ARCHIVED - Telecom Commission Letter Addressed to Philippe Gauvin (Bell Canada) and Natalie MacDonald (Eastlink)
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Ottawa, 23 December 2014
Our reference: 8690-E17-201401455
By Email
Mr. Philippe Gauvin
Senior Legal Counsel
Bell Canada
160 Elgin Street, 19th floor
Ottawa, Ontario K2P 2C4
bell.regulatory@bell.ca
Ms. Natalie MacDonald
Vice President, Regulatory Matters
Eastlink
8th Floor, 6080 Young Street
Halifax, Nova Scotia B3K 5M3
Regulatory.Matters@corp.eastlink.ca
RE: Eastlink Part 1 application – Bell Aliant Support Structure Invoices – request for Extension
Dear Mr. Gauvin and Ms. MacDonald:
In Bragg Communications Incorporated, operating as Eastlink - Dispute over billed charges for Bell Aliant Regional Communications, Limited Partnership’s support structures, Telecom Decision CRTC 2014-601, 20 November 2014 (Telecom Decision 2014-601), the Commission directed Bell Aliant Regional Communications, Limited Partnership (Bell Aliant), to provide Bragg Communications Incorporated, operating as Eastlink (Eastlink), by 20 December 2014, with sufficient information to verify those poles for which any other unauthorized attachment charges were applied.
By letter dated 9 December 2014, Bell Aliant stated that in light of the ongoing proceeding related to Review of wholesale services and associated policies, Telecom Notice of Consultation CRTC 2013-551, 15 October 2013, as amended by 2013-551-1, 8 November 2013, (the record of which only closes on 19 December 2014), the key resources in Bell Aliant who are needed to provide Eastlink with the above referenced pole information have been unavailable to work on this request and will be unable to meet the 20 December 2014 timeframe.
Bell Aliant requested an extension to the deadline by which it must provide Eastlink with the required pole information until 31 January 2015.
On 19 December 2014, the Commission issued a Letter Decision stating that it was appropriated in the circumstances to grant Bell Aliant an extension but considered the date of 31 January to be excessive and accordingly provided an extension to 9 January 2015.
In a letter dated 19 December 2014, Bell Aliant indicated that a substantial portion of the required pole information could be provided to Eastlink by 22 December 2014 and all outstanding data would be provided by 31 January 2015. On 22 December 2014, Eastlink indicated, in response, that it prefers to have all the pole information at once by the 9 January 2015.
Commission staff expects Bell Aliant to provide Eastlink with the required pole information in accordance with the Commission’s decision.
Sincerely,
Original signed by
Mario Bertrand
Director, Dispute Resolution
c.c.: Jesslyn Mullaney, CRTC
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