ARCHIVED - Telecom Order CRTC 96-1594
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Ottawa, 23 December 1996
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Telecom Order CRTC 96-1594
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IN THE MATTER OF an application filed by BC TEL under Tariff Notices 3541 dated 6 November 1996 and 3541A dated 15 November 1996, for proposed revisions to the company's General Tariff which reflect the local rate plan portion of the company's rate rebalancing plans for 1997, filed in accordance with Telecom Decision CRTC 95-21 (Decision 95-21).
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WHEREAS under Tariff Notices 3541 and 3541A BC TEL proposed to increase, effective 1 January 1997, the monthly rate for residence lines in all rate groups by $2.00;
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WHEREAS BC TEL also proposed to increase business line rates for Rate Groups A to E by $2.00 and to leave business line rates in Rate Groups F to K at existing levels to reflect that these rates are already set at a compensatory level;
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WHEREAS BC TEL also proposed to retain existing rates for 49 exchanges served by step-by-step switching equipment, and to exempt them from rate rebalancing until such time as each switch is upgraded to digital technology;
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WHEREAS in Tariff Notices 3451 and 3541A, BC TEL also proposed to raise the threshold for the application of the Late Payment Charge (LPC) so that the LPC will apply only to an account when its unpaid amount exceeds $28.00;
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WHEREAS BC TEL also proposed housekeeping changes to Item 14(3) and Item 32;
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WHEREAS by letter dated 4 December 1996 AT&T Canada Long Distance Services Company submitted that BC TEL's proposed rebalancing initiative should be denied and BC TEL should be required to submit a revised proposal providing for rebalancing of all non-compensatory primary exchange services;
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WHEREAS by letter dated 3 December 1996, Westel Telecommunications Ltd. (Westel) submitted that BC TEL should not be permitted to exclude any existing rates for individual line, multi-line or ISA business services from the second phase of rate rebalancing in the absence of detailed cost justification demonstrating that such rates are already compensatory;
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WHEREAS Westel further submitted that BC TEL should not be permitted to exclude any basic local service rates from the second phase of rate rebalancing based on value of service considerations;
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WHEREAS the Commission considers that exemptions to exchanges served by step-by-step switching equipment as proposed by BC TEL is not consistent with Decision 95-21, including the rate rebalancing objectives of that decision; and
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WHEREAS, on a prima facia basis, the Commission finds that BC TEL's rate rebalancing plans for business lines are appropriate -
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IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:
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The proposed revisions to the General Tariff submitted by BC TEL under Tariff Notices 3541 and 3541A are approved on an interim basis with the following change:
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The $2.00 monthly rate increase for residence lines shall also apply, effective 1 January 1997, to those 49 exchanges which are currently served by step-by-step switching technology.
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Allan J. Darling
Secretary General |
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