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Ottawa, 3 December 2008
File No.: 8622-T114-200809403
By e-mail
Mr. Ted Woodhead
Vice-President - Telecom Policy & Regulatory Affairs
TELUS Communications Company
215 Slater Street, Suite 800
Ottawa, Ontario
K1P 0A6
regulatory.affairs@telus.com
Dear Mr. Woodhead:
Re: Application seeking an order requesting that TELUS Communications Company be directed to provision unconditioned local channels
On 8 July 2008, the Commission received an application by The Internet Centre Inc. (TICI) in which it requested that the Commission order TELUS Communications Company (TCC) to make available unconditioned local channels under General Tariff Item 522, Analogue Private Line Services.
To assist the Commission to dispose of TICI's application, TCC is requested to provide responses to the interrogatories in the attachment to this letter by 17 December 2008.
Parties may comment on TCC's responses to these interrogatories by 6 January 2009. TCC may provide reply comments by 16 January 2009.
Yours sincerely,
Original signed by
Yvan Davidson
Senior Manager, Competitor Services and Costing
Telecommunications
cc: George Hearn, TELUS, regulatory.affairs@telus.com
Graham Fletcher, The Internet Centre Inc., gfletcher@incentre.net
Nicole Springer, Axia NetMedia Corporation, Nicole.Springer@axia.com
Donald Heale, CRTC, (819) 997-2755, donald.heale@crtc.gc.ca
Interrogatories for TELUS Communications Company
1. At paragraphs 15 to 18 of TCC's submission dated 13 August 2008, TCC submitted that the limitations of copper plant make the continuation of the arrangement requested by TICI untenable in the multi-media world of today. Further, TCC argues that the provision of the requested configuration inhibits TCC's ability to properly manage and grow its network.
a) Describe in what ways the limitations of copper plant in the multi-media world prevent the provision of the arrangement requested by TICI;
b) Describe how the provision of the service configuration requested by TICI inhibits TCC's ability to grow its network.
2. At paragraphs 19 and 20 of TCC's submission dated 13 August 2008, TCC submitted that spectral interference and crosstalk can affect other copper facilities adjacent to the one used for xDSL services.
a) Describe in detail the incidence of this interference and crosstalk, and the impact that it has on adjacent facilities;
b) Provide examples of where TCC has experienced such interference and crosstalk when provisioning facilities, and describe how it has been resolved.
3. Does TCC provision unconditioned copper pairs or unconditioned copper local channels for any of its own current services? If so, which services are provisioned in this manner and explain how TCC's concern over spectral interference or crosstalk is addressed in such situations.
4. Does TCC currently provide unconditioned copper pairs or unconditioned copper local channels under General Tariff Item 522, Analogue Private Line Services, to any of its retail or wholesale customers? If so, describe how such services are provisioned.
5. With respect to the disputed service arrangement ordered by TICI on 14 June 2006, provide a list of all charges that would be assessed by TCC if the service were provisioned under:
a) General Tariff Item 522, Analogue Private Line Services;
b) Carrier Access Tariff Item 215, Network Interconnection and Component Unbundling, including any co-location charges.
6. Explain how TCC's concerns with respect to network evolution and growth, spectral interference, and crosstalk would be satisfied if the services that are the subject of TICI's Part VII Application were provisioned under Carrier Access Tariff Item 215, Network Interconnection and Component Unbundling, rather than under General Tariff Item 522, Analogue Private Line Services.
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