ARCHIVED - Tariff Notice 54 – Destandardization of OPX services

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Letter

Ottawa, 23 March 2005

File Number: 8740-A2-200502684

By Fax and E-mail

(519) 765-3265
info@amtelecom.ca

Mr. Michael J. Andrews
President & CEO
Amtelecom
P.O. Box 1800
18 Sydenham St. E.
Aylmer , Ontario
N5H 3E7

Dear Mr. Andrews:


Subject:     Tariff Notice 54 - Destandardization of OPX services

On 11 March 2005 , the Commission received an application from Amtelecom under cover of Tariff Notice 54, which proposed to destandardize and increase the rates for OPX services.

In " Regulatory framework for the small incumbent telephone companies ", Decision 2001-756, 14 December, 2001 , the Commission stated that the fourth basket comprises all other services such as special facilities tariffs and competitor access tariffs.   Rates for these services will generally be permitted to increase up to any already approved rate for the same service.   Tariff applications may be submitted at any time and should reference when and where the Commission approved the rate. For rate increases that go beyond this, an economic study must accompany the application.

Amtelecom proposed to increase its OPX service monthly rates to 30.75$ for residential customers and 58.43$ for business customers and indicated that these rates were equivalent to its current Primary Exchange Service (PES) rates.   Commission staff notes that Amtelecom's proposed OPX service rates are not equivalent to its currently approved PES rates.

Consequently, this application is now closed.   However, the Commission is open to examining a new application from the company containing the proper information.   The application must be filed under cover of a new tariff notice.

Sincerely,

'Original signed by S. Hutton '

Scott Hutton
Director General,
Competition, Costing and Tariffs

cc:    Lizette Pépin, CRTC (819) 953-8735

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