telephone Company, Inc. DeKalb Telephone Cooperative Delavan Telephone Company Delcambre Telephone Company, Inc. Delhi Telephone Company Dell Tel Coop - New Mexico Dell Telephone Cooperative - Texas Delta County Tele-Comm, Inc. Delta Telephone Company, Inc. Denver and Ephrata Tel. and Telegraph Co. dba D&E Tel. Deposit Telephone Company Dickey Rural Communications, Inc. Dickey Rural Telephone Cooperative Dickeyville Telephone Corporation Diller Telephone Company Dixon Telephone Company Dixville Telephone Co. Dobson Telephone Company, Inc. Doylestown Telephone Company Drenthe Telephone Co. Dubois Telephone Exchange, Inc. Ducor Telephone Company Dumont Telephone Company Dunbarton Telephone Company Dunkerton Telephone Cooperative Dunkirk and Fredonia Telephone Company Dunnell Telephone Co., Inc.

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Duo County Telephone Cooperative Corp., Inc. E. Ritter Telephone Company E.N.M.R. Telephone Cooperative Inc Eagle Valley Telephone Company Eagle Telecommunications, Inc. - Eagle PTI Eagle Telephone System, Inc. EagleNet, Inc. East Ascension Telephone Company, Inc. East Buchanan Telephone Cooperative East Plains Telecom, Inc. EastCoast Telecom, Inc. Eastern Nebraska Telephone Company

" Eastern Slope Rural Telephone Assoc., Inc. Eastex Telephone Cooperative, Inc. Easton Telephone Company Eckles Telephone Company Edwards Telephone Company, Inc. Egyptian Telephone Cooperative Association El Paso County Telephone Company El Paso Telephone Company Electra Telephone Company, Inc. Elizabeth Telephone Company Elkhart Telephone Company, Inc. Ellensburg Telephone Company Ellerbe Telephone Company Ellijay Telephone Company Ellington Telephone Company Ellsworth Cooperative Telephone Association Elsie Mutual Telephone Co. Emery Telephone Emily Cooperative Telephone Empire Telephone Corporation Etex Telephone Coop., Inc. Eustis Telephone Exchange Evans Telephone Company Faith Municipal Telephone Company Farber Telephone Co. Farmers & Merchants Mutual Telephone Co. Farmers Cooperative Telephone Company - Dysart Farmers Independent Telephone Company Farmers Mutual Cooperative Telephone Company - Harlan Farmers Mutual Cooperative Telephone Company - Moulton Farmers Mutual Telephone Company - Ohio Farmers Mutual Telephone Company - Idaho Farmers Mutual Telephone Company - Bellingham Farmers Mutual Telephone Company - Jesup Farmers Mutual Telephone Company - Nora Springs Farmers Mutual Telephone Company - Stanton Farmers Mutual Telephone Cooperative of Shellsburg Farmers Telephone Company - Wisconsin Farmers Telephone Company - Essex Farmers Telephone Company - Riceville Farmers Telephone Company, Inc.-Colorado Farmers Telephone Cooperative, Inc.-AL Farmers Telephone Cooperative, Inc.-SC Farmers' & Business Mens' Telephone Company

