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Telecom Order
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Ottawa, 21 January 1994
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Telecom Order CRTC 94-55
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IN THE MATTER OF an application by Bell Canada (Bell) under Tariff Notice 5027 dated 20 December 1993, for approval of proposed revisions to the company's General Tariff Item 60 with respect to rate groups for exchanges in which the telephone number count for rate group purposes has exceeded the upper limit of the exchange's current rate group by l% or more for two consecutive months as of November 1993.
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WHEREAS, under Telecom Order CRTC 79-387 (Order 79-387) 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 165 exchanges in Bell'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 April 1990 to October 1993 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 ten years, no exchange which exceeds its upper rate group by 1% or more for two consecutive months would subsequently downgroup; and
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WHEREAS the Commission is satisfied that the application of a 1% margin would meet the objective 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 Bell under Tariff Notice 5027 are approved effective 1 February 1994.
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Allan J. Darling
Secretary General
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