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Order CRTC 2000-964 |
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Ottawa, 23 October 2000 |
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Very high bit-rate digital subscriber line access denied under Special Facilities Tariff |
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Reference: Bell Tariff Notice 6484 |
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The CRTC denies Bell Canada's application for the introduction of very high bit-rate digital subscriber line (VDSL) access under Special Facilities Tariff (SFT). The proposed service related to high-speed Internet access and digitized video signals to apartment buildings. |
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The Commission has two concerns regarding the information filed by Bell Canada in support of its application. |
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The first deals with the costing of the fibre facilities connecting the VDSL equipment in Bell Canada's central offices to the VDSL equipment in the apartment buildings. The company proposed that the fibre be costed at causal cost because the service is not an essential facility. |
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The Commission considers this approach to be inconsistent with the requirements for the costing of customer-specific arrangements that include facilities available under the General Tariff. Telecom Decision CRTC 94-19 requires that the General Tariff rates for those facilities be used in the costing of the customer-specific arrangements to prevent unjust discrimination or undue preference. |
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The second issue deals with Bell Canada's proposal to exclude the pre-service introduction costs from the imputation test. While the Commission's costing requirements allow costs incurred prior to the introduction of a service to be excluded from the causal costs attributed to a service, SFT rates should permit recovery of service development costs because SFTs are, for the most part, developed for specific customers. In the present case involving an SFT, the Commission considers that the pre-introduction costs that are specific to the development of the service for the customer should be recovered through the rate approved for the service. |
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Given the two concerns noted above, and the inability of the Commission to be satisfied that the proposed rate meets the imputation test, the application is denied. |
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Secretary General |
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