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Farmers' Telephone Company - Batavia Federated Telephone Cooperative Felton Telephone Co. Fenton Cooperative Telephone Company Fidelity Telephone Company Filer Mutual Telephone Company - Idaho Filer Mutual Telephone Company - Nevada Fishers Island Telephone Company Five Area Telephone Coop, Inc. Flat Rock Telephone Co-Op, Inc. Foothills Rural Telephone Cooperative corporation, Inc. Foresthill Telephone Co., Inc. Fort Bend Telephone Company Fort Jennings Telephone Company Fort Mill Telephone Company Fort Mojave Telecommunications, Inc. Fort Randall Telephone Company Franklin Telephone Co., Inc. Franklin Telephone Company, Inc. Fremont Telcom Frontier Comm of Alabama, Inc. Frontier Comm of AuSable Valley, Inc. Frontier Comm of Breezewood, Inc. Frontier Comm of Canton, Inc. Frontier Comm of DePue, Inc. Frontier Comm of Fairmount, Inc. Frontier Comm of Georgia, Inc. Frontier Comm of Illinois, Inc. Frontier Comm of Indiana, Inc. Frontier Comm of Lakeshore, Inc. Frontier Comm of Lakeside, Inc. Frontier Comm of Lakewood, Inc. Frontier Comm of Lamar County, Inc. Frontier Comm of Michigan - Ohio Frontier Comm of Michigan, Inc. Frontier Comm of Midland, Inc. Frontier Comm of Minnesota, Inc. Frontier Comm of Mississippi, Inc. Frontier Comm of Mondovi, Inc. Frontier Comm of Mt. Pulaski, Inc. Frontier Comm of New York, Inc. Frontier Comm of Orion, Inc. Frontier Comm of Oswayo River, Inc. Frontier Comm of Pennsylvania, Inc. Frontier Comm of Prairie, Inc. Frontier Comm of Schuyler, Inc. - IA Frontier Comm of Schuyler, Inc. - IL Frontier Comm of Seneca Gorham, Inc. Frontier Comm of St. Croix, Inc. Frontier Comm of Sylvan Lake, Inc. Frontier Comm of the South, Inc. - AL Frontier Comm of the South, Inc. - FL Frontier Comm of Thorntown, Inc. Frontier Comm of Viroqua, Inc. Frontier Comm of Wisconsin, Inc. Frontier Communications of Iowa, Inc.

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Fulton Telephone Company, Inc. Gallatin River Communications Ganado Telephone Company, Inc. Garden Valley Telephone Company Gardonville Coop. Tel. Assn. Geetingsville Telephone, Inc. Gem State Utilities Corporation - Idaho Gem State Utilities Corporation - Nevada Geneseo Telephone Company Georgetown Telephone Company, Inc. Georgia ALL TEL Telecom, Inc. Georgia Telephone Corporation Germantown Independent Telephone Company Germantown Telephone Company, Inc. Gervais Telephone Company Gila River Telecommunications, Inc. Glacier State Telephone Company Glandorf Telephone Co., Inc. Glasford Telephone Company Glenwood Telephone Company Glenwood Telephone Membership Corporation Golden Belt Telephone Association, Inc. Golden West Telecommunications Goldfield Telephone Company Goodman Telephone Company Gorham Telephone Company, Inc. Goshen Telephone Company Graceba Total Communications, Inc. Grafton Telephone Company Granada Telephone Company Granby Tel. & Telegraph Company, Inc. of Massachusetts Granby Telephone Company Grand Mound Cooperative Telephone Association Grand River Mutual Telephone Corporation - Iowa Grand River Mutual Telephone Corporation - Missouri Grand Telephone Company, Inc. Granite State Telephone Grantland Telecom, Inc. Great Plains Communications, Inc. Green Hills Telephone Corporation Gridley Telephone Co. Griggs County Telephone Co. Griswold Cooperative Telephone Company Grove Hill Telephone Corporation GTC, Inc. dba GT Com. - AL GTC, Inc. dba GT Com. - GA GTE Alaska, Inc. GTE Iowa-Contel GTE Kentucky - Conte! GTE Midwest - Iowa GTE Midwest - Nebraska GTE Minnesota GTE Northwest, Inc. GTE NW - Washington - Conte! GTE of Eastern MO - Contel GTE Penn-quaker State - contel

