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Ottawa, 22 May 2009
File Nos: 8638-C12-200903890
BY E- MAIL
Mr. Denis Henry
Vice-President, Regulatory Affairs
Bell Aliant Regional Communications, Limited Partnership
160 Elgin Street, 19th Floor
Ottawa ON K2P 2C4
regulatory@bell.aliant.ca
Ms. Teresa Griffin-Muir
Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
MTS Allstream Inc.
45 O'Connor Street, Suite 1400
Ottawa ON K1P 1A4
iworkstation@mtsallstream.com
Mr. Robert Hersche
Director of Regulatory Affairs
Saskatchewan Telecommunications
2121 Saskatchewan Drive
Regina SK S4P 3Y2
document.control@sasktel.sk.ca
Re: Follow-up to Policy 2009-34 – Line-sharing service
In Requests to vary directives in Telecom Decision 2008-17 related to the provision of central-office-based wholesale ADSL access service and aggregated ADSL access service, Telecom Regulatory Policy CRTC 2009-34 (Policy 2009-34), the Commission replaced paragraphs 74 through 77 of Telecom Decision CRTC 2008-17 (Decision 2008-17) and, among other things, classified the ILECs' line sharing service [1] as a conditional essential service.
This wholesale service classification replaced the Category II competitor service classification of the line-sharing service offered by Bell Aliant, MTS Allstream and Saskatchewan Telecommunications adopted in Regulatory Framework for Second Price Cap Period, Telecom Decision 2002-34 (Decision 2002-34).
The Commission determined in paragraph 134 of Decision 2008-17 that conditional essential services will be priced at company-specific Phase II costs plus a mark-up of 15 percent.
Bell Aliant, MTS Allstream and Saskatchewan Telecommunications are each requested to file the following information with the Commission by 19 June 2009 , serving a copy on parties that commented in the proceeding that led to Policy 2009-34:
a) a detailed diagram showing all components of the proposed ADSL line sharing service as well as the associated connecting links and any other elements (such as connecting blocks, jumper wires, etc. - if any) or components that would permit co-located competitors to provision high-speed Internet access service using these service elements. A description of and diagram that illustrates the flow of traffic (using arrows) from the end-customer to the MDF and to the DSLAM, as well as from the DSLAM to the MDF and to the switch;
b) a proposed revised tariff for its line-sharing service that reflects rates that comply with the determination in Policy 2009-34 and the supporting cost study; and
c) a description, with supporting rationale, of each service functionality and its associated tariff element and the rate proposed to be applied in providing the company's line-sharing service.
Yours truly,
Original signed by
Yvan Davidson
Senior Manager
Competitor Services and Costing
Telecommunications Directorate
c.c.: Bell Canada : bell.regulatory@bell.ca
TELUS Communications: regulatory.affairs@telus.com
Distributel Communications Limited: regulatory@distributel.ca
Primus Telecommunications Canada Inc.: regulatory@primustel.ca
Cybersurf Corp.: marcel.mercia@cybersurf.com
Coalition of Internet Service Providers Inc.: regulatory@cfai-cisp.ca
Trichur Krishnan, CRTC, 819-953-9584
[1] Line-sharing service is a wholesale service that provides access to the high frequency band of the unbundled local copper loop. Under this service arrangement, the co-located competitor provisions its own DSLAM to offer high-speed Internet service to its end-customers.
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