'l'b" HallA_I., Jill"'ll Olll1llllhaWlki ChAlPmlll1 Fodll,,1 CQmo:nmlgl\tjQo, Commillioo 44' l:llh litRet, iW WllIlhin"ton, De 20554 PAUL A. GOSAR, D.D.S. FIRST DISTRICT, ARIZONA COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND GOVERNMENT REFORM SUBCOMMITTEES VICE CHAIRMAN, HeALTH CARE, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, CENSUS AND THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES NATiONAL SECURITY, HOMElAND DEFENSE AND FOREIGN OPERATIONS GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION, EFFICIENCY AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES SUBCOMMITTEES ENERGY AND MINERALS INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE AFFAIRS WATER AND POWER ((ongre5'5' of tbe Wnitdl~tate5' f$OU5C ot l\cprc5cntatil.lc5 'OOlalibington. llitC 20515-0301 hll~I, 2011 WASHINGTON, D.C 504 CAN ON HOUSE OffiCE BUILOING W SHIN(;TON, D.C, 20515 (2021225-2315 W W.GOSAR.HOUSE,C.OV CASAGRANDE 211 N RTH FLORENCE STREET, #3 C A GRANDE, AZ 85122 (520) 836-5289 fLAGSTAFf 1515 AST CEDAR AVENUE, #A6 AGSTAFF, AZ 86004 (9281214-6055 PRESCOTT 240 Sou H MONTEZUMA STREET, #101 REseoTT, AZ 86303 (928) 445-1683 We reproaont Nol'them ArlaoRI in the Hou.e af Rllpreaentativllll, lII'Id Aoolpitop Commun'oationa leNOI mlll'ly af Olll' oonatltuonts, dolna business IS Zonll Communioltions. We write to you today, concemin" Aoolpiter Communication Ine.'s AppliCAtion for Review of the So tember 2010 delllsion of the Wireline Competition Bureau, CC Docket No.96·4~,As you kn w, the Wireline Competition Bureau denied the joint petition for waiver of the Commissio 'Ii I'\lle establlshln. II study area boundl1l')' froeze for federal universAl sorvillo purposes. It is our underatlll\dilli that theWir~J1lneCompetition Bureau's Soptembof order deny nil the wllver IlollieFled that the petltlollers fl\i1od to Ihow that II lJPlIftt of the waiver wO\1ld II • tho public Interest. However, Allolplter had Igreod to forBo II subsidy from the Unlvorlll ervloll Fund (USP) for tho area In question lII'Id therofore hAd ollmlnlted the only public; Intere.t oneClI'l\ llxpressed durlns tho four years that tho petition Will before the Bureau, Tho l'lJft'laIRde of the re!lord before the Bureau provided multiple public Interest benefit. inllluding compollti n, tho presence of I carrier-of.lat.resol't in the area, lII'Id better economies of SOlie whl help Accipiter to support Its existins rural eUltomor bllse. The commonts filed by the Arizonll Corporation Commission (ACC) on Ma)' 26, 20 II re Islt the public Interest benefits noted above and olearly demonstrlte the ACC's findln" that modi catioll of service area boundaries is in the public interest. In view of the state's strong explicit nterest and the fact that the sole purpose of the Commission's rule is to oontrol growth of the U Iversal Servloe Fund, we oannot understand why the Bureau would delly the waiver In contradl tlon to the publio intefCst findinlll of a state agency. AllQlplter hal oltprelled OGlloom to us About tho Ilompany's Ibllit)' t.o operate In th. unprecedented rellulatory situation created by the Wlrellne Competition Bureau's doni..l order. We are partieullll'ly eoneoPllcd to lelll'ft that the FCC hu told senior mlll'llj8 ont at PRINTED ON RECYCLED PAPER Aeoipltur that It dous Rot have the rCliourees at this time to prooesii the application, gi un the Commission's focus on Universal Service Fund (USP) and InterclII'I'ier Compensatlo (ICC) reform. We are extremely concemed about the potential for this delay to strangle Ac ipiler's abllily to provide telecommunications services to our rural constituents. We reque t your Immediate attention in addressins this situation and encourage a favorable solution for A ciplter. We appreciate your fair and thoughtful analysis of the facts associated with this issue d look forward to your response.