Telecom - Staff Letter addressed Toby Harper-Merrett (Cogeco Communications)
Ottawa, 15 December 2023
Our reference: 8740-C6-202306100
BY EMAIL
Toby Harper-Merrett
Senior Advisor, Regulatory Affairs
Cogeco Communications
1 Place Ville Marie, bureau 3301
Montréal, Québec, H3B 3N2
Subject: Cogeco Tariff Notice 68 – Upload Speed Increase for Third Party Internet Access (TPIA)
On 26 October 2023, the Commission received an application from Cogeco Communications proposing upload speed increases of its wholesale aggregated and disaggregated 360 Mbps and 1 Gbps downstream high-speed internet services in areas where the equivalent speed is offered to retail customers, covered under Cogeco’s TPIA Tariff CRTC 26400.
As noted in Notice of Consultation 2023-56 - Notice of hearing – Review of the wholesale high-speed access service framework, paragraph 83:
- Given the importance of the above-identified issues and the resources required to address these matters in a timely fashion, the Commission considers that new applications or tariffs that are filed over the course of this proceeding on other wholesale HSA-related matters that fall outside the scope of this review will be subject to delays or will be deferred until this review is completed. Any parties making such filings will be duly advised.
As the above noted tariff notice pertains to the high-speed access service, and considering that Commission staff is continuing its analysis of this application, this application will not be disposed of by the 45th business day following receipt. However, the Commission intends to issue a decision by the end of April 2024.
Sincerely,
Original signed by
Chris Noonan
Director, Competitor Services & Costing Implementation
Telecommunications Sector
c.c.: TekSavvy Solutions Inc., regulatory@teksavvy.ca
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