2. Background

NAC, a Minnesota limited liability company, qualified to transact business in California, was granted a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (CPCN) to operate as a switchless reseller of inter-Local Access and Transport Area (LATA) and intra-LATA telecommunications services offered by communication common carriers in California. This authority was granted on June 11, 2001, pursuant to Decision (D.) 01-06-014, which assigned NAC its corporate identification number U-6545-C.

The CPCN granted NAC was expanded to include resold local exchange telecommunications services in the service territories of Pacific Bell Telephone (doing business as SBC) and Verizon California Inc. as a competitive local carrier (CLC) pursuant to D.01-10-010, dated October 10, 2001. Its CPCN was further expanded to include limited facilities-based competitive local exchange services within California pursuant to D.03-07-015, dated July 10, 2003. Its principal place of business is 801 Nicollet Mall, Suite 350, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

NAC is also authorized to provide intrastate telecommunications services in 44 states, resold local exchange service in 30 states, and facilities-based local exchange service in 23 states either pursuant to certification, registration, tariff requirements, or on an unregulated basis. NAC is further authorized by the Federal Communications Commission to provide domestic interstate and international services as a non-dominant telecommunications carrier.

Jasper, a Minnesota limited liability company, controls NAC through its 100% ownership interest in NAC. It maintains the same address as NAC for its principal place of business.

North Central, a Minnesota limited liability company, has managerial and financial expertise in the field of telecommunications. Elam Baer is North Central's President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Manager, Secretary, and Treasurer. Its principal place of business is located at 60 South Sixth Street, Suite 2535, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402.