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Ottawa, 29 December 2015

Our reference:  8660-C182-201313113

BY EMAIL

RE: Status Report on Issues that were referred to Bilateral Discussions in Telecom Decision CRTC 2015-40

Dear Madam, Sir:

In Telecom Decision CRTC 2015-40, Canadian Network Operators Consortium Inc. - Application to improve the quality of wholesale high-speed access services provided by cable carriers to independent Internet service providers, 12 February 2015, Cogeco Cable Inc., Rogers Communications Partnership, Shaw Cablesystems G.P., and Videotron G.P. [collectively, the Cable carriers] and the Canadian Network Operators Consortium Inc. (CNOC) were directed to address a number of issues related to the provisioning of wholesale high-speed access services by the Cable carriers though the CRTC Interconnection Steering Committee or bilateral discussions. The Commission also directed CNOC and the Cable carriers to submit a report, within 90 days of the date of that decision, on the state of progress in resolving the issues.
Specifically, the Commission directed CNOC and the Cable carriers to resolve the following four issues through bilateral discussions:

On 13 May 2015, CNOC and the Cable carriers submitted the report, which stated that the resolution of these issues was in progress, and that a second report would be submitted in 90 days, or when the solutions are ready to be implemented. However, a second report has not yet been filed.

CNOC and the Cable carriers are to submit a report by 8 February 2016 on the state of progress in resolving the issues that were referred to bilateral discussions.

Sincerely,

Original signed by

Lyne Renaud
Director, Competitive Services & Costing Implementation
Telecommunications sector

c.c: Greg Milosek, CRTC, 819-953-4720, greg.milosek@crtc.gc.ca
Tom Vilmansen, CRTC, 819-997-9253, tom.vilmansen@crtc.gc.ca

Distribution List

CNOC, regulatory@cnoc.ca
Cogeco Cable Inc., michel.messier@cogeco.com
Rogers Communications Partnership, david.watt@rci.rogers.com
Shaw Cablesystems G.P., Regulatory@sjrb.ca
Videotron G.P., regaffairs@quebecor.com

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