9. Expected Customer Base

All CPCN applicants are required to provide customer base estimates for their first and fifth years of operation. DTS' application estimates 2,000 to 3,000 customers in its first year of operation and 4,200 customers by the fifth year of operation.⁸ Therefore, DTS has complied with this requirement. However, in order for the Commission to track DTS' customer base, we require DTS to file Tier 1 Advice Letters with the Director of the Communications Division updating the Commission on the number and location of its customers on the following timeline:

1) Within 30 days of providing service to its first customer;

2) Twelve months after the effective date of this decision;

3) Twenty-four months after the effective date of this decision; and

4) Sixty months after the effective date of this decision.

⁸ In its application, DTS originally estimated 8,000 to 10,000 customers by year 5. In its Revised and Redacted Attachment G, DTS revised its year 5 estimate downward to 4,200 customers. DTS estimates the number of year 5 subscriber lines at 4,620.