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GTE Pennsylvania - Contel GTE SE - New Mexico - Contel GTE South - New Mexico GTE South - Virginia GTE South Carolina - Contel GTE South, Inc.-Alltel Illinois GTE Southwest, Inc. GTE Systems of the So. - Alltel MI GTE Systems of lowa-Contel GTE Systems of MO - Contel GTE Systems of the SO-Alltel Indiana GTE West Coast, Inc. Guadalupe Valley Telephone Cooperative, Inc. Guam Telephone Authority Gulf Telephone Company Gunnison Telephone Company H & B Communications, Inc. Hager Telecom, Inc. Halstad Telephone Company Hamilton County Telephone Co-op Hamilton Telephone Company Hampden Telephone Company Hancock Rural Telephone Corp. Hancock Telephone Co. - Minnesota Hancock Telephone Company - New York Hanson County Telephone Company Happy Valley Telephone Company Hardy Telecommunications, Inc. Hargray Telephone Co., Inc. Harmony Telephone Co. Harold Telephone Company, Inc. Harrisonville Telephone Company Hart Telephone Company Hartington Telecommunications, Inc. Hartland & St. Albans Telephone Company Hartman Telephone Company Hat Island Telephone Company Haviland Telephone Co., Inc. Hawkeye Telephone Co. Haxtum Telephone Company Hayneville Telephone Company, Inc. Headwaters Telephone Company Heart of Iowa Tel. Cooperative Heartland Communications, Inc. Heartland Telecommunications Company of Iowa Heath Springs Telephone Company Helix Telephone Company Hemingford Co-operative Telephone Company Henderson Co-op Telephone Company Henry County Telephone Company Hershey Cooperative Telephone Company Hiawatha Telephone Co. Hickory Telephone co. Highland Telephone Cooperative Hill Country Telephone Cooperative, Inc. Hills Telephone Company

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Hillsboro Telephone Co., Inc. Hinton Telephone Company Hollis Telephone Company, Inc. Holway Telephone Company Home Telephone Co. Home Telephone Co. of Nebraska Home Telephone Co.-St. Jacob Home Telephone Company - oregon Home Telephone Company of Pittsboro Home Telephone Company, Inc. - Kansas Home Telephone Company, Inc. - Indiana Home Telephone Company, Inc.-SC Home Telephone Company-MN Hood Canal Telephone Hooper Telephone Company Hopper Telecommunications Co., Inc. Homitos -Telephone Company Horry Telephone Cooperative, Inc. Hospers Telephone Company Hot Springs Telephone Co. Hubard Co-operative Telephone Association Humboldt Telephone Company Humphrey's County Telephone Company Hutchinson Telephone Company . Huxley Cooperative Telephone Company IAMO Telephone Company - IA IAMO Telephone Company - Missouri Illinois Consolidated Telephone Company Indianhead Telephone Company Indiantown Telephone Systems, Inc. Industry Telephone Company Inland Telephone Company Inter Island Telephone Company, Inc. Inter-Community Telephone Company Inter-Community Telephone Company II InterBel Telephone Cooperative, Inc. Interior Telephone Company Interstate 35 Telephone Company Interstate Telecommunications Cooperative, Inc. Interstate Telephone Company - GA Intrastate Telephone Company, Inc. - SD Intrastate Telephone Company, Inc. - MN Iowa Network Services, Inc. Ironton Telephone Company Island Telephone Company - Maine Island Telephone Company - Michigan James Valley Cooperative Telephone company JBN Telephone Company JED Enterprises, Inc. dba Pine Drive Telephone Co. Jefferson Telephone Company - South Dakota Jefferson Telephone Company - Iowa Johnson Telephone Co. Jordan-Soldier Valley Telephone Company Juneau Douglas Telephone Company K & M Telephone Company, Inc. Kadoka Telephone Co.

