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Telecom Public Notice CRTC 98-29
  Ottawa, 2 October 1998
 

NORTHWESTEL INC. - RATE GROUP CONSOLIDATION AND OTHER RATE INITIATIVES
  File No.:  Tariff Notice 671
  1. The Commission has received an application under Tariff Notice (TN) 671 from Northwestel Inc. (Northwestel), dated 15 September 1998, proposing local rate group consolidation and other rate initiatives to become effective 1 January 1999.
  2. Northwestel proposes to restructure residential and business local rates by establishing a common rate across its four rate groups. Accordingly, for Rate Groups 1 to 3, the individual residential and business line rates would increase to $20.33 and $38.70 respectively, which are the rates currently paid by customers in Rate Group 4. In addition, a common multi-line business rate of $47.00 would be established for all rate groups.
  3. Northwestel proposes that the revenues generated from the rate group consolidation would be used, in part, to fund other rate initiatives such as long distance promotions and service upgrades.
  Procedure
  4. Northwestel's application can be examined at any of the company's business offices or at the offices of the CRTC in the following location:
  Central Building
Les Terrasses de la Chaudière
1 Promenade du Portage
Room 201
Hull, Quebec
  530-580 Hornby Street
Vancouver, B.C.
  5. Copies of Northwestel's applications can be obtained by any interested person upon request directed to Northwestel at the address below.
  6. In a letter of today's date, Northwestel is asked to respond to Commission interrogatories by 13 October 1998.
  7. If you wish to comment on the application, please write to the Secretary General, CRTC, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0N2, fax:  (819) 953-0795, by 5 November 1998. A copy of your comments should be sent to Mrs. Araya Vivorakij, Manager, Regulatory Affairs, Northwestel Inc., P.O. Bag 2727, Whitehorse, Yukon, Y1A 4Y4, Fax:  (867) 668-7674.
  8. Northwestel may file any reply comments by 13 November 1998.
  9. In addition to hard copy filings, parties are encouraged to file with the Commission electronic versions of their submissions in accordance with the Commission's Interim Telecom Guidelines for the Handling of Machine-Readable Files, dated 30 November 1995. The Commission's Internet email address for electronically filed documents is public.telecom@crtc.gc.ca. Electronically filed documents can be accessed at the Commission's Internet site at http://www.crtc.gc.ca.
  10. When a document is required to be filed or served by a specific date, the document must be actually received, not merely sent, by that date.
  11. In light of the comment period specified in this Public Notice, the Commission expects to issue a ruling with respect to Northwestel's TN 671 during the month of December 1998.
  Secretary General
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