PUBLIC NOTICE
Federal Communications Commission
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DA 08-42
Released: January 8, 2008
DOMESTIC SECTION 214 APPLICATION FILED FOR THE TRANSFER OF CONTROL OF 
EVEREST MIDWEST LLC FROM SEAPORT ASSOCIATES III, LLC 
TO SUREWEST COMMUNICATIONS
STREAMLINED PLEADING CYCLE ESTABLISHED
WC Docket No. 07-300
Comments Due:  January 22, 2008
Reply Comments Due:  January 29, 2008
Pursuant to section 63.03 of the Commissions rules, Seaport Associates III, LLC (Seaport) and 
SureWest Communications (SureWest) (collectively, Applicants) request consent to transfer control of 
Everest Midwest, LLC (Everest Midwest) from Seaport to SureWest.1 Everest Midwest, a Delaware 
limited liability company, is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Everest Broadband, Inc., also a 
Delaware corporation. Seaport, a Delaware limited liability company, and its affiliated entities hold a 10 
percent or greater equity interest in Everest Broadband.  Everest Midwest provides competitive local 
exchange and interexchange services in Johnson County, Kansas and Jackson County, Missouri.
SureWests wholly owned subsidiaries, SureWest Telephone, SureWest Long Distance, and SureWest 
TeleVideo, provide incumbent local exchange, competitive local exchange, and interexchange services in 
portions of Sacramento, Placer, El Dorado, and Yolo Counties in California. Applicants state that no 
person or entity owns 10 percent or more of the equity of SureWest, a publicly held California 
corporation.  Pursuant to the terms of the proposed transaction, SureWest will purchase 100 percent of the 
issued and outstanding capital stock of Everest Broadband.  Applicants assert that the proposed 
transaction is entitled to presumptive streamlined treatment under section 63.03(b)(2)(ii) of the 
Commission's rules and that a grant of the application will serve the public interest, convenience, and 
necessity.2
Domestic Section 214 Application Filed for the Transfer of Control of Everest 
Midwest, LLC from Seaport Associates III, LLC to SureWest Communications, WC 
Docket No. 07-300 (filed Dec. 19, 2007).
  
1 47 C.F.R  63.03; see 47 U.S.C.  214.  Applicants are also filing applications for transfer of control associated 
with authorization for international services and an earth station registration.  Any action on this domestic section 
214 application is without prejudice to Commission action on other related, pending applications. Applicants filed a 
supplement to their domestic section 214 application on January 4, 2008.
2 47 C.F.R.  63.03(b)(2)(ii).
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GENERAL INFORMATION
The Wireline Competition Bureau finds, upon initial review, that the transfer of control identified 
herein is acceptable for filing as a streamlined application.  The Commission reserves the right to return 
any transfer of control application if, upon further examination, it is determined to be defective and not in 
conformance with the Commissions rules and policies.  Pursuant to section 63.03(a) of the 
Commissions rules, 47 C.F.R.  63.03(a), interested parties may file comments on or before January 
22, 2008, and reply comments on or before January 29, 2008.  Unless otherwise notified by the 
Commission, the Applicants may transfer control on the 31st day after the date of this notice.3  Comments 
must be filed electronically using (1) the Commissions Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS) or 
(2) the Federal Governments eRulemaking Portal.  See 47 C.F.R.  63.03(a) (All comments on 
streamlined applications shall be filed electronically . . . .); Electronic Filing of Documents in 
Rulemaking Proceedings, 63 FR 24121 (1998).
 Comments may be filed electronically using the Internet by accessing the ECFS, 
http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/ecfs/, or the Federal eRulemaking Portal, http://www.regulations.gov.  
Filers should follow the instructions provided on the website for submitting comments.
 For ECFS filers, if multiple docket or rulemaking numbers appear in the caption of this 
proceeding, filers must transmit one electronic copy of the comments for each docket or 
rulemaking number referenced in the caption.  In completing the transmittal screen, filers should 
include their full name, U.S. Postal Service mailing address, and the applicable docket or 
rulemaking number.  Parties may also submit an electronic comment by Internet e-mail.  To get 
filing instructions, filers should send an e-mail to ecfs@fcc.gov, and include the following words 
in the body of the message, get form.  A sample form and directions will be sent in response.
In addition, email one copy of each pleading to each of the following:
1) The Commissions duplicating contractor, Best Copy and Printing, Inc., fcc@bcpiweb.com; 
phone: 202 / 488-5300; fax: 202 / 488-5563;
2) Tracey Wilson-Parker, Competition Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau, tracey.wilson-
parker@fcc.gov;
3) Jodie May, Competition Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau, jodie.may@fcc.gov;
4) David Krech, International Bureau, Policy Division, International Bureau, david.krech@fcc.gov
5) Jim Bird, Office of General Counsel, jim.bird@fcc.gov.
Filings and comments are available for public inspection and copying during regular business 
hours at the FCC Reference Information Center, Portals II, 445 12th Street, S.W., Room CY-A257, 
Washington, D.C. 20554.  They may also be purchased from the Commissions duplicating contractor, 
Best Copy and Printing, Inc., Portals II, 445 12th Street, S.W., Room CY-B402, Washington, D.C. 20554; 
telephone: 202 / 488-5300; fax: 202 / 488-5563; email: fcc@bcpiweb.com; url: www.bcpiweb.com.
  
3 Such authorization is conditioned upon receipt of any other necessary approvals from the Commission in 
connection with the proposed transaction.
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For further information, please contact Tracey Wilson-Parker at 202 / 418-1394 or Jodie May at 
202 / 418-0913.
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