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Letter

Ottawa, 26 May 2008

File No.  8695-B54-200804460

By E-mail

Mr. Richard A. Stephen
Director - Regulatory Matters
Bell Aliant Regional Communications, LP
Saint John Brunswick Sq., Flr 10
Saint John, New Brunswick
E2L 4K2
regulatory@bell.aliant.ca

Dear Mr. Stephen:

Re:  Bell Aliant Regional Communications, Limited Partnership - Application for a subsidy adjustment per residential network access service for the period from 1 January 2002 to 31 December 2007

On 26 March 2008, the Commission received a Part VII application by Bell Aliant Regional Communications, Limited Partnership.

In Service standards for the disposition of telecommunications applications, Telecom Circular CRTC 2006-11, 7 December 2006, the Commission stated that it would categorize Part VII applications into two types: Type 1 applications that generally do not involve multiple parties or raise significant policy issues and Type 2 applications that do involve multiple parties and/or raise significant policy issues

The Commission also adopted the following service standards for Part VII applications:

  • Type 1 Part VII applications – 90 percent of determinations to be issued on an interim or final basis within four months of the close-of-record; and

  • Type 2 Part VII applications – 85 percent of determinations to be issued on an interim or final basis within eight months of the close-of-record.

The Commission stated that it would inform applicants, by letter, within 10 days of the end of the comment period for applications, whether the application is considered to be a Type 1 or Type 2 application, and the applicable service standard.

Commission staff has assessed the above application and considers it to be a Type 1 application.  Accordingly, the Commission expects to issue an interim or final determination within 4 months of the close-of-record.

Yours sincerely,

Original signed by Stephen Delaney

Stephen Delaney
Director, Industry Analysis
Policy Development and Research

cc: Robert Thompson

Date Modified: 2008-05-26

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