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Ottawa, 4 December 2013
Our references: 8740-B54-201302067, 8740-B54-201312024, 8740-B2-201302041 and 8740-B2-201312040
BY EMAIL
Mr. Philippe Gauvin
Senior Counsel, Regulatory Law and Policy
Bell Canada
160 Elgin Street, 19th Floor
Ottawa, Ontario K2P 2C4
bell.regulatory@bell.ca
Mr. Denis Henry
Bell Aliant
Vice-President – Regulatory, Government Affairs and Public Law
160 Elgin Street, 19th Floor
Ottawa, Ontario K2P 2C4
regulatory@bell.aliant.ca
Re: Outstanding rating issues Gateway Access Service –TNs 428/454 (Bell Aliant) and TNs 7376/7401 (Bell Canada)
Dear Sirs:
In tariff notices 428/454 and 7376/7401, Bell Aliant Regional Communications, Limited Partnership and Bell Canada (collectively, the Bell companies) proposed to introduce a new speed for residence/business Gateway Access Service –Fibre to the Node (GAS-FTTN). The new services are known as residential FTTN 50 and business FTTN 50 and provide 50 Mbps downstream and up to 10 Mbps upstream to end-users in Ontario and Quebec. The Bell companies received interim approval for the residential FTTN 50 tariff application in Telecom Order 2013-60 issued on 14 February 2013 and interim approval
for the business FTTN 50 tariff application in Telecom Order 2013-503 issued on 19 September 2013.
Considering the time that has elapsed since interim approval was granted and given that the economic cost studies related to these services have not yet been filed with the Commission, Commission staff is requesting that the Bell companies file the associated cost studies by 20 January 2014.
Commission staff notes that the economic cost studies filed in support of the tariff notices should reflect the Commission’s determination in Telecom Decision 2013-73, whereby the Commission decided that the rates for business wholesale HSA services are to be the same as the rates for comparable residential wholesale HSA services.
Yours sincerely,
Original signed by
Lyne Renaud
Director, Costing and Competitor Services
Telecommunications
c.c.: Ramin Adim, CRTC, 819-997-4298, ramin.adim@crtc.gc.ca
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