NOTICE OF FILING AND PUBLIC HEARING Docket No. 2025-193-C Application of DCB Dark Fiber, LLC for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity to Provide Local Exchange and Interexchange Telecommunications Services in the State of South Carolina and for Flexible and Alternative Regulation Why is this Notice Important? DCB Dark Fiber, LLC ("DCB" or "the Company") filed an Application for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity to Provide Local Exchange and Interexchange Telecommunications Services in the State of South Carolina and for Flexible and Alternative Regulation with the Public Service Commission of South Carolina (the "Commission") What is the Company asking the Commission to approve? The Company request the Commission issue an Order: Granting the Company a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity to Provide Local Exchange and Interexchange Telecommunications Services in the State of South Carolina.Authorizing DCB's local exchange telecommunications services be regulated in accordance with procedures authorized for NewSouth Communications in Order No. 98-165 in Docket No. 97-467-C.Authorizing DCB's interexchange telecommunications services be regulated in accordance with procedures established for alternative regulation in Order Nos. 95-1734 and 96-55 in Docket No. 95- 661-C.Granting other relief as the Commission deems necessary and appropriate. The case was filed according to S.C. Code Ann. Section 58-9-280(B) and Section 253 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, and the rules and regulations of the Commission; and this hearing has been scheduled according to S.C. Code Ann. Section 58-9-280(B) and S.C. Code Ann. Regs. 103-817. PLEASE BE ADVISED pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. Section 58-9-280, as amended, the Commission will invoke the 120-day period allowed for consideration of this matter. For the entire Case visit: https://dms.psc.sc.gov/Web/Dockets/Detail/119416 A public hearing has been scheduled in this case to begin on Monday, September 22, 2025, at 10:00 a.m., at the Public Service Commission, Hearing Room, 101 Executive Center Drive, Columbia, SC 29210. Intervention deadline: Wednesday, August 13, 2025 Manner of filing Intervention: Email a Petition to Intervene to contact@psc.sc.gov or mail a Petition to Intervene to 101 Executive Center Drive, Suite 100, Columbia, SC 29210. Please include your email address. You must give a copy of your Petition to Intervene to all Parties in this case. Manner to file Letters of Protest: File Public Comments or Letters of Protest by emailing contact@psc.sc.gov or mail Public Comments or Letters of Protest to 101 Executive Center Drive, Suite 100, Columbia, SC 29210. For questions regarding this filing, contact the Office of Regulatory Staff at 1-800-922-1531, the South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs at 1-800-922-1594, DCB Dark Fiber, LLC at 803-771-0555, or for public information on this filing, contact the Commission at 1-803-896-5100. IPL0256212 Jul 23 2025