Attachment Attachment 1

This document pretains to ITC-T/C-20140721-00218 for Transfer of Control on a International Telecommunications filing.

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ATTACHMENT 1 Answers to Questions 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 20 The Shareholders of Goldfield Telephone Co., Inc. (“GCTI”) represented by Darrell Seaba, as attorney in fact (“Transferors”) and BYC Communications, LLC (“BYC”) hereby request Commission authorization for the transfer of control of the International Section 214 authorization for global resale of switched services held by Goldfield Communications Services, Corp. (“GCSC”) (ITC-214-19970811-00481) from the Transferors to BYC. Answer to Question 10 Transferor Contact Information Name, title, post office address, and telephone number of the officer or contact person for Transferor to whom correspondence concerning the application is to be addressed: Darrell Seaba, Attorney in Fact Shareholders of Goldfield Telephone Co., Inc. 536 North Main Street Goldfield, Iowa 50542 Telephone: (515) 825-3766 Facsimile: (515) 825-3801 Transferee Contact Information Name, title, post office address, and telephone number of the officer or contact person for Transferees to whom correspondence concerning the application is to be addressed: Robert Boeckman BYC Investments, LLC 111 W. Second Street Schaller, Iowa 51053 Telephone: (712) 275-4211 Facsimile: (712)-275-4121 With a copy to Counsel: Gerard J. Duffy Blooston, Mordkofsky, Dickens, Duffy & Prendergast 2120 L Street, N.W. (Suite 300) Washington, D.C. 20037 Telephone: (202) 659-0830 Facsimile: (202) 828-5568 Transfer of Control of Goldfield Communications Services, Corp. (File No. ITC-214-19970811-00481)

Attachment 1 Page 2 of 5 Prior Section 214 Authority GCSC holds the subject International Section 214 authorization for global resale of switched services (File No. ITC-214-19970811-00481, granted October 8, 1997). Answer to Question 11 The name, address, citizenship and principal business of the only entity that will own at least ten (10) percent of International Section 214 Authorization Holder GCSC both before and after the proposed transaction are: % Name & Address Voting & Equity Citizenship Principal Business Goldfield Telephone Co., Inc. 100.00% IA Corp. Telecommunications 536 North Main Street Goldfield, Iowa 50542 In turn, the name, address, citizenship and principal business of the only entity that will own at least ten (10) percent of the equity and voting power of GTCI after the proposed transaction are: % Name & Address Voting & Equity Citizenship Principal Business BYC Investments, LLC 100.00% Iowa Telecommunications 111 W. Second Street Limited Schaller, Iowa 51053 Liability Company In turn, the names, addresses, citizenship and principal businesses of the entities that will own at least ten (10) percent of the equity and voting power of BYC both before and after the proposed transaction are: % Name & Address Voting & Equity Citizenship Principal Business Communications 1 Network, Inc. 33.33% IA Telecommunications 105 South Main Street Corp. Kanawha, IA 50447 Schaller Telephone Company 33.33% IA Telecommunications 111 West Second Street Corp. Schaller, IA 51053 Transfer of Control of Goldfield Communications Services, Corp. (File No. ITC-214-19970811-00481)

