ARCHIVED - Order CRTC 2001-917
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Order CRTC 2001-917 |
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Ottawa, 21 December 2001 |
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Northern Telephone Limited |
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The Commission approves, on an interim basis, Northern Telephone Limited's primary interexchange carrier/customer account record exchange (PIC/CARE) tariffs; the addition of a new tariff item for the bulk transfer of a customer base between interexchange carriers having feature group D service, and a revised PIC processing charge per access line of $2.16. |
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The Commission notes that Northern Telephone Limited has not filed a cost study to support its rates for Tariff notices 163and 163B but has used Télébec Ltée's rates, which were approved in Telecom Order CRTC 97-1958, dated 30 December 1997, as a proxy. |
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O.N.Telcom provided comments on this rate application and expressed concerns over the proposed primary interexchange carrier (PIC) processing charge of $8.26 for each access line, almost 400% higher than the Cochrane Public Utilities Commission PIC processing charge of $2.16 for each access line. Cochrane operates in the same toll territory as Northern; Cochrane's $2.16 charge was approved in Order CRTC 2001-846, Interconnection with interexchange carriers, dated 28 November 2001. |
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The Commission notes that Bell Canada and numerous independent telephone companies have a PIC processing charge of $2.16 for each access line. |
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The Commission considers that unless Northern can support the higher rate for the PIC processing charge with a cost study, the PIC processing charge for each access line should be the same as that of Cochrane and other independent telephone companies. |
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The Commission approves, on an interim basis, TNs 163 and 163B with the following amendment, i.e. that the PIC processing charge per access line be revised from $8.26 to $2.16. |
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The Commission directs Northern to file the revised tariff page reflecting the above amendment forthwith. |
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Secretary General |
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Date Modified: 2001-12-21
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