ARCHIVED - Telecom Commission Letter Addressed to the Distribution List

Ottawa, 5 March 2018

Our reference:  8638-C12-201509663

BY E-MAIL

To: Distribution list

RE: Follow-up process to consider implementation issues of disaggregated wholesale HSA services, including over FTTP access facilities, in other regions

Dear Madams/Sirs:

In Telecom Regulatory Policy 2015-326^Footnote1, the Commission mandated the provision of disaggregated wholesale high-speed access (HSA) services, including over fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) access facilities, for the large incumbent local exchange carriers and the large cable companies (collectively, the large incumbent carriers).

As a first phase of service implementation, the Commission directed Bell Aliant, Bell Canada, Cogeco Communications on behalf of Cogeco Connexion Inc. (Cogeco), Rogers Communications Canada Inc. (RCCI), and Québecor Média Inc. on behalf of its subsidiary Videotron (Videotron) to file configurations for their respective disaggregated wholesale HSA services in Ontario and Quebec. The Commission approved the configurations in Telecom Decision 2016-379^Footnote2, and initiated a tariffing process. The affected large incumbent carriers have submitted proposed tariffs that are being assessed by the Commission.

The Commission stated in Telecom Regulatory Policy 2015-326 that large incumbent carriers operating in other regions will be expected to identify appropriate configurations and implementation plans for their respective disaggregated wholesale HSA services at a later date, depending on demand considerations.

By letter dated 9 March 2017, Commission staff addressed requests for information (RFIs) to certain large incumbent carriers regarding demand for HSA services in their respective serving territories as a first step in the second phase of the implementation of disaggregated wholesale HSA services.

To assist the Commission in the ongoing analysis of this file, Bragg Communications Incorporated (Eastlink), RCCI, Shaw Cablesystems G.P. (Shaw), Bell Canada, Bell Aliant, Bell MTS, Saskatchewan Telecommunications (SaskTel), and TELUS Communications Inc. (TCI) are to provide updated demand-related information by responding to the attached RFIs by 4 April 2018.

Bell Canada and RCCI are to provide the requested information, by province, for their respective incumbent serving areas outside of Ontario and Quebec, as these companies have already been required to implement disaggregated wholesale HSA services in these provinces. All other companies listed above are required to provide the requested information for each province served, as applicable.

Sincerely,

Original signed by

John Macri
Director, Policy Framework
Telecommunications Sector

c.c. : Lyne Renaud, CRTC, 819-953-5414, lyne.renaud@crtc.gc.ca
Tom Vilmansen, CRTC, 819-997-9253, tom.vilmansen@crtc.gc.ca
Curtis Eagan, CRTC, 819-953-4947, curtis.eagan@crtc.gc.ca

Attach. (1)

Distribution List

nels2510@telus.net ; robin.winsor@cybera.ca ; steve@openmedia.ca ; reza.rajabiun@ryerson.ca ; darrellkrahn@shaw.ca ; chall2k5@gmail.com ; hbgold@fiberbroadband.org ; ron.murch@haskayne.ucalgary.ca ; regulatory@fibernetics.ca ; jeff_mcnamee@sympatico.ca ; cedwards@ccsa.cable.ca ; regulatory@ssimicro.com ; regulatory.matters@corp.eastlink.ca ; regulatory@mts.ca ; regulatory@zayo.com ; rs@summer.com ; corinne.pohlmann@cfib.ca ; john.pecman@cb-bc.gc.ca ; jpanter@auroracollege.nt.ca ; slambert-racine@uniondesconsommateurs.ca ; george.burger@vmedia.ca ; rob.olenick@tbaytel.com ; jlawford@piac.ca ; jonathan.holmes@itpa.ca ; MaryAnne.Bendfeld@calgary.ca ; blackwell@giganomics.ca ; jfmezei@vaxination.ca ; Derek.Leschinsky@bc-cb.gc.ca ; Monique.Moreau@cfib.ca ; regulatory@bell.aliant.ca ; document.control@sasktel.com ; regulatory.affairs@telus.com ; dennis.beland@quebecor.com ; david.watt@rci.rogers.com ; regulatory@sjrb.ca ; ctacit@tacitlaw.com ; regulatory@distributel.ca ; regulatory@primustel.ca ; regulatory@bcba.ca ; telecom.regulatory@cogeco.com ; bell.regulatory@bell.ca ; regulatory@teksavvy.com ; regaffairs@quebecor.com ; steve.sorochan@gov.yk.ca ; dmckeown@viewcom.ca ; Nathan.jarrett@rci.rogers.com

Attachment

1. RFIs to Eastlink, RCCI, and Shaw
   1. Using end-of 2017 historical data, provide by province:
      1. the total number of retail high-speed Internet service end-users served by the company over fixed-wireline networks and the associated revenue;
      2. a breakdown of the retail high-speed Internet service connections over fixed-wireline networks by speed and associated revenue;
      3. the number of premises passed by the company’s technologies for providing HSA services (retail Internet service or wholesale HSA service). Provide the total premises passed and a breakdown by access technology deployed (e.g. premises passed by: hybrid fibre-coaxial (HFC) facilities, FTTP facilities, and both HFC and FTTP facilities); and,
      4. the total number of wholesale HSA service end-users served by the company, a breakdown of the end-user wholesale HSA service connections by speed and the associated revenue;
   2. For each of the years 2018 and 2019 provide, by province, a revised forecast of:
      1. the total number of retail high-speed Internet service end-users served by the company over fixed-wireline networks and the associated revenue;
      2. a breakdown of the retail high-speed Internet service connections over fixed-wireline networks by speed and associated revenue;
      3. the number of premises passed by the company’s technologies for providing high-speed access services (retail Internet service or wholesale HSA service). Provide the total premises passed and a breakdown by access technology deployed (e.g. premises passed by: HFC facilities, FTTP facilities, and both HFC and FTTP facilities); and,
      4. the total number of wholesale HSA service end-users served by the company, a breakdown of the end-user wholesale HSA service connections by speed and the associated revenue.
2. RFI to Bell Canada, Bell Aliant, Bell MTS, SaskTel, and TCI
   1. Using 2017 historical data, provide by province:
      1. the total number of retail high-speed Internet service end-users served by the company over fixed-wireline networks and the associated revenue;
      2. a breakdown of the retail high-speed Internet service connections over fixed-wireline networks by speed and associated revenue;
      3. the number of premises passed by the company’s technologies for providing HSA services (retail Internet service or wholesale HSA service). Provide the total premises passed and a breakdown by access technology deployed (e.g. for copper-based HSA access facilities, provide total premises passed by fibre-to-the-node (FTTN) facilities, legacy digital subscriber line (DSL) facilities, and by both FTTN and legacy DSL facilities; for FTTP facilities provide total premises passed and premises passed by FTTP facilities only); and,
      4. the total number of wholesale HSA service end-users served by the company, a breakdown of the end-user wholesale HSA service connections by speed and the associated revenue.
   2. For each of the years 2018 and 2019 provide, by province, a revised forecast of:
      1. the total number of retail Internet service end-users served by the company and the associated revenue;
      2. a breakdown of the retail Internet service connections by speed and associated revenue;
      3. the number of premises passed by the company’s technologies for providing HSA services (retail Internet service or wholesale HSA service). Provide the total premises passed and a breakdown by access technology deployed (e.g. for copper-based HSA access facilities, provide total premises passed by FTTN facilities, legacy DSL facilities, and by both FTTN and legacy DSL facilities; for FTTP facilities provide total premises passed and premises passed by FTTP facilities only); and,
      4. the total number of wholesale HSA service end-users served by the company, a breakdown of the end-user wholesale service connections by speed and the associated revenue.

Date modified:

2018-03-05