V. Review of the Proposed Application

Broadwing's application has been reviewed for compliance with the certification rules adopted in D.93-05-010 for NDIEC's. In this order, we will grant Applicant's request for expanded authority to provide interexchange services utilizing resale and/or utilizing its existing facilities and those covered under its Final IS/MND.

Applicant demonstrated that it possesses the requisite managerial qualifications, technical competence, and financial resources to provide facilities-based interexchange service.

Applicant attached Exhibit K, a copy of Broadwing's most recent yearly and quarterly financial filings with the Federal Securities and Exchange Commission, the financial statements of its corporate parent company, Broadwing, Inc. As demonstrated in Broadwing's financial statement, it has access to the necessary financial resources to provide the resold and facilities-based interLATA and intraLATA telecommunications services described in its application, and to finance its operations in order to maintain the provision of these services. Exhibit K demonstrates the financial capability of Applicant to provide the services described in this Application, showing unencumbered cash of at least $100,000 readily available to meet the expenses of the proposed operations.

Exhibit I lists Applicant's senior management and key personnel actively involved in Applicant's telecommunications business. This information demonstrates that these individuals have the requisite knowledge and capabilities to supervise Applicant's provision of proposed telecommunications services.

Based upon our review, we conclude Broadwing complies with our certification requirements for the expanded facilities-based and resale authority, and satisfies the additional conditions set forth in the ordering paragraphs below. Accordingly, we grant Broadwing authority to offer expanded facilities-based and resale service utilizing existing facilities and those to be constructed and installed as defined with the scope of the approved Final IS/MND.