ARCHIVED - Telecom Order CRTC 99-1041
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Ottawa, 2 November 1999 |
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Telecom Order CRTC 99-1041 |
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Review of the Cost of Capital and Related Matters for the Independent Telephone Companies (Except Québec-Téléphone, Télébec ltée and Northwestel Inc.) |
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File No.: 8638-S1-01/98 |
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1. In Telecom Order CRTC 99-434, 12 May 1999 (the Order), the Commission established the criterion that it would apply when considering whether to grant forbearance for High Capacity and Digital Data Services (DDS) interexchange private line (IXPL) services offered by BC TEL, TELUS Communications Inc., Bell Canada, MTS Communications Inc., Maritime Tel & Tel Limited, NBTel Inc., Island Telecom Inc. and NewTel Communications Inc. (collectively, the companies) not already forborne from on the selected routes identified in Appendix 2 of Stentor Resource Centre Inc. - Forbearance from Regulation of Interexchange Private Line Services, Telecom Decision CRTC 97-20, 18 December 1997 (Decision 97-20). |
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2. In the Order, the Commission also established a process for the consideration of further forbearance for High Capacity and DDS IXPL services offered by the companies. Consistent with this process, the Commission directed all competitors that provide telecommunications services to file, by 10 August 1999 and subsequently on 1 April and 1 October of each year, serving copies on the relevant companies, a report identifying all IXPL routes for which they provide or offer service that meet the criterion established in the Order. |
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3. By letter dated 2 August 1999, Vidéotron Télécom ltée and AT&T Canada Corp. (AT&T Canada) filed an application requesting that the Commission (1) review and vary that part of the Order that required competitors of a company to serve on the relevant companies their reports identifying the specific routes that satisfy the criterion in the Order, and (2) pending disposition of the review and vary application, stay the requirement to serve the reports on the relevant companies. The Commission expects to dispose of this application shortly. |
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4. On 1 and 4 October 1999, Call-Net Enterprises Inc., MK Telecom Network Inc., AT&T Canada and Fundy Cable Ltd./Ltée (amended 8 October 1999) filed in confidence with the Commission their reports identifying the specific routes that satisfied the criterion established in the Order. |
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5. Based on the information contained in the reports filed by the competitors on 1 October 1999, the Commission finds that the High Capacity and DDS IXPL services of the companies on the routes identified in Appendix A of this Order satisfy the criteria under section 34 of the Telecommunications Act (the Act) for a forbearance determination. |
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6. In particular, the Commission finds that a determination to forbear from regulation of the High Capacity/DDS services listed in Appendix 1 of Decision 97-20, for the routes in Appendix A of this Order, would, under subsection 34(1) of the Act, be consistent with the Canadian telecommunications policy objectives set out in section 7. In addition, the Commission finds that it would be appropriate to forbear under subsection 34(2) of the Act, on the basis that the forborne services are or will be subject to a level of competition sufficient to protect the interests of users of these services. Finally, the Commission finds that to forbear would not impair unduly the establishment or continuance of a competitive market for the forborne services. |
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7. The scope of forbearance hereby granted is the same as that granted in Decision 97-20. |
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8. The relevant companies are directed to issue tariff pages removing the tariffs for the services in Appendix 1 of Decision 97-20 for the routes in Appendix A of this Order, to be effective on the date of issuance of the tariff pages. Pursuant to subsection 34(4) of the Act, sections 25 and 31 and subsections 27(1), 27(2), 27(4), 27(5), and 27(6) and (in part) section 24 and subsection 27(3) will no longer apply to the companies' High Capacity/DDS and Multicom and Datalink services set out in Appendix 1 of Decision 97-20 for the routes in Appendix A of this Order, to the extent that they are inconsistent with the Commission's determinations herein. |
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Secretary General |
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This document is available in alternative format upon request and may also be viewed at the following Internet site: www.crtc.gc.ca |
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Table 1 X = Routes identified by competitors
Table 2 Additional Routes
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