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Ottawa, 15 January 2010

Our Reference:  8690-C12-200910408

BY E-MAIL

 

Mr. Denis E. Henry

Vice President

Regulatory and Government Affairs and

 Chief of Privacy

Bell Aliant Regional Communications, Limited Partnership

160 Elgin Street, 19th Floor

Ottawa, Ontario  K2P 2C4

regulatory@bell.aliant.ca

Mr. David Palmer

Director

Regulatory Affairs

Bell Canada

160 Elgin Street, 19th Floor

Ottawa, Ontario  K2P2C4

Bell.regulatory@bell.ca

Re:  Revised process dates - Call for comments-Review of the large incumbent local exchange carriers’ support structure service rates, Telecom Notice of Consultation CRTC 2009-432, 21 July 2009

Dear Sirs:

On 11 January 2010, Bell Aliant Regional Communications, Limited Partnership, Bell Canada and Télébec, Société en commandite, (collectively, the Companies) requested an extension to the filing date for updated support structure costs. The Companies submitted that, based on their assessments of the workload involved in collecting and analyzing the inputs needed for the updated studies and developing those studies, they would not be able to file the requested information until 8 February 2010.

On 12 January 2010, TELUS Communications Company also indicated that it would not be able to complete its updated cost studies by 18 January 2010 and that it supported the Companies’ request to delay the filing of the information requested by the Commission until 8 February 2010.

On 14 January 2010, Bragg Communications Inc., the Canadian Cable Systems Alliance, Cogeco Cable Inc., Rogers Communications Inc., Shaw Communications Inc., and Quebecor Media Inc., on behalf of its affiliate Videotron Ltd. (collectively, the Cable carriers), submitted that an extension to the deadline would contribute to a further delay in the finalization of support structure rates. The Cable carriers proposed that if the extension is granted, the Commission should remove the interim status of support structure rates and make them final at the current levels.

It is noted that no party has opposed extending the deadline for filing the costing information as directed in Review of the large incumbent local exchange carriers’ support structure service rates - requests from cable carriers, Telecom Order CRTC 2009-731, 27 November 2009, to 8 February 2010. In the circumstances, including the extent of the information requested of the ILECs, Commission staff considers that an extension to the filing deadline is appropriate.

Further, the issue raised by the Cable Carriers to make support structure rates final will be dealt with by separate letter.

Accordingly, the deadlines set out in the Commission staff’s 10 December 2009 letter are revised as follows: 

The above material must be received, not merely sent, by the dates provided herein.

Yours sincerely,

Original signed by

Paul Godin

Director General

Competition, Costing and Tariffs

Telecommunications

c.c.: Daphne Fry, CRTC daphne.fry@crtc.gc.ca

Richard Pagé, CRTC richard.page@crtc.gc.ca

Pamela Cormier, CRTC pamela.cormier@crtc.gc.ca

Attach (1)

Attachment

List of Parties

ACTQ:  y.brunelle@telephonelabaie.qc.ca 

AGBriggs Consulting:  abriggs@cogeco.ca 

Bell Aliant:  regulatory@bell.aliant.ca 

Bell Canada:  bell.regulatory@bell.ca 

Bragg:  regulatory.matters@corp.eastlink.ca 

CCSA:  cedwards@ccsa.cable.ca 

Cogeco:  michel.messier@cogeco.com 

Distributel Communications Limited:  regulatory@distributel.ca 

Giganomics Consulting Inc.:  blackwell@giganomics.ca 

Maskatel and Drummond:  gcordeau@maskatel.qc.ca 

Ministère de la Culture et des communications:   andre.labrie@mcc.gouv.qc.ca 

MTO Telecom:  kfischer@mtotelecom.com 

MTS Allstream:  iworkstation@mtsallstream.com 

RCI:  hslawner@rci.rogers.com 

Shaw:  Regulatory@sjrb.ca 

Télébec:  reglementa@telebec.com  

TELUS:  regulatory.affairs@telus.com 

Tacit, Christian:  ctacit@tacitlaw.com 

TBayTel:  rob.olenick@tbaytel.com 

David.Wilkie@tbaytel.com 

Vidéotron:  regaffairs@quebecor.com 

View Communications:  dmckeown@viewcom.ca 

Wall Communications Inc.:  lefebvre@rogers.com 

Xittel:  reglementation@xittel.net

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