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File No. 8638-C12-200502551
    8622-C25-200512469

Ottawa, 25 August 2005

Mr. Don Bowles
Vice-President, Regulatory Matters
Rogers Telecommunications Limited
300-360 Albert St .
Ottawa , Ontario K1R 7X7                        

Mr. David Palmer
Director , Regulatory Affairs
Bell Canada
110 O'Connor St. 7 th Floor
Ottawa , Ontario K1P 1H1

Re:     Application respecting "Finalization of CDNA rebates for the interim period"

On 3 June 2005 , Call-Net Enterprises Inc., now Rogers Telecommunications Limited (Rogers) submitted a Part VII application to the Commission related to a dispute between Bell Canada and Rogers regarding the eligibility of certain carrier access circuits for CDNA service rates during the period before 3 February 2005, the date of Competitor Digital Network Services, Telecom Decision CRTC 2005-6 (Decision 2005-6).  

In its 15 July 2005 comments on Rogers' application, Bell Canada submitted that the disputed circuits pertain to particular carrier access circuits in place between Regulatory Framework for Second Price Cap Period, Telecom Decision CRTC 2002-34, 20 May 2002 and Decision 2005-6 (the interim period); "in particular, carrier access circuits served from different wire centres than the corresponding customer access and also those carrier access circuits that pass through a carrier point-of-presence before reaching Call-Net's switch" (paragraph 5).  

By letter dated 8 August 2005 , Commission staff stated its understanding that Bell Canada's description referred to two different situations:   Situation 1, in which the carrier access circuit was served from a different wire centre than the corresponding customer access, and Situation 2, in which the carrier access circuit passed through a carrier point-of-presence before reaching the competitor's switch.

By letter dated 18 August 2005 , Bell Canada stated that it wished to "clarify that the circuits at dispute pertain to Situation 1 only, i.e. those carrier access circuits served from different wire centres than the corresponding customer access".

Based on its review of Rogers ' application and associated submissions, Commission staff wishes to clarify the network location of carrier access circuits that are the subject of this dispute.   Rogers and Bell Canada are therefore requested to provide their response to the following questions by 29 August 2005, serving a copy of parties to the proceeding begun by Competitor Digital Network Access service proceeding , Telecom Public Notice CRTC 2002-4, 9 August 2002 (PN 2002-4).  

Please indicate whether carrier accesses in each of the following configurations are subject to this dispute.   If carrier accesses in other configurations are also the subject of this dispute, please describe each such configuration, identifying whether the carrier access is located in the same ILEC wire centre area as the associated customer access and whether the carrier access connects to the competitor's switch or its point of presence (POP).

Configuration 1:   The carrier access and associated customer access are located in different Bell Canada wire centre areas (the carrier access in wire centre area B and customer access is in wire centre area A).   The carrier access connects Bell Canada 's wire centre to the competitor's switch in wire centre area B.

Configuration 2:   The carrier access and associated customer access are located in different Bell Canada wire centre areas (as in Configuration 1). The carrier access connects Bell Canada 's wire centre to the competitor's POP in wire centre area B.

Rogers and Bell Canada are also requested to confirm whether this dispute includes carrier accesses in the following configuration:   a Bell Canada carrier access that connects to a Rogers' POP when the carrier access and associated customer access are located in the same wire centre area.
 
Yours sincerely,

Signed by D. Thurston for Y. Davidson

Yvan Davidson
Senior Manager
Competitor Services and Costing
Competition, Costing and Tariffs
Telecommunications Directorate

c.c.: Parties to PN 2002-4

Daphne Fry, CRTC

Date Modified: 2005-09-25

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