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This page has been archived on the Web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, 31 October 2013
Our reference: 8740-T66-201313700
BY EMAIL
Mr. Hal Reirson
Senior Regulatory Advisor
Telecom Policy & Regulatory Affairs
TELUS Communications Company
30-10020-100 Street NW
Edmonton, Alberta Canada T5J 0N5
hal.reirson@telus.com
RE: Tariff Notice No. 464 – Proposal to establish an interim rate for the one-time service charge for the service pole audit costs and a one-time Unreported Attachment charge
Dear Sir:
On 17 October 2013, the Commission received the above-mentioned tariff notice submitted by TELUS Communications Company (TELUS) in which the company proposed to introduce a one-time service charge to recover a portion of the audit costs for service poles. The company indicated that the service pole audit has been completed in some areas and will be completed for all service poles in B.C. in the first half of 2014. At this time, the company proposed to establish an interim rate for the one-time service charge based upon the regions where the audit has already been completed. It further proposed to file another tariff notice to finalize the one-time service charge once the service pole audit is completed in 2014. In addition, the company proposed to establish a one-time Unreported Attachment charge that will be applied on a going-forward basis after the service pole audit is completed when a licensee installs a Subscriber Drop Wire without notifying the company. TELUS requested the approval of the proposed tariff pages with an effective date of 18 November 2013.
The company submitted that its application was a Group B retail tariff filing consistent with Approval processes for tariff applications and intercarrier agreements, Telecom
Information Bulletin CRTC 2010-455, 5 July 2010, as amended from time to time, (Information Bulletin 2010-455).
Commission staff considers that the application does not meet the definition of a Group B retail tariff filing as described in Information Bulletin 2010-455 on the basis that it does not deal with services provided to retail customers, but with services that would be provided only to competitors. For efficiency purposes, the Commission will process this application as a Competitor tariff filing rather than close the file which would necessitate the refilling of a tariff notice as a new application.
Accordingly, the application will follow the procedures described in Information Bulletin 2010-455 for Competitor tariffs:
- Interested parties may file interventions within 30 calendar days of the filing date of this letter; and
- The applicant may file reply comments within 10 calendar days of the deadline for filing interventions.
TELUS is therefore not to implement its proposed tariff until a Commission order is issued in regards to this application.
Yours sincerely,
Original signed by
Lyne Renaud
Director, Competitor Services & Costing
Telecommunications
c.c: Mohammed Omar, CRTC, 819-934-6378, mohammed.omar@crtc.gc.ca
Thomas K. Hui, CRTC, 819-953-0361, thomas.hui@crtc.gc.ca
- Date modified: