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Letter

Ottawa, 17 March 2005

File Number: 8740-T69-200502337

By fax and E-mail

(418) 722-2154
francine.julien@tel.com

Francine Julien
Area Director, Regulation
TELUS Communications Inc.
6, Jules-A. Brillant, R 0622
Rimouski (Québec) G5L 7E4

Dear Ms. Julien:


Subject: Tariff Notice 394 - Rates for local interconnection and unbundled network components

On 2 March 2005, the Commission received an application under cover of Tariff Notice 394, pursuant to Implementation of competition in the local exchange and payphone markets in the territories of Société en commandite Télébec and the former TELUS Communications (Québec) Inc. , Telecom Decision CRTC 2005-4, 31 January 2005 (Decision 2005-4).

Commission staff notes the following deficiencies: 

1.  There were no provisions to make available to CLECs information on latitude and longitude for remotes and Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexers (DSLAMs).

2.  No rates/service charges, terms and conditions were provided for connection to in-building wire.

3.  No rates/service charges were provided for T1 service by a CLEC using either type A and/or B local loops.

4.  No tariff reference was provided for the rates for trunks between the CLEC switch and the 9-1-1 tandem switch.

5.  With respect to the unbundled local loops:

a)  per-loop service charges are greater than Bell Canada 's rate marked-up by 8.7% as determined in Decision 2005-4.

b)  the monthly rate proposed for type B loop in rate band G has not been substantiated or reference made to the appropriate tariff.

c)  travelling expenses proposed in addition to the per-order service charge has not been substantiated or reference made to the appropriate tariff.

6.  With respect to rates for traffic imbalance:

a)  the monthly rates proposed by the company included traffic imbalance of >10% to >90% in increments of 10% while the rates approved for Bell Canada included traffic imbalance of >20% to >60% in increments of 20%.

b)  the monthly rates proposed for >20%, >40%, and >60% are greater than Bell Canada's rates marked-up by 8.7% as determined in Decision 2005-4.

7.  With respect to Pay Telephone Basic Access Line (PAL) service, the monthly PAL rate was set at 83.7% of a flat-rate individual business line while the Bell Canada's approved tariff was set at 75%.

Consequently, this application is now closed.

However, the company is required to file a new application, pursuant to the directives in Decision 2005-4, containing the missing information.   The company shall explain any deviation from the Commission's directives in Decision 2005-4 and provide the supporting rationale.   The application must be filed under cover of a new tariff notice.

Sincerely,

Original signed by:

Scott Hutton
Director General,
Competition, Costing and Tariffs
(819) 997-4573

c.c: Henri Jacques, 819-953-4945

 

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