Note: These fees change periodically. In compliance with Resolution T16901, December 2, 2004, Applicant must check the joint tariff for surcharges and fees filed by Pacific Bell Telephone Company (dba AT&T California) and apply the current surcharge and fee amounts in that joint tariff on enduser bills until further revised. Current and historical surcharge rates can be found at Carriers must report and remit CPUC telephone program surcharges online using the CPUC Telecommunications and User Fees Filing System (TUFFS). Information and instructions for online reporting and payment of surcharges are available at . To request a user ID and password for TUFFS online filing and for questions, please email . Carriers must file and pay the PUC User Fee (see above item 2g) upon receiving the User Fee statement sent by the Commission. Instructions for reporting filing are available at . Please call (415) 7032470 for questions regarding User Fee reporting and payment. Applicant is a nondominant interexchange carrier (NDIEC). The effectiveness of its future NDIEC tariffs is subject to the requirement of General Order 96B and the Telecommunications Industry Rules (D.0709019). Tariff filings must reflect all fees and surcharges to Applicant is subject, as reflected in #3 above. Applicant must file a service area map as part of its initial tariff. Applicant must obtain a performance bond of at $25,000 in accordance with Decision 13-05-035. The performance bond must be a continuous bond (i.e., there is no termination date on the bond) issued by a corporate surety company authorized to transact surety business in California, and the Commission must be
listed as the obligee on the bond. Within five days of acceptance of its certificate of public convenience and necessity authority, Applicant must submit a Tier-1 advice letter to the Director of Communications, containing a copy of the license holder’s executed bond, and submit a Tier-1 advice letter annually, but not later than March 31, with a copy of the executed bond. Applicant must not allow its performance bond to lapse during any period of its operation. Pursuant to Decision 13-05-035, the Commission may revoke a certificate of public convenience and necessity if a carrier is more than 120 days late in providing the Director of the Communications Division a copy of its executed performance bond and the carrier has not been granted an extension of time by the Communications Division. Prior to initiating service, Applicant must provide the Commission’s Consumer Affairs Branch with the name and address of its designated contact person(s) for purposes of resolving consumer complaints. In addition, Applicant must provide the Commission’s Communications Division with the name and address of its designated regulatory/official contact persons(s). This information must be provided electronically, using the “Regulatory/Official Contact Information Update Request” found at This information must be updated if the name or telephone number changes, or at least annually. must notify the Director of the Communications Division in writing of the date that service is first rendered to the public, no later than five days after service first begins. Applicant must keep its books and records in accordance with the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.