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Ottawa, 26 August 2009
File No.: 8661-B54-200904260
BY E-MAIL
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Dear Madams, Sirs:
Re: Revised Interconnection Agreement for the Provision of 9-1-1 Service to a Competitive Local Exchange Carrier
Please find attached interrogatories related to the application by Bell Aliant Regional Communications, Limited Partnership, and Bell Canada (the Companies), dated 18 February 2009, in which these companies proposed revisions to the Interconnection Agreement for the Provision of 9-1-1 Service to a Competitive Local Exchange Carrier.
Annex 1 sets out interrogatories addressed to the Companies and Annex 2 sets out interrogatories addressed to competitive local exchange carriers that operate in the Companies’ territories. Responses to these interrogatories are to be filed with the Commission by 28 September 2009.
Yours truly,
Original signed by
Suzanne Bedard
Senior Manager, Tariffs
Telecommunications
c.c.: N. Froese, CRTC (819) 953-4720 nora.froese@crtc.gc.ca
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Annex (2)
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Annex 1
1. Provide Bell Canada’s and Bell Aliant’s total revenues for access by competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC) end-customers to 9-1-1 Public Emergency Reporting service (9-1-1 PERS) that
a. were received from CLECs in 2008 under the current method of charging, per the Companies’ tariffs and CLEC 9-1-1 Agreement (i.e., $0.19 per network access service (NAS) or per working telephone number (WTN); and that
b. would have been received under the method of charging proposed in your application (i.e., $0.19 per WTN, based on each CLEC’s WTNs in the 9-1-1 database).
2. Provide Bell Canada’s and Bell Aliant’s total revenues in 2008 for 9-1-1 PERS.
3. At paragraph 3 of your application, you stated that in the case of some CLECs, the NAS counts submitted to the Companies have been inconsistent with the number count data extracted from the 9-1-1 database for those CLECs. For December 2008, provide the total NAS and WTN count that was submitted by each CLEC and the WTN count extracted from the 9-1-1 database for each CLEC.
4. Refer to Bell Canada and Bell Aliant’s General Tariffs Item 1400, 9-1-1 Public Emergency Service, subsection 6(d). For each of the services identified, indicate whether the basis on which the 9-1-1 rate is applied (e.g., per primary exchange service equipped for outward calling, per Centrex III Local etc.) would be equivalent to charging that rate on a per WTN basis.
5. In the case of multi-line systems (e.g., Megalink, Digital Exchange Access service etc.), indicate to what extent the company includes WTNs that are associated with extensions (e.g., extensions equipped for direct inward dial (DID) or where the customer has provided the information to the company) in the 9-1-1 database. If the company does include WTNs associated with extensions, at least in some cases, indicate whether the company charges for 9-1-1 on the basis of the WTNs contained in the database rather than on the basis identified in the tariff for these services (e.g., connection equipped for outward calling).
6. Confirm that for 9-1-1 PERS the Companies charge their retail customers the 9-1-1 rate on the basis of each WTN in the 9-1-1 database that is associated with their service(s). If this is the case, indicate how the companies would propose to modify General Tariff Item 1400, subsection 6(d) to reflect this.
Annex 2
1. Refer to Bell Canada and Bell Aliant’s General Tariffs Item 1400, 9-1-1 Public Emergency Reporting Service (PERS), subsection 6(d).
a) For each of the same/similar services that your company provides, identify the service and indicate whether you provide Bell Canada and Bell Aliant with a network access service (NAS) count or a working telephone number (WTN) count (or both) for the purpose of establishing the amount that your company will pay for access by its customers to 9-1-1 PERS;
In the case of multi-line systems, your response should indicate the extent to which the company provides WTNs that are associated with extensions (e.g., extensions equipped for direct inward dialling (DID) or where the customer has provided the information to the company); and
b) For each of the services your company provides, indicate the NAS count and the WTN count for the month of December 2008.
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