FCC Supplement re Ov

SUPPLEMENT submitted by Zayo Group, LLC

Supplement

2017-12-15

This document pretains to ITC-T/C-20171206-00216 for Transfer of Control on a International Telecommunications filing.

IBFS_ITCTC2017120600216_1315366

                                    Before the
                      FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
                               Washington, D.C. 20554

In the Matter of the Joint Application of             )
                                                      )
Zayo Group, LLC                                       )                      WC Docket No. 17-350
                                                      )
and                                                   )      IB File No. ITC-T/C-20171206-00216
                                                      )
Barksdale Communications, LLC                         )
                                                      )
For Grant of Authority Pursuant to Section 214        )
of the Communications Act of 1934, as amend-          )
ed, and Sections 63.04 and 63.24 of the Com-          )
mission’s Rules to Transfer Indirect Control of       )
Spread Telecommunications, LLC, a Holder of           )
Domestic and International Section 214 Authori-       )
zations, to Zayo Group, LLC                           )

                                            SUPPLEMENT

       Zayo Group, LLC (“Zayo” or “Transferee”), Barksdale Communications, LLC (“Barks-

dale” or “Transferor”) and Spread Telecommunications, LLC (“Spread Telecom”)1 (together, the

“Parties”), by undersigned counsel, submit the following supplemental information at the request

of Commission staff regarding the market overlap between Zayo and Spread Networks. Spread

Networks operates a fiber network between the New York City/New Jersey and Chicago metro

areas, with customer end-points almost exclusively in those metro areas. Along the route, Spread

Networks has de minimis wholesale (carrier) customer end points and no end-user end points.2

Following consummation of the Transaction, Zayo plans to integrate the fiber network of Spread

Network into Zayo’s nationwide network and utilize it to provide service to other markets along


1
       As stated in the Application, Spread Telecom is a wholly owned subsidiary of Spread Holdings,
LLC. Spread Holdings, LLC and its subsidiaries, including Spread Telecom, are referred to as “Spread
Networks.”
2
        Spread Networks has wholesale (carrier) customer end points in South Bend, Indiana, Cleveland,
Ohio, and Greenville, Pennsylvania. Zayo also has a lit network in South Bend, Indiana and Cleveland,
Ohio serving wholesale (carrier) and enterprise customers.


the NYC/NJ-Chicago route. Currently, Zayo and Spread Networks both provide service to

wholesale (carrier) and enterprise customers in the Chicago and New York City/New Jersey

metro areas.

       Competitors in these overlap markets and/or on the NYC/NJ-Chicago route are include

but are not limited to the following:

       New York City:                   Verizon, Level 3, Lightower/Crown Castle, AT&T,
                                        GTT/Perseus, Hudson Fiber Network, ZenFi

       New Jersey:                      Verizon, Level 3, Lightower, AT&T, GTT/Perseus, Cross
                                        River, Hudson Fiber Network

       Chicago:                         AT&T, Level 3, Lightower/Crown Castle, Cogent Com-
                                        munications, Nitel, Uniti, XO (Verizon)

       NYC/NJ-Chicago Route:            Verizon, Level 3, Lightower, AT&T, Windstream, GTT,
                                        Sunesys/Lightower/Crown Castle

                                               Respectfully submitted,

/s/ Winafred Brantl                            /s/ Brett P. Ferenchak
Joshua T. Guyan                                Catherine Wang
Winafred Brantl                                Brett P. Ferenchak
Kelley Drye & Warren, LLP                      MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP
3050 K St., N.W., Suite 400                    1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20007                           Washington, DC 20004
202-342-8566 (tel)                             202-739-3000 (tel)
202-342-8451 (fax)                             202-739-3001 (fax)
jguyan@kelleydrye.com                          catherine.wang@morganlewis.com
 wbrantl@kelleydrye.com                        brett.ferenchak@morganlewis.com

Counsel for Transferor and Licensee            Counsel for Zayo Group, LLC



Dated: December 15, 2017



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