Agenda Date:  February 9, 2000
Item Number:


Docket No.:  UT-000139
Company Name: A C S TEL COM, INC.


Staff:   Fred Ottavelli, Senior Policy Strategist
   Carolyn A. Caruso, Compliance Coordinator


Recommendation:

Issue a Complaint and Notice of Brief Adjudication Setting Schedule for 
Submission of Written Statements; for Submission of Documentary Evidence; for 
Responses, and Setting Time for Oral Statements.

Background:

A C S TEL COM, INC. (A C S) is registered as a telecommunications company to 
offer resold direct dialed long distance and debit card services to the 
public.  Under the provisions of WAC 480-121-060, the Commission may revoke a 
registration for good cause.  A C S has failed to:

 (1) File 3rd and 4th quarter 1999 debit card reports;
 (2) Maintain a performance bond; and
 (3) Submit a 1998 annual report and pay regulatory fees.

Discussion:

A C S is required to maintain a performance bond sufficient to cover 
outstanding debit cards.  On January 18, 2000, Reliance Insurance company 
submitted a notice canceling A C S’s indemnity bond effective February 13, 
2000.  Due to A C S’s failure to file debit card reports the Commission is not 
able to determine if adequate protections are in place to cover outstanding 
debit cards in the event A C S defaults.

As of mid-September 1999, A C S informed staff by telephone that they were not 
doing business in Washington State.  The Commission has not received any 
complaints on 
A C S.

Staff recommends that the Commission issue a Complaint and Notice of Brief 
Adjudication to determine whether the Commission should revoke A C S’s 
registration as a telecommunications company.