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Kalama Telephone Company Kaleva Telephone Company Kalida Telephone Company, Inc. Kalona Cooperative Telephone Company KanOkla Telephone Association, Inc. Kaplan Telephone Company, Inc. Kasson & Mantorville Telephone Company Kearsarge Telephone Company Kendall Telephone, Inc. Kennebec Telephone Company, Inc. Kerman Telephone Co. Kerrville Telephone Company Ketchikan Public Utilities Keystone Farmers Cooperative Telephone Co. Keystone-Arthur Telephone Company Kingdom Telephone Company Kingsgate Telephone, Inc. Kinsman Mutual Telephone Company KLM Telephone Company La Porte City Telephone Co. La Ward Telephone Exchange, Inc. Lackawaxen Telephone Company Lafourche Telephone Co. LaHarpe Telephone Company, Inc.-IL LaHarpe Telephone Company, Inc.-KS LaJicarita Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc. Lake Livingston Telephone Company, Inc. Lakedale Telephone Company Lakefield Telephone Company Lakeside Telephone Company, Inc. LaMotte Telephone Company Lancaster Telephone Company Lathrop Telephone Company Laurel Highland Telephone Company Laurel Telephone Company, Inc. Lavaca Telephone Co., Inc., dba Pinnacle Communications LaValle Telephone Cooperative, Inc. Le-Ru Telephone Company Leaco Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc. Leaf River Telephone Company Lehigh Valley Cooperative Telephone Association Lemonweir Valley Telephone Company Lennon Telephone Company Leslie County Telephone Company Lewis River Telephone Company Lewisport Telephone Company, Inc. Lexington Telephone Co. dba Lexcom Telephone Company Ligonier Telephone Company, Inc. Lincoln County Telephone Systems, Inc. Lincoln Telephone Company, Inc. - Montana Lincolnville Telephone Company Lipan Telephone Company, Inc. Lismore Cooperative Telephone Co. Little Miami Communications Corporation Livingston Telephone Co. Lockhart Telephone Company

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Logan Telephone Cooperative, Inc. Lone Rock Cooperative Telephone Company Lonsdale Telephone Co., Inc. Loretel Systems, Inc. Loretto Telephone Company, Inc. Lost Nation-Elwood Telephone Company Lowry Telephone Co. Luck Telephone Company Ludlow Telephone Company Lufkin-Conroe Telephone Exchange, Inc. Lynnville Community Telephone Company, Inc. Mabel Cooperative Telephone Co. - Iowa Mabel Cooperative Telephone Company - Minnesota Madison County Telephone Company, Inc. Madison Telephone Co. - Illinois Madison Telephone Company - Kansas Magazine Telephone Co. Mahoney & Mahantango Telephone Company Maine Telephone Company Malheur Bell Telephone Company Manawa Telephone Company Manchester-Hartland Telephone Co. Manilla Telephone Company Mankato Citizens Telephone Company Mantanuska Telephone Association, Inc. Manti Telephone Company Margaretville Telephone Co., Inc. Marianna Scenery Hill Telephone Company Mark Twain Rural Telephone Company Mame & Elk Hom Telephone Company Marquette-Adams Telephone Cooperative, Inc. Marseilles Telephone Company Martelle Cooperative Telephone Association Mashell Telecom, Inc. Massena Telephone Company Matanuska Telephone Association, Inc. McClellanville Telephone Company, Inc. McClure Telephone Company McCook Cooperative Telephone Company McDaniel Telephone Company McDonald County Telephone Co. McDonough Telephone Cooperative McLoud Telephone Company, Inc. McNabb Telephone Company MEBTEL, Inc. Mechanicsville Telephone Company Mediapolis Telephone Company Medicine Park Telephone Co. Melrose Telephone Company Merchants & Farmers Telephone Company Meriden Telephone Company, Inc. Merrimack County Telephone Company Metamora Telephone Company MGW Telephone Company Micronesia Telephone Co. Mid Century Telephone Co-operative, Inc.

