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Our file: 8695-C12-19/02
Ottawa, 17 January 2003
BY TELECOPIER
Ms. Muriel Chalifoux
Director, Finance and Regulatory
Northwestel Inc.
P.O. Box 2727
Whitehorse, Yukon
Y1A 4Y4
Dear Ms. Chalifoux:
Subject: Northwestel Inc. - Initial annual review of supplemental funding
Additional information is required to complete the record of the proceeding initiated by Telecom Public Notice CRTC 2002-1, Northwestel Inc. - Initial annual review of supplemental funding, 1 March 2002. Attached are additional interrogatories to be answered by the company.
The responses to these interrogatories are to be filed with the Commission, serving copies on all parties, by 24 January 2003. The responses are to be actually received, and not merely sent, by this date.
Yours sincerely,
Scott Hutton
Director, Efficiency and Expenditure Analysis
(819) 997-4573
c.c.: PN 2002-1 Interested Parties
Jim MacKay (819) 953-8454
NORTHWESTEL INC.
COMMISSION INTERROGATORIES DATED 17 JANUARY 2003
301 With reference to the response to interrogatory NWTel(CRTC)1Mar02-6 re Access, Northwestel stated that an additional project in the Halfway River region of Northern British Columbia costing $375,000 has been added to the Service Improvement Plan (SIP) in 2003. Indicate the total number of premises in the region, along with the number of premises that are expected to request telephone service.
302 With reference to the response to interrogatory NWTel(CRTC)01Mar02-3, Attachment 8, page 2 of 2, Broadband Access, Project 3.1.13, provide the results of the economic evaluation (e.g., the results of the net present value study) to justify the expenditures for this project.
303 With reference to Northwestel's evidence dated 12 April 2002, page 5, Northwestel stated that as of March 2002, there were 54 communities without a local dial-up Internet Service Provider (ISP). Based on information filed in the proceeding leading to Decision 2000-746 during the period November 1999 to April 2000, Commission staff estimates that in the 24-month timeframe between April 2000 and March 2002, approximately four small communities received the capability for ISP access. Confirm this number and indicate which ISP provided Internet access in the communities in question.
304 For Asset Code 60 - Cable-Aerial/Underground, provide the financial impact in 2002 assuming the life parameters to be (a) Iowa R-3, 26 years and (b) Iowa R-3, 30 years. The response should be provided in the same format as the response to interrogatory NWTel(CRTC)10May02-118, Attachment 2.
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