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Telecom Public Notice CRTC 2007-11
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Ottawa, 4 June 2007
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Further rate de-averaging for pay telephone and business services for large incumbent local exchange carriers
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Reference: 8678-C12-200708026
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In this Public Notice, the Commission initiates a proceeding to consider the appropriateness of removing the prohibition on further rate de-averaging for pay telephone and business services offered by the large incumbent local exchange carriers.
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Introduction
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On 30 April 2007, the Commission issued Price cap framework for large incumbent local exchange carriers, Telecom Decision CRTC 2007-27 (Decision 2007-27) in which it removed the prohibition on further rate de-averaging for residential services, including optional local services, down to the subscriber level.
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The Commission indicated that it would conduct a follow-up proceeding to consider whether the prohibition on further rate de-averaging should also be removed for pay telephone and business services offered by Bell Aliant Regional Communications, Limited Partnership, Bell Canada, MTS Allstream Inc., Saskatchewan Telecommunications, and TELUS Communications Company (collectively, the large incumbent local exchange carriers or ILECs).
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The Commission invites comments regarding the appropriateness of removing the prohibition on further rate de-averaging for pay telephone and business services which include single and multi-line business local exchange services, other capped services, and uncapped services offered by the large ILECs.
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Call for comments
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Persons interested in participating in this proceeding (including receiving copies of all submissions) must notify the Commission of their intention to do so by filling out the online form, or by writing to the Secretary General, CRTC, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0N2, or by faxing at: 819-994-0218 by 29 June 2007 (the registration date). Parties are to provide their email address, where available. If parties do not have access to the Internet, they are to indicate in their notice whether they wish to receive disk versions of hard copy filings.
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The Commission will post on its website, as soon as possible after the registration date, a complete list of interested parties and their mailing addresses (including their email addresses, if available) identifying those parties who wish to receive disk versions.
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Parties to Decision 2007-27 and any other interested party may file comments with the Commission, serving a copy on all other parties, by 30 July 2007. Parties filing comments are to provide full support for their position, including any material upon which they rely.
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All parties may file reply comments with the Commission, serving a copy on all other parties, by 15 August 2007.
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The Commission will not formally acknowledge comments. It will, however, fully consider all comments and they will form part of the public record of this proceeding.
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The Commission expects to issue a decision on the issues raised in this Public Notice within 120 days after the record closes.
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Where a document is to be filed or served by a specific date, the document must be actually received, not merely sent, by that date.
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Parties may file their submissions electronically or on paper. Submissions longer than five pages should include a summary.
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Electronic submissions should be in HTML format. As an alternative, those making submissions may use "Microsoft Word" for text and "Microsoft Excel" for spreadsheets.
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Each paragraph of all submissions should be numbered. In addition, the line ***End of document*** should be entered following the last paragraph. This will help the Commission verify that the document has not been damaged during electronic transmission.
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The Commission also encourages parties to monitor the record of this proceeding (and/or the Commission's website) for additional information that they may find useful when preparing their submissions.
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Important notice
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Note that all information that you provide as part of this public process, except information granted confidentiality, whether sent by postal mail, facsimile, email or through the Commission's website at www.crtc.gc.ca, becomes part of a publicly accessible file and will be posted on the Commission's website. This information includes your personal information, such as your full name, email address, postal/street address, telephone and facsimile number(s), and any other personal information you provide.
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The personal information you provide will be used and may be disclosed for the purpose for which the information was obtained or compiled by the Commission, or for a use consistent with that purpose.
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Documents received electronically or otherwise will be posted on the Commission's website in their entirety exactly as you send them, including any personal information contained therein, in the official language and format in which they are received. Documents not received electronically will be available in PDF format.
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Please note that the information you provide to the Commission as part of this public process is entered into an unsearchable database dedicated to this specific public process. This database is accessible only from the webpage of this particular public process. As a result, a general search of our website with the help of either our own search engine or a third-party search engine will not provide access to the information which was provided as part of this public process.
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Location of CRTC offices
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Submissions may be examined or will be made available promptly upon request at the Commission offices during normal business hours:
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Toll-free telephone: 1-877-249-2782
Toll-free TDD: 1-877-909-2782
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Central Building
Les Terrasses de la Chaudière
1 Promenade du Portage, Room 206
Gatineau, Quebec J8X 4B1
Tel.: 819-997-2429
Fax: 819-994-0218
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Metropolitan Place
99 Wyse Road, Suite 1410
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia B3A 4S5
Tel.: 902-426-7997
Fax: 902-426-2721
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205 Viger Avenue West, Suite 504
Montréal, Quebec H2Z 1G2
Tel.: 514-283-6607
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55 St. Clair Avenue East, Suite 624
Toronto, Ontario M4T 1M2
Tel.: 416-952-9096
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Kensington Building
275 Portage Avenue, Suite 1810
Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 2B3
Tel.: 204-983-6306 - TDD: 204-983-8274
Fax: 204-983-6317
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Cornwall Professional Building
2125 - 11th Avenue, Suite 103
Regina, Saskatchewan S4P 3X3
Tel.: 306-780-3422
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10405 Jasper Avenue, Suite 520
Edmonton, Alberta T5J 3N4
Tel.: 780-495-3224
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580 Hornby Street, Suite 530
Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 3B6
Tel.: 604-666-2111 - TDD: 604-666-0778
Fax: 604-666-8322
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Secretary General
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This document is available in alternative format upon request, and may also be examined in PDF format or in HTML at the following Internet site: www.crtc.gc.ca
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Date Modified: 2007-06-04