2. Background

2.1. Applicant

CalPop.Com, Inc. (CalPop) is a California corporation in good standing with its principal place of business at 600 West 7^th Street, Suite 360, Los Angeles, California.

2.2. Project Proposal

CalPop seeks authority to provide limited facilities-based and resold local exchange services to business customers in the Pacific Bell Telephone Company (Pacific Bell), SureWest Telephone (SureWest), and Verizon California Inc. (Verizon) service areas. CalPop will provide these services through facilities to be leased from existing carriers, and will not construct any new plant, or extend any existing outside plant, in California to provide these services.

Specifically, CalPop initially intends to provide dedicated private line transmission services for the transmission of point-to-point and
point-to-multipoint information within a local exchange area from points of origin in California to destination points in California. Its initial service offerings consist of transport and access services for competitive carriers. CalPop will not undertake any external construction in California to provide these services. It will provide local exchange services using its own facilities and services and those furnished by other authorized carriers.