ALJ/WAC/jt2 Date of Issuance 4/20/2011

Decision 11-04-018 April 14, 2011

BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

In the Matter of the Application of American Broadband, Inc. for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity to Provide Resold and Limited Facilities-Based Competitive Local Exchange and Interexchange Telecommunication Services Within California.

Application 10-12-011 (Filed December 16, 2010)

DECISION GRANTING AMERICAN BROADBAND, INC. A CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY TO PROVIDE LIMITED FACILITIES-BASED AND RESOLD COMPETITIVE LOCAL EXCHANGE, AND INTEREXCHANGE SERVICE

1. Summary

American Broadband, Inc., filed an application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity for authority to provide limited facilities-based and resold competitive local exchange and interexchange telephone service in all the service territories of Pacific Bell Telephone Company, d/b/a AT&T California, Verizon California Inc., SureWest Telephone, and Citizens Telecommunications Company of California, Inc., d/b/a Frontier Communications of California, throughout the State of California.

By this decision, we grant American Broadband, Inc. a certificate of public convenience and necessity to provide limited facilities-based and resold competitive local exchange intraLATA and interLATA interexchange telecommunications services, on the terms and conditions set forth in the Ordering Paragraphs.