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Letter

Ottawa, 19 November 2008

File No.: 8740-B54-200815144
              8740-B2-200815160            

By E-mail

Mr. Denis Henry
Vice-President - Regulatory Affairs
Bell Aliant Regional Communications, Limited Partnership
110 O'Connor St., 14th Floor
Ottawa, Ontario
K1P 1H1
regulatory@bell.aliant.ca

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

Dear Mr. Henry and Mr. Palmer:

Re: Bell Aliant Tariff Notice 224 and Bell Canada TN 7167 - Gateway Access Service

On 7 November March 2008, the Commission received applications by Bell Aliant Regional Communications, Limited Partnership (Bell Aliant) and Bell Canada (collectively, the Companies), under cover of Tariff Notices 224 and 7167 (TN 224 and TN 7167), respectively.   In their applications, t he Companies proposed a rate increase to one of the monthly service charge payment options associated with their Gateway Access Service.   To assist the Commission to dispose of TN 224 and TN 7167, the Companies are requested to provide a response to the following interrogatories by 1 st  December 2008. Provide an abridged version of the responses to these interrogatories for the public record.

Interrogatories

1.   Using the format of the Attachment to TN 224 and TN 7167:

as)   Provide the in-service total number of GAS accesses and the churn volume for each month from September 2007 to August 2008 for the total of residence and business GAS accesses billed for the current $1.25 per month GAS service charge option (known as the third option or option (c)). The response should also provide the 12-month average churn rate and average lifespan of accesses calculations for this period.

b)   Provide the in-service total number of GAS accesses and the churn volume for each month from September 2006 to August 2007 for the total of residence and business GAS accesses billed for the current $1.25 per month GAS service charge option (known as the third option or option (c)). The response should also provide the 12-month average churn rate and average lifespan of accesses calculations for this period.

c)   If the 12 month average churn rate between the period of September 2006 to August 2007 and the period September 2007 to August 2008, differs by more than 10%, explain the difference.

2.   Using the format of the Attachment to TN 224 and TN 7167:

a)   Provide the in-service of GAS accesses and the churn volume for each month from September 2006 to August 2007 for the total of residence and business GAS accesses. The response should also provide the 12-month average churn rate and average lifespan of accesses calculations for this period.

b)   If the 12 month average churn rate between the period of September 2006 to August 2007 and the period September 2007 to August 2008, differs by more than 10%, explain the difference.

3.     Provide for all GAS accesses, the average monthly in-service accesses for the 12 month period September 2007 to August 2008 by contract period, (i.e. each of 1-year, 2-year and 3-year).

Yours sincerely,

Original signed by

Yvan Davidson
Senior Manager, Competitor Services and Costing
Telecommunications

cc:   Donald Heale, CRTC, (819) 997-2755, donald.heale@crtc.gc.ca