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Ottawa, 6 April 2011
Our Reference: 8638-C12-201016882
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Re: Follow up to Telecom Regulatory Policy CRTC 2010-632, Wholesale high-speed access services proceeding – Request for disclosure of costing information filed in confidence
In yesterday’s letter regarding the above-noted subject, two interrogatories were inadvertently omitted from Attachment 3. Accordingly, Bell Aliant Inc. in Ontario and Quebec, and Bell Canada (collectively the Bell companies), and Saskatchewan Telecommunications (SaskTel) are requested to respond to the additional question addressed to them in the attachment to this letter.
The information is to be filed with the Commission and served on all parties by 20 April 2011. The above information must be received, not merely sent, by this date.
Yours sincerely,
Original signed by
Yvan Davidson / for
Lynne Fancy
Director General
Competition, Costing and Tariffs
Telecommunications
cc: Yvan Davidson, yvan.davidson@crtc.gc.ca
Richard Pagé, richard.page@crtc.gc.ca
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Attachment
Aggregated ADSL tariffs: matching speeds - Interrogatories to Bell Canada (defined to include Bell Canada and Bell Aliant in the operating territory of Ontario and Quebec)
1. In response to The Companies(CRTC)04Feb11-105, the Bell companies provided a detailed breakdown of the IFC per access for DSLAM All Equipment associated with FTTN. In response to The Companies(CRTC)11Jun10-1 D2010-255, the Bell companies provided an estimate of IFC per access for each of DSLAM Common Equipment and DSLAM Port Card associated with non-FTTN.
a. Using the format of the response to The Companies(CRTC)04Feb11-105, for the IFCs provided in response to The Companies(CRTC)11Jun10-1 D2010-255, provide a detailed breakdown into the following:
i. Material cost – line cards/port cards/other cards
ii. Material cost – other equipment (specify the type of equipment)
iii. Engineering (specify the activities)
iv. Installation (specify the activities)
v. Other (identify)b. For each of the responses to The Companies(CRTC)04Feb11-105 and to part a) above, for each of Engineering and Installation, identify the major activities involved and provide the associated time estimates by major activity, identifying the source of information and supporting assumptions, with rationale. The response should address the extent to which the proposed time estimates associated with the FTTN DSLAMs reflect differences between the engineering time required for the first DSLAM and the engineering time required for subsequent DSLAMs.
c. Further to the response to part b) above, for each major activity, identify the significant differences in activities and/or time estimates between the FTTN and non-FTTN DSLAMs, with supporting rationale.
Aggregated ADSL tariffs: matching speeds - Interrogatories to SaskTel
1. In response to SaskTel(CRTC)04Feb11-115, SaskTel provided a revised study with a 10 year study period.
a. Using the format of tables 1, 2, 3, 4 and 20 to 28 of the cost study and proposed tables of Sasktel(CRTC)15Sep10-103, provide revised 10 year cost study information and proposed revised rates per end-user for each of the following changes in assumptions:
i. For each year of the study period, apply a CIF of -2% for access driven cost components (e.g. DSLAM) and -10% for traffic driven cost components (e.g. IP router).
ii. For each year of the study period, apply a CIF of -5% for access driven cost components (e.g. DSLAM) and -15% for traffic driven cost components (e.g. IP router).
b. Comment on the extent to which equipment capacity for traffic driven cost components are increased over time to satisfy higher traffic demand without significantly increasing the overall provisioning costs per end-user and thereby causing significant decreases in unit cost per peak hour Kbps for this category of costs.
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