Notice of Application to Discontinue Service NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO DISCONTINUE SERVICE The REGULATORY COMMISSION OF ALASKA (Commission) gives notice that on September 2,[...]

Notice of Application to Discontinue Service

NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO DISCONTINUE SERVICE

The REGULATORY COMMISSION OF ALASKA (Commission) gives notice that on September 2, 2025, GCI Communication Corp. (GCI) filed an application to discontinue competitive local exchange telephone service in the Cordova Telephone Cooperative, Inc. (CTCI) study area and to remove the CTCI study area from its service area authorized under Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity No. 489. GCI also filed a petition to relinquish its designation as an eligible telecommunications carrier in the CTCI study area. Docket U-25-034 was opened to address this matter.

In conjunction with its application, GCI filed a motion for waiver of certain requirements in the Commission's application form for amendment of a certificate. Interested persons may file a response to the waiver request with the Commission by 5:00 p.m., September 26, 2025.

AS 42.05.261(a) provides that a public utility may not discontinue service unless, after notice and an opportunity for hearing, the Commission finds that the continued service is not required by the public convenience and necessity. A hearing may be scheduled by the Commission in a future order to allow interested persons to voice their support for or opposition to GCI's proposed discontinuance of telephone service.

The Commission has not assessed the completeness of the application or ruled on the request for waiver. The Commission will rule on the waiver request and determine if the application is complete after the close of the comment period.

You may obtain information about this filing by contacting John P. Wood, Attorney for GCI, at Dillon, Findley & Simonian, P.C., 1049 W. 5^th Avenue, Suite 100, Anchorage, AK, 99501; phone: (907) 277-5400. The complete filing is also available for inspection at the Commission's office at 701 West 8th Avenue, Suite 300, Anchorage, AK 99501, phone: (907) 276-6222, or may be viewed at the Commission's website at http://rca.alaska.gov by typing "U-25-034" in the Find a Matter search box.

To comment on this filing, please file your comments by 5:00 p.m., September 26, 2025, at the Commission's address given above or via our website at:

https://rca.alaska.gov/RCAWeb/WhatsNew/PublicNoticesComments.aspx

Please reference Docket U-25-034 and include a statement that you have filed a copy of the comments with GCI at the address given above. Individuals or groups of people with disabilities, who require special accommodations, auxiliary aids or service, or alternative communications formats, please contact Shelby Lopez at (907) 276-6222, toll-free at 1-800-390-2782, TTY/Alaska Relay: 7-1-1 or 1-800-770-8973, or send a request via electronic mail to [email protected] by September 19, 2025.

DATED at Anchorage, Alaska, this 5th day of September 2025.

REGULATORY COMMISSION OF ALASKA

for John M. Espindola

Chair

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