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Our Reference: 8638-C12-201016882

Ottawa, 4 January 2011

BY E-MAIL

To: Distribution List:

Re: Follow up to Telecom Regulatory Policy CRTC 2010-632, Wholesale high-speed access services proceeding, 30 August 2010 – Preliminary questions pertaining to the ILECs’ speed matching service rate proposals and proposed service charges

In a letter dated 15 September 2010, Telecom Regulatory Policy CRTC 2010-632, Wholesale high-speed access services proceeding, 30 August 2010 – request to file proposed tariffs for ADSL speed matching services with supporting Phase II cost studies, the Commission requested that Bell Aliant Regional Communications, Limited Partnership in Ontario and Quebec, and Bell Canada (collectively the Bell companies), Bell Aliant Regional Communications, Limited Partnership in the Atlantic provinces (Bell Aliant), MTS Allstream Inc. (MTS Allstream), Saskatchewan Telecommunication (SaskTel), and TELUS Communication Company (TCC), collectively the incumbent local exchange carriers (ILECs) provide responses to interrogatories related to the cost studies supporting their proposed monthly recurring rates (15 September 2010 Commission interrogatories).

Commission staff notes that in addition to receiving cost studies in support of proposed monthly recurring rates, the Commission received costs studies in support of proposed revised service charge rates. With regard to the proposed revised service charge rates, Commission staff considers that there is insufficient details to assess the proposed service charge costs and rates.

Further, Commission staff notes that it is posing additional preliminary questions to gain a better understanding of each ILEC’s rate proposals and underlying cost study inclusions. Commission staff also notes that it has received separate cost studies in support of TELUS Québec’s monthly recurring rates for its matching speed services. However, it did not receive responses to the 15 September 2010 interrogatories that were specific to the TELUS Québec cost studies. Accordingly, Commission staff has posed an additional question seeking responses to the 15 September 2010 Commission interrogatories pertaining to the TELUS Québec cost studies.

In light of the above, each ILEC is requested to provide responses to the attached questions, as set out in Attachment 1 to this letter, by 15 January 2011.

Yours sincerely,

Yvan Davidson
Senior Manager, Competitor Services and Costing

cc: Pamela Cormier, pamela.cormier@crtc.gc.ca
Richard Pagé, richard.page@crtc.gc.ca
Marc Pilon, marc.pilon@crtc.gc.ca

Attach.

Encl.:Distribution List

 

Attachment 1

Bell Aliant, the Bell Companies, MTS Allstream, Sasktel, TELUS and TELUS Québec

1. For each service charge rate proposed for aggregated ADSL Access Service, High Speed Access service or Aggregated High Speed Service Provider Interface (AHSSPI), as applicable:

a) Complete Table 1 of Attachment 2.

b) For each of the major activity included in the proposed service charge cost study, compare the cost estimate per end-user with that of the service charge cost study previously filed in support of the existing service charge rate, and provide rationale for any differences in excess of 20%, identifying the vintage of the previous cost study.

c) Identify and describe any major one-time activities used to establish the service that are included in the cost studies supporting the proposed monthly recurring rates, with supporting rationale.

2. With respect to the company’s wholesale matching speed proposals,

a) In provisioning the proposed wholesale aggregated ADSL services, describe the circumstances under which the company will provision the modem at the end-user’s premises.

b) For those situations where the company will provision the modem at the end-user’s premises,

i) indicate how the company intends to recover the cost of the modems, specifying under which rate element it intends to recover this cost; and

ii) indicate how the company intends to recover operating expenses associated with modems (e.g. maintenance, help desk), specifying under which rate elements it intends to recover these costs.

TELUS Communications Company

3) With reference to Item 226.2 (paragraph 25) of its wholesale Internet ADSL Service tariff proposed under TN 391A, the company states that its wholesale internet ADSL services are only available on the company’s fibre to the node (FTTN) facilities.

a) Explain whether the company plans to continue offering wholesale ADSL internet services at or below speeds of 6 Mbps, where these services are provided on non-FTTN facilities. If not, explain why not. If so, indicate which rates would apply where these services are provided on non-FTTN facilities;

b) If in response to part a) the company intends to apply the TN 391A rates to existing demand for wholesale ADSL internet services at or below speeds of 6 Mbps, provide the company’s plan and rationale for doing so.

c) Describe the changes in costing methodology and assumptions between the cost studies filed in support of TN391 and TN 391A, with supporting rationale.

