NOTICE OF CARRIER PETITION REGARDING PUBLIC INTEREST PAY TELEPHONES
The REGULATORY COMMISSION OF ALASKA (Commission) gives notice that on September 26, 2014, Matanuska Telephone Association, Inc. (MTA) filed a petition requesting approval to transition all fourteen Public Interest Pay Telephones (PIPT) that it serves to coinless equipment. MTA notes that, if approved, the PIPTs would no longer accept coins in payment for completing any call, but that all local calls would be completed without charge and that credit cards would still be accepted for connecting any long distance toll calls. No changes to the annual Alaska Universal Service Fund support level previously approved by the Commission for any affected PIPT are requested. Docket U-14-109 has been opened to address this matter.
The Commission may approve or deny, in whole or in part, the carrier’s request, impose conditions on approval, or take other actions to protect the public interest. You may obtain more information about this petition by contacting Shannon Heim, attorney for MTA, at 4000 Wells Fargo Center, 90 South Seventh Street, Minneapolis, MN 55402; phone: (612) 486-1586. The petition is also available for inspection at the Commission’s office at: 701 West Eighth Avenue, Suite 300, Anchorage, AK 99501; phone: (907) 276-6222. It may also be viewed at the Commission’s website at http://rca.alaska.gov by typing Docket “U-14-109” in the Find a Matter search box.
To comment on this petition, please file your comments by 5:00 p.m., on October 29, 2014, at the Commission’s address given above or via our website at:
http://rca.alaska.gov/RCAWeb/WhatsNew/PublicNoticesComments.aspx
Please reference Docket No. U-14-109 and include a statement that you have filed a copy of the comments with MTA at the address given above.
Individuals or groups of people with disabilities who require special accommodations, auxiliary aids or service, or alternative communication formats should contact Joyce McGowan at (907) 276-6222, toll free at 1-800-390-2782 or TTY (907) 276-4533 or send a request via electronic mail to: rca.mail@alaska.gov by October 22, 2014.
DATED at Anchorage, Alaska, this 30th day of September, 2014.
REGULATORY COMMISSION OF ALASKA
Robert M. Pickett
Chairman