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Mid Plains Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc. Mid-America Telephone Company Mid-CommW1ications, Inc. Mid-Iowa Telephone Co-op Association Mid-Maine Telecom Mid-Missouri Telephone Company Mid-Plains Telephone, Inc. Mid-Rivers Telephone Cooperative, Inc. Mid-State Telephone Company - Minnesota Mid-State Telephone Company, Inc. Middle Point Home Telephone Company Middleburgh Telephone Company Midstate Communications Midstate Telephone Co. - ND Midstate Telephone Company, Inc. Midvale Telephone Exchange, Inc. Midvale Telephone Exchange, Inc.-AZ Midvale Telephone Exchange, Inc.-OR Midway Telephone Company Midway Telephone Company Midwest Telephone Co. Miles Cooperative Telephone Association Miller Telephone Co. - Iowa Miller Telephone Co. - Missouri Millington Telephone Company, Inc. Millry Telephone Company, Inc. Milltown Mutual Telephone Company Minburn Telephone Company Minerva Valley Telephone Co., Inc. Minford Telephone Company Minnesota Lake Telephone Company Minnesota Valley Telephone Moapa Valley Telephone Company Mobridge Telecommunications Co. Modem Cooperative Telephone Company Modem Telecommunications Company MoKan Dial, Inc. - Kansas MoKan Dial, Inc. - Missouri Molalla Telephone Company Mon-Cre Telephone Cooperative, Inc. Monitor Cooperative Telephone Company Monon Telephone Co., Inc. Monroe Telephone Company Montezuma Mutual Telephone Co. Montrose Mutual Telephone Company Moore & Liberty Telephone Co. Mosinee Telephone Company Moultrie Independent Telephone Company Mound Bayou Telephone and CommW1ications, Inc. MoW1dridge Telephone Company Moundville Telephone Company, Inc. Mount Horeb Telephone Company Mount Vernon Telephone Company Mountain Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc. Mountain Telecommunications, Inc. MoW1tain View Telephone Company

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Mt. Angel Telephone Company Mt. Rushmore Telephone Company Mud Lake Telephone Cooperative Association, Inc. Muenster Telephone Corporation of Texas Mukluk Telephone Company Mulberry Cooperative Telephone Co., Inc. Mutual Telephone Company - Iowa Mutual Telephone Company - Kansas Mutual Telephone Company of Morning Sun Myrtle Telephone Company .National Telephone of Alabama, Inc. Navajo Communications Company, Inc.-AZ Navajo Communications Company, Inc.-NM Navajo Communications Company, Inc.-UT NebCom, Inc. Nebraska Central Telephone Company Nehalem-Telephone and Telegraph Company Nelson Telephone Cooperative, Inc. Nelson-Ball Ground Telephone Company Nemont Telephone Cooperative, Inc. New Castle Telephone Company New Florence Telephone Co. New Hope Telephone Company New Hope Telephone Cooperative, Inc. New Lisbon Telephone Co., Inc. New London Telephone Company New Paris Telephone, Inc. New Ulm Telecom, Inc. New Windsor Telephone Company, Inc. Newport Telephone Company Niagara Telephone Company Nicholville Telephone Company, Inc. Noonan Farmers Telephone Co. North Central Telephone Cooperative, Inc. North Country Telephone, Inc. North Dakota Telephone Company North English Cooperative Telephone Company North Penn Telephone Company North Pittsburgh Telephone Company North River Telephone Cooperative North State Telephone Co. North Texas Telephone Company North-Eastern Pennsylvania Telephone Company North-West Telephone Company Northeast Florida Telephone Company, Inc. Northeast Iowa Telephone Company Northeast Louisiana Telephone Company, Inc. Northeast Missouri Rural Telephone Company Northeast Nebraska Telephone Company Northeast Telephone Company Northern Arkansas Telephone Company, Inc. Northern Iowa Telephone Co. Northern Telephone Co. Northern Telephone Cooperative, Inc. Northfield Telephone Company Northland Telephone Company - Minnesota

