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Ottawa, 5 April 2002 To all Canadian carriers and broadcast distribution undertakings: Re: Forbearance from interexchange private lines File Nos.: 8638-S1-01/98; 8640-T5-02/98; 8640-Q1-01/98 In Stentor Resource Centre Inc. - Forbearance from regulation of interexchange private line services, Telecom Decision CRTC 97-20, 18 December 1997, the Commission forbore from regulation of certain interexchange private lines (IXPLs) on a route specific basis. In Telecom Order CRTC 99-434, 12 May 1999 (Order 99-434), the Commission established an expedited process for considering further forbearance for the High Capacity and Digital Data System services offered by the former Stentor companies. It directed competitors of these companies, including broadcast distribution undertakings (BDUs), to file with the Commission, on a semi-annual basis, a report, serving copies on the relevant company, identifying their routes that meet the Commission's criterion. Based on this evidence, and without further process, the Commission expected to quickly issue determinations granting forbearance on the routes in question. Pursuant to Telecom Order CRTC 99-905, 17 September 1999 (Order 99-905), the process described in Order 99-434 was extended to Télébec and Québec Téléphone (now TELUS Québec). Pursuant to Orders 99-434 and 99-905, competitors are required to inform the Commission of the routes on which they either offer or provide IXPL services at band-width of DS-3 or greater. Orders 99-434 and 99-905 also require competitors to file such reports semi-annually, on 1 April and on 1 October respectively. To date, competitors have not reported on new routes for the period ending 1 October 2001. Canadian carriers and BDUs are reminded that they are required to report to the Commission any new routes that meet the forbearance criteria, and which they have not previously reported, in their upcoming filings of 1 April.
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