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Telecom Order
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Ottawa, 14 April 1994
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Telecom Order CRTC 94-372
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IN THE MATTER OF an application by BC TEL under Tariff Notice 3055 dated 15 March 1994, for approval of proposed revisions to the company's General Tariff Item 30 with respect to rate groups for exchanges in which the telephone number count for rate group purposes has exceeded the upper or lower limits of the exchange's current rate group by 1% or more for two consecutive months as of February 1994.
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WHEREAS, by letter dated 22 March 1994, the company requested Commission approval of Tariff Notice 3055 by 15 April 1994 for an effective date of 15 May 1994;
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WHEREAS, under Telecom Order 79-388 (Order 79-388) dated 19 September 1979, the Commission approved the criterion which requires that exchanges be reclassified to higher or lower rate groups when the total number telephone count for rate grouping purposes has been over or under the limits of its present rate group by 5% or more for two consecutive months;
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WHEREAS the objective of the 5% margin was to avoid rate adjustments resulting from brief and temporary changes in total telephone number count;
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WHEREAS the Commission notes from the record that all of the 116 exchanges in BC TEL's territory whose telephone number-count for rate group purposes exceeded the upper rate group limit by 1% or more for two consecutive months during the period from January 1990 and January 1994 have remained consistently above the rate group limit;
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WHEREAS the Commission also notes that, based on the company's current forecast, over the next five years, no exchange which exceeds its upper rate group by 1% or more for two consecutive months would subsequently downgroup;
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WHEREAS the Commission further notes that the company's proposal would have the effect of immediately regrouping the Aldergrove exchange from rate group 21 to rate group 22 and that the company intends to file, for Commission approval, proposed rates for rate group 22; and
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WHEREAS the Commission is satisfied that the application of a 1% margin would meet the objectives of avoiding rate adjustments resulting from brief and temporary changes in telephone number count -
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IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:
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The proposed tariff revisions submitted by BC TEL under Tariff Notice 3055 are approved.
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Allan J. Darling
Secretary General
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