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Telecom Public Notice
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Ottawa, 21 August 1987
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Telecom Public Notice CRTC 1987-45
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BRITISH COLUMBIA TELEPHONE COMPANY - 1987 CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM REVIEW
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The Commission announces that it will review the construction program (CPR) of British Columbia Telephone Company (B.C. Tel). This review will be conducted in accordance with the procedure established in CRTC Telecom Public Notice 1982-24, dated 10 May 1982.
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Having considered the record of the 1986 review, the Commission has determined that a preliminary meeting for the 1987 CPR is not required. Follow-up items from the 1986 review will be discussed during the review meeting itself.
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The following schedule has been established for the 1987 review:
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a) Any person wishing to participate should file a notice of intention to participate with the Commission, and serve a copy on B.C. Tel, on or before 18 September 1987. The notice should indicate the names of those who will be in attendance at the review meeting.
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b) The company must file the 1987 View of its construction program with the Commission, and serve a copy on all parties who have filed a notice of intention to participate, on or before 2 October 1987.
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c) Interrogatories by interested parties must be filed with the Commission and served on the company on or before 30 October 1987.
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d) The company's written responses to these interrogatories must be filed with the Commission and served on all interested parties by 27 November 1987.
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e) Requests by interested parties for further responses to interrogatories, specifying in each case why a further response is both relevant and necessary, and requests for public disclosure of information for which confidentiality has been claimed, setting out the reasons for disclosure, must be filed with the Commission and served on the company by 4 December 1987.
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f) The company's written responses to requests for further responses to interrogatories and requests for public disclosure of information must be filed with the Commission and served on all interested parties by 10 December 1987.
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g) The review meeting will be held on 15, 16, 17 December 1987 commencing at 9:30 a.m. in Best Western O'Doul's Hotel, 1300 Robson Street, Vancouver, British Columbia.
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The company is requested to provide the following information as part of or with the 1987 View of its construction program:
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a) a 1987 View over 1986 View comparison of the company' forecasted construction expenditures by usage categories, identifying the amounts of change between Views attributable to:
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1) inflation,
2) accounting changes,
3) volume, and
4) other;
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(This View over View information is to be provided by year, for the years common to both Views.)
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b) a year over year comparison of the company's 1987 View of its construction program by usage categories, identifying the changes in such expenditures attributable to:
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1) inflation,
2) accounting changes,
3) volume, and
4) other;
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c) A comparison of the actual expenditures of the company in 1986 and the expenditures forecasted by the company in its budget View of that year, by usage categories, identifying the changes in such expenditures attributable to:
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1) inflation,
2) accounting changes,
3) volume, and
4) other;
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d) updates to the company's Capital Plan Planning and Methods (25 September 1986, Revision) and Planning Guidelines documents, as applicable;
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e) the reasons, including any economic evaluations conducted, for each new program;
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f) the reasons, including any economic or quality of service evaluations conducted, for each program deleted from the 1986 View;
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g) the actual and forecast improvements in efficiency and quality of service for all programs which are proposed to provide such improvements and which are expected to cost over $1 million;
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h) the actual utilization for subscriber outside plant, local switching equipment, trunk facilities and toll switching equipment for the year 1986 plus the predicted utilization for the years 1987 to 1989 inclusive; and
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i) an up to date version of the company's list of central offices indicating switching equipment and office types and also planned conversion dates where applicable.
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The addresses to be used in connection with this review are:
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Mr. Fernand Blisle
Secretary General
CRTC
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0N2
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and
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CRTC Suite 1130
700 West Georgia Street
Box 10105
Vancouver, British Columbia
V7Y 1C6
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and
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Ms. D.E. Byrne
Director Revenue Requirements
British Columbia Telephone Company
3777 Kingsway
Burnaby, British Columbia
V5X 3Z7
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Any person wishing to obtain additional information regarding the B.C. Tel - 1987 Construction Program Review may contact Messrs. Murray Lennox or David Robinson of the Commission staff at (819) 994-4716 or (819) 997- 4604 respectively.
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Fernand Bélisle
Secretary General
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