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Telecom Order CRTC 2004-302

  Ottawa, 1 September 2004
 

Bruce Municipal Telephone System

  Reference: Tariff Notice 108
 

Call Answer Service

1.

The Commission received an application by Bruce Municipal Telephone System (BMTS), dated 6 May 2004, to revise its General Tariff, item 3 of section 820, Call Answer Service - Rates and Charges.

2.

Specifically, BMTS proposed to offer the following new service package options to its customers at the rates listed below:
    Description

Rates

  CAE BUS Enhanced Call Answer - Business $ 8.95
  CAE FWD Call Answer E-Forward - Residence $ 5.95
  AAB BUS Auto Attendant Basic - Business $ 4.95
  AAD BUS Auto Attendant Deluxe Call Answer - Business $ 7.95
  AATT Auto Attendant Enhanced Call Answer $10.95
  AAINFO Auto Attendant - Additional Message Boxes, each $ 2.00
  AAIFNC Auto Attendant Information Box $ 0.00
  AAE BUS Auto Attendant Enhanced Call Answer - Business $ 6.95

3.

BMTS stated that it expected that these new packages of services would help to promote and increase the penetration of Enhanced Call Answer service to business customers and Call Answer E-Forward service to residential customers.

4.

BMTS also proposed to change the names of two of its existing service packages while keeping the rates for these packages unchanged. Specifically, the company proposed to change the package names for:
 
  • "CAE BUS, Basic Call Answer - Business" to "CAB BUS, Basic Call Answer - Business"; and
 
  • "CA BUS, Deluxe Call Answer - Business" to "CAD BUS, Deluxe Call Answer - Business".

5.

The Commission received no comments with respect to the application.
 

Commission's analysis and determination

6.

In Regulatory framework for the small incumbent telephone companies, Decision CRTC 2001-756, 14 December 2001 (Decision 2001-756), the Commission assigned the services in question to the fourth price cap basket. In that Decision, the Commission determined that the rates for such services would generally be permitted to increase up to any already approved rate for the same service.

7.

The Commission finds that the proposed rates are below or equal to previously approved rates for the same or similar services and, therefore, are in accordance with Decision 2001-756.

8.

The Commission approves BMTS's application. The revisions take effect as of the date of this order.

9.

BMTS is to issue revised tariff pages forthwith.
  Secretary General
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Date Modified: 2004-09-01

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