Attachment 1 Page 3 of 5 % Name & Address Voting & Equity Citizenship Principal Business Webster-Calhoun Cooperative 33.33% IA Telecommunications Telephone Association Co-op 1106 Beek Street Gowrie, IA 50543 The names, addresses, citizenship and principal businesses of the only entities that will own at least ten (10) percent of the equity and voting power of Communications 1 Network, Inc. both before and after the proposed transaction are: % Name & Address Voting & Equity Citizenship Principal Business William R. Johnson 2012 31.65% IA. Investments Exempt Trust, Wayne Reames, Trustee Trust c/o First Citizens Trust and Investments 2601 Fourth Street SW Mason City, IA 50401 Mary L. Johnson 2009 24.08% IA Investments Marital Trust Trust c/o First Citizens Trust and Investments 2601 Fourth Street SW Mason City, IA 50401 Mary L. Johnson 2013 12.55% IA Investments Exempt Trust Trust c/o First Citizens National Bank 2601 Fourth Street SW Mason City, IA 50401 William R. Johnson 2009 5.20% IA Investments Revocable Trust, William R. Johnson, Trustee c/o First Citizens Trust and Investments 2601 Fourth Street SW Mason City, IA 50401 The beneficiaries of these trusts are William R. and Mary L. Johnson’s three children: Susan Weigenant, Melanie Steinkamp, and Sally Manzano, all whom are U.S. citizens. No other individual or entity owns or controls ten (10) percent or more of the equity or voting power of Communications 1 Network, Inc. before or after the transaction. Transfer of Control of Goldfield Communications Services, Corp. (File No. ITC-214-19970811-00481)

Attachment 1 Page 4 of 5 The names, addresses, citizenship and principal businesses of the only entities that will own at least ten (10) percent of the equity and voting power of Schaller Telephone Company both before and after the proposed transaction are: Name & Address Voting & Equity Citizenship Principal Business Steven S. Reimers Family Trust, 49.00% IA Investments JoAnn Reimers, Trustee Trust 111 West Second Street Schaller, IA 51053 Melissa Kestel 37.00% U.S.A. Telecommunications 111 West Second Street Schaller, IA 51053 JoAnn Reimers 14.00% U.S.A. Telecommunications 111 West Second Street Schaller, IA 51053 The beneficiaries of the Steven S. Reimers Family Trust are his children Melissa Kestel and Matthew Reimers, both of whom are U.S. citizens and can be contacted at 111 West Second Street, Schaller, IA 51053. JoAnn Reimers is the wife of Steven S. Reimers and the mother to Melissa Kestel. No other individual or entity owns or controls ten (10) percent or more of the equity or voting power of Schaller Telephone Company before or after the transaction. Webster-Calhoun Cooperative Telephone Association is a telephone cooperative which has approximately 3,199 members, none of whom directly or indirectly owns or controls ten (10) percent or more of its equity or voting power. No other individual or entity will directly or indirectly own or control at least ten (10) percent of the equity or voting power of GCSC after the proposed transaction. Answer to Question 12 Neither GCSC nor GTCI nor BYC nor any of their affiliates has any interlocking directorates with a foreign carrier. Answer to Question 13 The proposed transaction involves the sale of GTCI by its existing shareholders to BYC. As part of the transaction, BYC will gain control of GCSC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of GTCI, and GCSC’s International Section 214 authorization for global resale. Transfer of Control of Goldfield Communications Services, Corp. (File No. ITC-214-19970811-00481)

Attachment 1 Page 5 of 5 Answer to Questions 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 Neither GCSC nor GTCI nor BYC: (a) is a foreign carrier; (b) controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with a foreign carrier; (c) is affiliated with a foreign carrier; nor (d) will be affiliated with a foreign carrier upon consummation of the proposed transfer of control. Answer to Question 20 The Applicants (the shareholders of GTCI and BYC) and International Section 214 Authorization Holder GCSC qualify for streamlined processing pursuant to Section 63.12 of the Commission's Rules because: (a) neither GCSC nor GTCI nor BYC is affiliated with any foreign carrier in any destination market; (b) neither GCSC nor GTCI nor BYC is affiliated with any dominant U.S. carrier whose international switched or private line services GCSC seeks authority to resell; (c) neither GCSC nor GTCI nor BYC seeks authority to provide switched basic services over private lines to any country (much less, to any country for which the Commission has not previously authorized the provision of switched services over private lines); and (d) neither GCSC nor GTCI nor BYC has any reason to believe that the Commission will inform it in writing that this application is not eligible for streamlined processing. Transfer of Control of Goldfield Communications Services, Corp. (File No. ITC-214-19970811-00481)


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