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Telecom Public Notice CRTC 2000-5

Ottawa, 11 January 2000

Bell Canada - Proposal to publish approved tariff pages on its Internet site

File No.: Tariff Notice 6406

1.

The Commission has received an application under Tariff Notice 6406 from Bell Canada (Bell) dated 16 November 1999, proposing to replace its tariff Subscription service (paper service) with a public, no charge service, available through the company's Internet site at www.bell.ca.

2.

Bell intends to maintain an updated copy of the more widely subscribed to and distributed tariffs on the Internet, i.e., General Tariff, National Services Tariff, Exchange Services Tariff and Access Services Tariff. Over the next several months, Bell intends to add other tariffs on its Internet site. As tariffs are made available, the company plans to update the rates for its tariff subscription service.

3.

Under its proposal, Bell would no longer maintain a list of subscribing parties.

4.

Bell stated that publishing its tariff pages on its Internet site would allow the company to make its tariffs available for public viewing as well as provide an efficient and timely distribution for updates/changes to tariff pages. Bell noted that all existing tariff subscriptions customers are business customers.

5.

Bell also intends to provide a rebate proportional to the time remaining on their subscription/renewal to those customers who have subscribed or renewed their subscription to specific tariffs.

6.

Bell is of the view that the requirement of Article 12 of the CRTC Tariff regulations can be met by publishing its tariffs on its web site.

7.

Subsection 12(1) of the CRTC Tariff Regulations states:

Every regulated company shall publish its tariffs as a subscription service and shall furnish a complete set of its tariffs or part thereof to any interested person on a subscription basis.

8.

A copy of the application may be obtained by any interested person upon request directed to Bell at: Bell Canada, Regulatory Matters, 6th Floor, 105 Hôtel de Ville Street, Hull, Quebec, J8X 4H7, fax:  819-778-3437.

9.

Bell's application can be examined at any of the company's business offices or at the offices of the CRTC at the following locations:
Central Building
Les Terrasses de la Chaudière
1 Promenade du Portage
Room G-5
Hull, Quebec
CRTC Documentation Centre
55 St. Clair Avenue East
Suite 624
Toronto, Ontario
405 de Maisonneuve Boulevard East
Suite B2300
Montréal, Quebec H2L 4J5

10.

Comments received prior to the issuance of this public notice will form part of the record of this proceeding.

11.

Interested parties may submit comments on Bell's application by 10 February 2000.

12.

Bell may submit any reply comments by 25 February 2000.

13.

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 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.

14.

Where a document is to be filed or served by a specific date, the document must be actually received, not merely sent, by that date.

15.

The Commission expects to issue a ruling with respect to Bell Tariff Notice 6406 during the second quarter of 2000.
Secretary General
This notice is available in alternative format upon request, and may also be viewed at the following Internet site: http://www.crtc.gc.ca
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