Public Notice SCL00111

Action Taken Public Notice

Submarine Cable Landing

2010-10-29

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Filings Included

File Number	Service
SCL-LIC-20100914-00021	Submarine Cable Landing

IBFS_PN_848409

SCL-LIC-20100914-00021 E United Utilities, Inc.
Submarine Cable Landing License
Grant of Authority Date of Action: 10/28/2010

Acceptability for Filing Public Notice: See United Utilities, Inc. and GCI Communication Corp. (GCIC, together with UUI, the Applicants),
Application for a License to Land and Operate in the United States a Non-Common Carrier Fiber-Optic Submarine Cable System traversing Cook
Inlet to connect the Alaska communities of Williamsport, Alaska and Homer, Alaska -- Cook Inlet Segment, File No. SCL-LIC-20100914-00021,
Public Notice, Streamlined Submarine Cable Landing License Applications Accepted for Filing, Report No. SCL-00109S (Int.'l Bur. September
24, 2010). No opposition or comments were filed in response to Public Notice of the Application. Coordination with the Department of State and
other Executive Branch agencies has been accomplished pursuant to section 1.767(b) of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. § 1.767(b), and
procedures established with the State Department. See Review of Commission Consideration of Applications under the Cable Landing License
Act, IB Docket No. 00-106, Report and Order, 16 FCC Rcd 22167 (2001) (Submarine Cable Landing License Report and Order); Streamlined
Procedures for Executive Branch Review of Submarine Cable Landing License Requests, Media Note (Revised) (rel. Dec. 20, 2001) available at
http://2001-2009.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2001/6951.htm

Actions Taken: Grant of Cable Landing License for the United Utilities, Inc. (UUI) and GCI Communication Corp. to land and operate in the
United States a non-common carrier fiber-optic submarine cable system traversing Cook Inlet to connect the communities of Williamsport, Alaska
and Homer, Alaska (Cook Inlet Segment). See Application for Cable Landing License, File No. SCL-LIC-20100914-00021.

Licensee Information: UUI is a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of GCIC, which, in turn is a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of GCI Holdings,
Inc., which, in turn, is a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of GCI, Inc. GCI, Inc. is a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of General Communication,
Inc. (GCI Parent), a publicly traded company. UUI, GCIC, GCI Holdings, Inc., GCI, Inc., and GCI Parent are all organized under the laws of the
State of Alaska and all are engaged in the business of telecommunications. GCI Parent has two 10-percent-or-greater shareholders: (1) John W.
Stanton and Theresa Gillespie, who are U.S. citizens, own as tenants in common, 40.1 percent of GCI Parent's outstanding Class B common
shares and 4.8 percent of GCI Parent's outstanding Class A shares, which, on a fully- diluted basis across all class shares, gives them an 18.3
percent voting interest and a 6.9 percent equity interest in GCI Parent, and (2) Artic Slope Regional Corp., which owns a 14.4 percent of GCI
Parent's Class A shares which, on a fully-diluted basis, gives the company a 9 percent voting interest and a 13.6 percent equity interest in GCI
Parent. Artic Slope Regional Corp. is a private, for-profit Alaska corporation owned by Alaska natives.

Cable System Description and Design Capacity: The Cook Inlet Segment will be a digital fiber-optic system connecting UUI's TERRA-SW
network to GCIC's existing undersea cable network. The Applicants state that the Cook Inlet Segment will consist of 24 fibers (12 fiber pairs),
with an initial capacity of OC-48, upgradeable to OC-192. Cook Inlet Segment's landing points and other associated facilities, which are beach
manholes, will be located at Williamsport, Alaska and Homer, Alaska. At Williamsport, Alaska, the Cook Inlet Segment will terminate at a splice
point with terrestrial facilities. At Homer, Alaska, the Cook Inlet Segment will terminate at a cable station to be housed in existing GCIC
facilities. UUI will own and operate the wet link portion of the Cook Inlet Segment while GCIC will own and operate the cable station at GCIC's
existing facilities in Homer, Alaska.

Regulatory Status of Cable: The Applicants will operate the Cook Inlet Segment on a private, non-common carrier basis. The Applicants state
that on the Southwestern Alaska route, UUI will compete vigorously with existing providers in the region, including AT&T Alascom, Bristol Bay
Telephone Co-op, Bush-Tell, Nushagak Telephone Co-op, and TelAlaska. They also state that capacity will not be sold indifferently to the user
public, but will be provided in bulk capacity to particular users - including common carriers, carrier consortia, and large end users - on either an
Indefeasible Right of Use (IRU) or on a leased capacity basis. See Application at 5.

Applicants have provided information and demonstrated that the proposed operation of the cable on a non-common carrier basis satisfies the
requirements set forth in National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners v. FCC, 525 F.2d 630, 642 (D.C. Cir. 1976) (NARUC I), cert.
denied, 425 U.S. 992 (1976). See also Submarine Cable Landing License Report and Order, 16 FCC Rcd at 22202-22203, 69-70, Review of
Commission Consideration of Applications under the Cable Landing License Act, IB Docket No. 00-106, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 15
FCC Rcd 20789, 20815-20818, 62-67.

Conditions and Requirements: Applicants shall comply with the routine conditions set out in section 1.767(g)(1)-(14) of the Commission's rules.
See 47 C.F.R. §1.767(g)(1)-(14).

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