NOTICES
OneLink Communications, Inc.
[47 Pa.B. 2402]
[Saturday, April 22, 2017]Public Meeting held
April 6, 2017Commissioners Present: Gladys M. Brown, Chairperson; Andrew G. Place, Vice Chairperson; John F. Coleman, Jr.; Robert F. Powelson; David W. Sweet
OneLink Communications, Inc.; A-2017-2587715
Tentative Order By the Commission:
OneLink Communications, Inc. (OneLink) is an Interexchange Carrier Reseller certificated at A-311174. The Company's certificate was granted on April 11, 2002.
By letter dated January 3, 2017, OneLink advised the Commission that it had ceased all operations and had gone out of business. The letter also stated that OneLink had no assets, funds, staff or other resources and that it had closed its corporate office. OneLink stated that it notified all Pennsylvania long distance customers of the termination and assisted them with finding another long distance carrier prior to termination of business. A Secretarial Letter dated February 7, 2017 was sent to OneLink stating that its letter was processed as an Application to Abandon Services and that OneLink would be advised of any further procedure. The Secretarial Letter was returned to the Commission as undeliverable. Additionally, the telephone number of record for OneLink is disconnected and no new contact information is available.
Where a company no longer provides utility service to the public, there is no reason to maintain a certificate of public convenience for that company. Based on the above facts, particularly that we can no longer effectuate service on OneLink, we tentatively conclude that grant of OneLink's abandonment of its Certificate of Public Convenience pursuant to 66 Pa.C.S. § 1102(a)(2) is in the public interest. Furthermore, the Commission may take other appropriate action, including the imposition of penalties under section 3301, in lieu of grant of abandonment, if OneLink seeks relief from this Tentative Order; Therefore,
It Is Ordered That:
1. The application of OneLink Communications, Inc. is hereby tentatively approved as being in the public interest.
2. Waiver of the $350 filing fee for abandonment of service, as set forth at 52 Pa. Code § 1.43, is appropriate in this instance.
3. The Secretary's Bureau serve a copy of this Tentative Order upon the Office of Consumer Advocate, the Office of Small Business Advocate, and the Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement, and also cause a copy of this Tentative Order to be published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin with a 30-day comment period.
4. Absent the filing of adverse public comment within 30 days after publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin, the Bureau of Technical Utility Services shall prepare a Final Order for entry by the Secretary and shall advise the affected Bureaus within the Commission in writing that the certificate of public convenience held by OneLink Communications, Inc., utility code 311174, is cancelled and the case may be closed.
5. Upon entry of the Final Order described in ordering Paragraph No. 4 above, OneLink Communications Inc.'s name will be stricken from all active utility lists maintained by the Commission's Bureau of Technical Utility Services and the Assessment Section of the Bureau of Administration, and the docket shall be closed.
ROSEMARY CHIAVETTA,
Secretary
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 17-691. Filed for public inspection April 21, 2017, 9:00 a.m.]
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