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Northland Telephone Company of Maine, Inc. - Maine Northland Telephone Company of Maine, Inc. - NH Northland Telephone Company of Vermont, Inc. Northwest Communications Cooperative Northwest Iowa Telephone Company Northwest Telephone Cooperative Association Northwestern Indiana Telephone Company Northwest Telephone Systems, Inc. Norway Rural Telephone Company Norway Telephone Company Nucla-Naturita Telephone Co. Nunn Telephone Company Nushagak Telephone Cooperative, Inc. Oakman Telephone Company, Inc. Oakwood Telephone Company Odin Telephone Company Odin Telephone Exchange, Inc. Ogden Telephone Company - Iowa Ogden Telephone Company - Michigan Ogden Telephone Company - New York Oklahoma ALL TEL, Inc. Oklahoma Communication Systems, Inc. Oklahoma Telephone and Telegraph Oklahoma Western Telephone Company Olin Telephone Oneida County Rural Telephone Company Oneida Telephone Exchange Oneonta Telephone Company, Inc. Onslow Cooperative Telephone Association Ontario Telephone Company, Inc. Ontonagon County Telephone Company Oran Mutual Telephone Company Orchard Farm Telephone Company Oregon Farmers Mutual Telephone Company Oregon Telephone Corporation Oregon-Idaho Utilities, Inc. Oriskany Falls Telephone Corporation Orwell Telephone Company Osakis Telephone Company Otter Tail Telephone Company Ottoville Mutual Telephone OTZ Telephone Cooperative, Inc. Oxford Telephone Company Oxford West Telephone Company Ozark Telephone Company Palmer Mutual Telephone Company Palmerton Telephone Co. Palmetto Rural Telephone Co-op, Inc. Palo Cooperative Telephone Association Panhandle Telephone Cooperative, Inc. Panora Cooperative Telephone Association, Inc. Park Region Mutual Telephone Company Pattersonville Telephone Company - Ohio Pattersonville Telephone Company - New York Paul Bunyan Rural Telephone Coop Peace Valley Telephone Company, Inc.

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Peetz Co-Operative Telephone Co. Pembroke Telephone Company, Inc. Pembroke Telephone Cooperative Penasco Valley Telephone Cooperative, Inc. Pend Oreille Telephone Peninsula Telephone Company Pennsylvania Telephone Company Peoples Mutual Telephone Co.-KS Peoples Mutual Telephone Company, Inc.-VA Peoples Rural Telephone Cooperative Corp., Inc. Peoples Telephone Co. - IA Peoples Telephone Company, Inc.-1N Peoples Telephone Company-AL Peoples Telephone Company-MN Peoples Telephone Company-OR Peoples Telephone Cooperative, Inc.-TX Perkinsville Telephone Company Perry-Spencer Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc. Phillips County Telephone Company Piedmont Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc. Piedmont Telephone Membership Corporation Pierce Telephone Company, Inc. Pigeon Telephone Company Pine Belt Telephone Company, Inc~ Pine Island Telephone Company Pine Telephone Company, Inc. Pine Telephone System, Inc. Pine Tree Telephone and Telegraph Company Pineland Telephone Cooperative, Inc. Pineville Telephone Co. Pinnacles Telephone Company Pioneer Telephone Association, Inc. Pioneer Telephone Company Pioneer Telephone Cooperative - Oregon Pioneer Telephone Cooperative, Inc. - Oklahoma Plains Cooperative Telephone Association, Inc. Plainview Telephone Company Plant Telephone Company Planters Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc. Platteville Telephone Company Poka Lambro Telephone Cooperative, Inc. Polar Communications Mutual Aid Corporation Polar Telecommunications, Inc. Pond Branch Telephone Company Port Byron Telephone Company Postville Telephone Company Potlatch Telephone Company Pottawatomie Telephone Company, Inc. Prairie Grove Telephone Company Prairie Telephone Company Prairieburg Telephone Company, Inc. Preston Telephone Company, Inc. Price County Telephone Company Progressive Rural Telephone Co-Operative, Inc. Project Mutual Telephone Cooperative Association, Inc. Project Telephone Company

