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Letter

Our file: 8662-B2-200405911

Ottawa, 3 September 2004

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Mr. David Palmer
Director,
Regulatory Management
Bell Canada
105, rue Hôtel-de-ville
6 th Floor
Gatineau , QC
J8X 4H7

Dear Mr. Palmer:

Subject:  Bell Canada 's application to review and vary Telecom Order CRTC 2004-143: Additional process

Under cover of a letter dated 14 June 2004 , Bell Canada filed an application to review and vary Telecom Order CRTC 2004-143, dated 3 May 2004 (Order 2004-143). By way of a letter dated 14 July 2004 , MTS Allstream Inc. (MTS Allstream) filed comments with respect to the application. By way of a letter dated 26 July 2004 , Bell Canada filed reply comments.

Rather than ask the company to address written interrogatories, and with a view to dealing with the matter more expeditiously and efficiently, Commission staff conducted an oral interrogatory process with Bell Canada on 30 July, 2004. The purpose of the oral interrogatory process was to elicit and/or clarify factual matters with respect to the imputation test results filed in confidence by the company in connection with Tarff Notice 805. Consistent with the procedures established for this process,   Commission staff's oral questions were not limited to the arguments made by Bell Canada in its review and vary application, but addressed other relevant issues with respect to the imputation test results filed on a confidential basis in support of TN 805. The purpose of broadening the scope of the process was to assist the Commission not only to dispose of Bell Canada 's review and vary application, but also to determine more generally the correctness of the Commission's disposition of TN 805 in Order 2004-143 by addressing questions on factual matters that had not been specifically raised in the company's application.  

Commission staff notes that during the oral interrogatory process, two exhibits were referenced. On 6 August 2004 , Bell Canada filed in confidence a number of responses to undertakings given during the oral interrogatory process.  

On 27 August 2004 , consistent with the procedures established for this process, Bell Canada filed an abridged version of the transcript of the oral interrogatory process with the Commission for the public record.

Bell Canada is requested to provide MTS Allstream immediately with a copy of the abridged transcript and, within 10 days of the date of this letter, to file with the Commission, copying MTS Allstream, an abridged version of the exhibits and the responses to undertakings for the public record.  

MTS Allstream may file supplementary comments, limited to addressing the information arising from the oral interrogatory process, copying Bell Canada and other parties, by 21 September 2004 .   Bell Canada may file its reply to these comments, copying other parties, by 28 September 2004 .

Yours sincerely,

Original signed by:

Yvan Davidson
Senior Manager
CompetitorServicesand Costing
Telecommunications

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