ARCHIVED - Letter
This page has been archived on the Web
Information identified as archived on the Web is for reference, research or recordkeeping purposes. Archived Decisions, Notices and Orders (DNOs) remain in effect except to the extent they are amended or reversed by the Commission, a court, or the government. The text of archived information has not been altered or updated after the date of archiving. Changes to DNOs are published as “dashes” to the original DNO number. Web pages that are archived on the Web are not subject to the Government of Canada Web Standards. As per the Communications Policy of the Government of Canada, you can request alternate formats by contacting us.
Ottawa, 9 August 2011
File no.: 8622-T69-201108332
BY E-MAIL
Mr. Roger Choquette
Consultant and Authorized Representative of Sogetel Inc.
Comgate Telemanagement Ltd.
428 E. Thunderbird Rd, #133
Phoenix, Arizona, USA
choquette@comgate.com
Mr. Ted Woodhead
Vice-President, Telecom Policy and Regulatory Affairs
TELUS Communications Company
215 Slater Street, 8th Floor
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1P 0A6
ted.woodhead@telus.com
Mr. Sylvain Bellerive
Vice-President, Financial Services
Sogetel Inc.
111 Rue du 12 novembre
Nicolet, Quebec, Canada J3T 1S3
vp.finances@sogetel.com
Dear Sirs:
Re: Facilities at the new TELUS point of interconnection in Lac-Etchemin, Quebec
Commission staff has received a letter from TELUS Communications Company (TELUS) dated 15 July 2011, in which TELUS expresses concerns about the date on which circuits ordered from Sogetel Inc. (Sogetel) will be delivered to the new location of TELUS’s point of interconnection (POI) with Sogetel in Lac-Etchemin, Quebec.
Commision staff notes that its letter of 9 June 2011, in response to TELUS’s request for an expedited hearing to resolve a dispute with Sogetel regarding the relocation of the POI in question, stated that Commission staff considered that TELUS’s request could be met by 31 July 2011 and that Sogetel was to comply with the request immediately.
Commission staff notes that TELUS initiated its order for circuits at the new POI in Lac-Etchemin on 6 April 2011, after the start of discussions concerning the relocation of this POI in November 2010. Commission staff also notes that the incumbent local exchange carriers’ delivery times for similar circuits do not exceed 15 business days—in the worst-case scenario—if facilities are in place.
Furthermore, for the calcultion of applicable fees as of 1 January 2012, Commission staff believes that in the event of Sogetel’s failure to deliver the circuits to the stated address by 31 July 2011, without a valid reason, it would be reasonable to consider TELUS and Sogetel’s new toll network interconnection configuration (number of DS-1s and associated distance) to have been effectively completed on 31 July 2011.
Yours sincerely,
Original signed by Lynne Fancy
for
John Traversy
Executive Director
Telecommunications
cc: Yvon Brunelle, Account Manager and Business Solutions
yvon.brunelle@sogetel.com
Gerry Lylyk, Director, Dispute Resolution, CRTC
gerry.lylyk@crtc.gc.ca
Mario Bertrand, Director, Competition Implementation and Technology, CRTC
mario.bertrand@crtc.gc.ca
Diane Sullivan, TELUS Communications Company
Diane.Sullivan@telus.com
- Date modified: