Telecom - Procedural Letter addressed to the Distribution List
Ottawa, 11 February 2022
Our reference: 1011-NOC2020-0178
BY EMAIL
To: Distribution List
Subject: Telecom Notice of Consultation CRTC 2020-178 – Requests for disclosure of information designated as confidential – Disclosure of Aggregated Information
To Whom It May Concern:
In a 23 November 2021 request for information, Footnote1 Commission staff asked service providers to file the current number of customers that subscribe to an accessibility plan or who benefit from any type of discount related to accessibility.
Following requests for disclosure by accessibility groups, in a 4 February 2022 procedural letter, Footnote2 Commission staff stated its intention to place the aggregated total of all subscribers with an accessibility-specific plan or discount across all service providers on the public record. The aggregated total would be based on the responses of the service providers to request for information Q6 of 23 November 2021.
No intervener addressed CRTC staff’s proposed disclosure.
Accordingly, Commission staff adds to the public record of this proceeding that the aggregated total of all subscribers with accessibility-specific plans or discounts across all service providers as presented in the above noted responses to requests for information is 14,453.
This number is comprised of instances where subscribers receive specific discounts (on monthly service rates or on devices), or additional services at no additional charge (such as extra data usage or 4-1-1 services), or a combination of these, and the discounts or services are related to accessibility. Footnote3 Staff has not included subscribers to generally available plans that – while they may be attractive to certain persons with disabilities – do not include accessibility-specific discounts or additional services.
Interveners may submit further comments pertaining only to this newly added information by no later than 25 February 2022.
Commission staff does not anticipate any additional procedural steps after that date. Accordingly, if there are no such additional steps after 25 February 2022, any intervener wishing to file an application for a costs award in this proceeding may do so by 28 March 2022.
Sincerely,
Nanao Kachi
Director, Social and Consumer Policy
CRTC
c.c. Adam Balkovec, CRTC, adam.balkovec@crtc.gc.ca
Guillaume Leclerc, CRTC, guillaume.leclerc@crtc.gc.ca
Distribution List
regulatory@deafwireless.ca; chair@deafwireless.ca; lisa@deafwireless.ca
wissam@cad.ca; ffolino@cad.ca; jroots@cad.ca
mchugh.mm@gmail.com
myles.murphy@nf.sympatico.ca
dprongfa@gmail.com; dprong@deafontario.ca
daans@ns.sympatico.ca
canadadeafgrassrootsmovement@gmail.com
bell.regulatory@bell.ca
brooke@brooketel.coop; geoff@brooketel.coop
regulatory@brucetelecom.com
regulatory.matters@corp.eastlink.ca
martha.facey@execulinktelecom.ca
a.lawrence@hay.net
ryan.mcclinchey@hurontel.on.ca
regulatory@icewireless.com
knaylor@mornington.ca
scott_laird@ztarmobile.com
regulatory@quadro.net
regulatory@rci.rogers.com
document.control@sasktel.com
regulatory@sjrb.ca
richard.biron@sogetel.com
stephen.scofich@tbaytel.com
regulatory.affairs@telus.com
tcc@tcc.on.ca
dennis.beland@quebecor.com
carl.macquarrie@corp.xplornet.com
Regulatory@wightman.ca
ugrant@cwta.ca
charlestoth98@gmail.com
lui.greco@cnib.ca
dbruce@isys.ca
Reachmich@gmail.com
sgualt69@hotmail.com
daniel@falco.ca
gillian@sci-can.ca
bill@sci-can.ca
vinuac@hotmail.com
terri.nolt@gmail.com
hkray@hotmail.com
sandi.kleinman@sciontario.org
deniserogers71@hotmail.com
peacejay68@gmail.com
darlene.smith577@gmail.com
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