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PTI Communications of Alaska, Inc. - Fairbanks PTI Communications of Michigan, Inc. Public Service Telephone Company Pulaski White Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc. Pymatuning Independent Telephone Company Quincy Telephone Company - Georgia Quincy Telephone Company - Florida Radcliffe Telephone Company Ragland Telephone Co., Inc. Rainbow Telephone Coop Association, Inc. Randolph Telephone Company Randolph Telephone Membership Corporation Range Telephone Cooperative, Inc. - Montana Range Telephone Cooperative, Inc. - Wyoming RC Communications, Inc. Readlyn Telephone Company Red River Rural Telephone Association Redwood County Telephone Co. Reservation Telephone Cooperative Reserve Telephone Co., Inc. Reynolds Telephone Company Rhinelander Telephone. Company Rib Lake Telephone Company Rice Belt Telephone Co., Inc. Richland-Grant Telephone Cooperative, Inc. Richmond Telephone Company Rico Telephone Co. Ridgeville Telephone Company Ridgeway Telephone Company Ringgold Telephone Company Ringsted Telephone Company Rio Virgin Telephone Company River Valley Telephone Coop Riverside Telecom, Inc. Riviera Telephone Company, Inc. Roanoke & Botetourt Telephone Company Roanoke Telephone Company, Inc. Roberts County Telephone Cooperative Association Rochester Telephone Co., Inc. Rock County Telephone Co. Rock Hill Telephone Company Rock Port Telephone Co. Rockland Telephone Company, Inc. Rockwell Cooperative Telephone Association Roggen Telephone Cooperative Company Ronan Telephone Company Roome Telecommunications Inc. Roosevelt County Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc. Rothsay Telephone Co., Inc. Royal Telephone Company RT Communications, Inc. Runestone Telephone Association Rural Telephone Company-ID Rural Telephone Company-NV Rural Telephone Service Company, Inc. Ruthven Telephone Exchange Co.

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Rye Telephone Company S & A Telephone Co., Inc. S & T Communications of Dighton, Inc. S & T Telephone Co Op Association S & W Telephone Co., Inc. Sac County Mutual Telephone Company Saco River Telegraph & Telephone Company Sacred Heart Telephone Company Saddleback Communications Salem Telephone Company, Inc. Salina-Spavinaw Telephone Company, Inc. Saluda Mountain Telephone Company San Carlos Apache Telecommunications Utility, Inc. Sanborn Telephone Cooperative Sancom, Inc. Sand Creek Telephone Co .. Sandhill -Telephone Company Sandwich Isles Communications, Inc. Santa Rosa Telephone Coop. Santa Rosa Telephone Coop. Sawtooth Telephone, Inc. Scandinavia Telephone Company Schaller Telephone Company Scio Mutual Telephone Association Scott County Telephone Company Scott County Telephone Cooperative Scott-Rice Telephone Co. Scranton Telephone Company Searsboro Telephone Co. Seneca Telephone Company Service Telephone Company Sharon Telephone Company, Inc.-IA Sharon Telephone Company-IL Sharon Telephone Company-WI Shawnee Telephone .Company, Inc. Shell Rock Telephone Company Shenandoah Telephone Company Sherburne County Rural Telephone Co. Sherwood Mutual Telephone Company Shiawassee Telephone Company Shidler Telephone Company Shoreham Telephone Company, Inc. Sidney Telephone Company Sierra Telephone Co., Inc. Silver Star Communications dba Silver Star Telecom - Idaho Silver Star Communications dba Silver Star Telecom - WY Sioux Valley Telephone Company Siren Telephone Co., Inc. Sitka Telephone Company Skyline Telecom Skyline Telephone Membership Corporation Sledge Telephone Company Sleepy Eye Telephone Company Smithville Telephone Co., Inc. - Indiana Smithville Telephone Company, Inc. - Mississippi Sodtown Telephone Co.

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