Attachment Clarification 3/7/06

This document pretains to ITC-T/C-20060123-00036 for Transfer of Control on a International Telecommunications filing.

IBFS_ITCTC2006012300036_488066

COMMUNICATIONS ADVISORY COUNSEL LLC 2154 Wisconsin Avenue N.W. Washington, D.C. 20007 Tel. 202-333-5273 Sylvia Lesse Fax 202-333-5274 svlvia@lndeDendent-Tel.com Vwerecuonkfilingonry March 7, 2006 Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary Federal Communications Commission 445 12thStreet, SW Washington, DC 20554 Re: West Central Technologies, Inc. and Arvig Enterprises, Inc. Application for Transfer of Control of WETEC, LLC Supplemental Filing WCB Docket No. 06-37 Dear Ms. Dortch: Upon review of the facts attendant to the referenced application and in response to requests for clarification raised by staff, West Central Technologies, Inc. ("West Central"), Arvig Enterprises, Inc. ("Arvig") and WETEC, LLC ("WETEC"), by counsel, provide the following information in support of their request for streamlined treatment pursuant to Section 63.03(b)(2)(ii) of the Commission's Rules. The proposed transaction will result in the transferee, Arvig, a dominant incumbent local exchange company ("ILEC") within its service area,I having a market share in the interstate, interexchange market of less than 10%. In addition, transferee Arvig, together with its current and proposed affiliates, including WETEC, provide competitive telephone exchange services or exchanges access services exclusively in geographic areas served by a dominant local exchange carrier that is not a party to this transaction. Further, pursuant to Section 63.03(b)(2)(ii), the applicants are dominant carriers, ILECs Arvig and West Central,2and a non-dominant applicant, competitive local exchange carrier, WETEC, that provides services exclusively outside the geographic are where the dominant carriers are dominant. Accordingly, streamlined treatment of the instant application is presumptively applicable. Please refer any questions regarding this matter to the undersigned, I See Application for Transfer of Control filed January 23, 2006 ("Application") at n. 1 listing Arvig and Arvig affiliate ILEC exchanges. 2 See Application at n.2listing West Central affiliate ILEC exchanges.

DECLARATION OF DAVID A. PRATT I, David A. Pratt, President of WETEC, LLC, do hereby declare under penalty of perjury that I have read the foregoing Supplemental Filing, WCB Docket No. 06;-37,and that the facts stated therein are true and correct, to the best of mwroowledge, informatiqn and belief. David A. Pratt Dated:

- - - CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I, Sylvia Lesse, of Communications Advisory Counsel, LLC, do hereby verify that on this seventh day of March, 2006, I caused to be sent via First Class US Mail, postage prepaid, the foregoing "Supplemental Filing, WCB Docket No. 06-37" to the following: The Hon. Tim Pawlenty Office of the Governor 130 State Capitol 75 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. St. Paul, MN 55155 US Department of Defense Assistant Secretary of Defense for C31 100 Defense Pentagon, Room 3E712 Washington, DC 20301-1000 US Department of State EB/CIP/SCA Room 4826 2001 C Street, NW Washington, DC 20520


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Document Modified: 2006-03-07 10:19:19
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