ARCHIVED - Telecom Order CRTC 2004-413
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Telecom Order CRTC 2004-413 |
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| Ottawa, 10 December 2004 | |
Saskatchewan Telecommunications |
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| Reference: Tariff Notice 68 | |
Digital subscriber line access capability |
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The Commission received an application by Saskatchewan Telecommunications (SaskTel), dated 5 July 2004, to revise the service description associated with Competitor Access Tariff item 650.14, Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) Access Capability, to provide SaskTel's retail DSL Internet Service (IS) to end-customers of any competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC) when the CLEC is providing primary exchange service (PES), business or residential, using a local loop leased from SaskTel. The application was filed pursuant to a directive set out in FCI Broadband - Request to lift restrictions on the provision of retail digital subscriber line Internet services to business customers, Telecom Decision CRTC 2004-34, 21 May 2004 (Decision 2004-34), and pursuant to Call-Net Enterprises Inc. - Request to lift restrictions on the provision of retail digital subscriber line Internet services, Telecom Decision CRTC 2003-49, 21 July 2003 (Decision 2003-49). |
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The Commission received comments from MTS Allstream Inc. (MTS Allstream) dated 4 August 2004. SaskTel filed reply comments on 13 August 2004. |
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MTS Allstream submitted that SaskTel had not complied with the Commission's directive in Decision 2004-34 arguing that competitors who wish to deploy services using SaskTel's DSL Access service should not have to also purchase a residential or business PES, provided by either SaskTel, or by a CLEC on leased SaskTel local loop. |
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SaskTel submitted that MTS Allstream had misrepresented the intent of the Commission's directives by quoting only a portion of Decision 2004-34. SaskTel submitted further that Decisions 2004-34 and 2003-49 relate to situations where an incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC) or a CLEC are providing local exchange service on an ILEC-provided local loop. |
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The Commission notes that prior to Decisions 2004-34 and 2003-49, SaskTel's DSL Access service tariff stipulated that the end-user must subscribe to SaskTel's PES. |
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The Commission notes that in Decisions 2004-34 and 2003-49 the ILECs were directed to provide their respective retail DSL IS to any residential or business PES customer of a CLEC that is served by a local loop leased from the ILEC. These decisions did not require an ILEC to make its DSL IS available to competitors on a stand-alone basis. |
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The Commission notes that MTS Allstream's request that Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) access arrangements be made available, without requiring residential or business PES through either the ILEC or a CLEC leasing local loops from the ILEC, will be addressed in the proceeding initiated by the Part VII application filed as FCI Broadband & Maskatel Inc. - Application regarding the provision of stand alone ILEC DSL services to CLEC voice customers served over parallel local networks, dated 22 March 2004. |
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The Commission finds that SaskTel's proposed changes to the service description satisfy the Commission's directives in Decision 2004-34 and Decision 2003-49. |
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The Commission approves SaskTel's application. The revisions take effect as of the date of this Order. |
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Date Modified: 2004-12-10
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