TELUS Québec

4) With reference to Item 4.06.02 (paragraph v.) of its proposed Wholesale Internet ADSL Service tariff, the company states that its wholesale internet ADSL services are only available on the company’s fibre to the node (FTTN) facilities.

a) Explain whether the company plans to continue offering wholesale ADSL internet services at or below speeds of 6 Mbps, where these services are provided on non-FTTN facilities. If not, explain why not. If so, indicate which rates would apply where these services are provided on non-FTTN facilities;

b) If in response to part a) the company intends to apply the TN 553 rates to existing demand for wholesale ADSL internet services at or below speeds of 6 Mbps, provide the company’s plans and rationale for doing so.

5) Provide responses to the Commission interrogatories dated 15 September 2010 associated with the TELUS Québec cost studies filed in support of TN 553.

DISTRIBUTION LIST:

Bell Canada: bell.regulatory@bell.ca
Bell Aliant Regional Communications: regulatory@bell.aliant.ca
Saskatchewan Telecommunications: document.control@sasktel.sk.ca
MTS Allstream Inc.: iworkstation@mtsallstream.com
TELUS Communications: regulatory.affairs@telus.com
Northwestel Inc.: regulatoryaffairs@nwtel.ca
Télébec: reglementa@telebec.com
Eastlink Cable Systems: Regulatory.Matters@corp.eastlink.ca
Shaw Communications Inc.: Regulatory@sjrb.ca
Cybersurf Corp.: marcel.mercia@cybersurf.com
Quebec Coalition of Internet Service Providers (QCISP): reglementation@xittel.net
Distributel Communications Limited: regulatory@distributel.ca
OneConnect Services Inc.: lisagoetz@globalive.com
Primus Telecommunications Canada Inc.: regulatory@primustel.ca
Cogeco Cable Canada Inc.: telecom.regulatory@cogeco.com
Quebecor Média inc. Quebecor Media Inc.: regaffairs@quebecor.com
Rogers Communications Inc.: ken.engelhart@rci.rogers.com
Mark H. Goldberg & Associates Inc.: crtc@mhgoldberg.com
Ripnet Ltd.: eric@rothschildco.com
The Internet Centre Inc.: gfletcher@incentre.net
Nucleus Inc.:berzins@nucleus.com
McCarthy, Tetreault, Barrister & Solicitors: babramson@mccarthy.ca
Execulink Telecom Inc.: regulatory@execulink.com
Christian S. Tacit, Barrister & Solicitor: ctacit@tacitlaw.com
AGBriggs Consulting Inc.: abriggs@cogeco.ca
Next Dimension Communications Corporation: slavalevin@ethnicchannels.com
Les.Net (1996) Inc.: crtc@les.net
LCB Consulting. Inc.: LBC_Consulting@live.ca
Ministère de la Culture et des Communications: andre.labrie@mcccf.gouv.qc.ca
Open Source Solutions: bob.Allen@abccomm.com
TIA Telecommunications: ghariton@sympatico.ca
Wall Communications Inc.: lefebvre@rogers.com
Fraser Milner Casgrain, LLP: kirsten.embree@fmc-law.com
Bruce Buchanan: bruce@brucebuchanan.net
Ontario Telecommunications Association: jonathan.holmes@ota.on.ca
Christopher Taylor: cataylor@cyberus.ca
ABC Communications: chris.allen@abccomm.com
Kathleen Turnsek: regulatory@vianet.ca
The Consumer Groups: piac@piac.ca
Canadian Association of Internet Providers Association canadienne des fournisseurs Internet: tom.copeland@caip.ca
Union des consommateurs: hemond@consommateur.qc.ca
Giganomics Consulting Inc.: blackwell@giganomics.ca
James H Pratt Consulting Inc.: jhpratt@msn.com
EGATE Networks Inc.: crtc@paul.ca
Peace Region Internet Society: pris@pris.ca
Lemay-Yates Associates Inc.: regulatory@lya.com
TekSavvy Solutions Inc.: regulatory@teksavvy.com
View Communications Inc.: dmckeown@viewcom.ca
TBayTel: David.Wilkie@tbaytel.com
Fibernetics Corporation: regulatory@fibernetics.ca
Vaxination Informatique: jfmezei@vaxination.ca
Electronic Box Inc.:  jp@electronicbox.net
TBayTel: stephen.scofich@tbaytel.com
British Columbia Broadband Association (BCBA): regulatory@bcba.ca
Liam   Buckley: crtcmail@gmail.com
Province of British Columbia: telecom@gov.bc.ca

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