Telecom - Staff Letter addressed to the Distribution List
Ottawa, 31 July 2024
Our reference: 8740-B20-202305888
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Distribution List
RE: Bell Canada Tariff Notice 981 - Changes to Support Structure Service – Ontario and Quebec Pole Rental Unit Rate – Request for extension to filing deadlines
On 17 July 2024, Commission staff issued a letter directing Bell Canada to file responses to requests for information (RFIs) regarding Tariff Notice 981 no later than 7 August 2024.
On 26 July 2024, the Commission received a procedural request submitted by Bell Canada requesting that the Commission extend the filing deadline for the responses to the RFIs to 21 August 2024.
Bell Canada submitted that the RFIs require resource-intensive activities including gathering of data from various teams, analyzing the results, and rerunning the cost model. It submits that these activities cannot be completed within the original timeline.
Commission staff considers that it is important for tariff proceedings to be efficient to ensure the timely implementation of any changes. However, Commission staff also considers that the public record will benefit from comprehensive responses to the questions in the RFIs. Accordingly, Commission staff agrees that the extension request is reasonable in the circumstances and would not result in undue delay or prejudice.
The filing deadlines associated with RFIs are therefore amended as follows:
- Bell Canada must submit its responses to the RFIs no later than 21 August 2024.
- Parties can submit comments with respect to the response(s) to the RFIs by 5 September 2024.
- Parties may file replies to the above-noted comments by 12 September 2024.
Sincerely,
Original signed by
Chris Noonan
Director, Competitor Services & Costing Implementation
Telecommunications Sector
c.c.: Josée Line Gendron, CRTC JoseeLine.Gendron@crtc.gc.ca
Attach. (1): Distribution List (1)
Distribution list
Bell Canada, bell.regulatory@bell.ca;
Cogeco, telecom.regulatory@cogeco.com;
Eastlink, regulatory.matters@corp.eastlink.ca;
RCCI, regulatory@rci.rogers.com;
Quebecor Media Inc, regaffairs@quebecor.com;
Développement Innovations du Haut-Richelieu, p.lapointe@ihrtelecom.com;
Coopérative de câblodistribution de l’Arrière-Pays (CCAP), stephane.arseneau@ccap.coop;
Coopérative de Câblodistribution de L’Île-aux-Coudres, cabloiac2115@gmail.com;
Coopérative de câblodistribution de Ste-Hedwidge, coopcablo1986@gmail.com;
Cooptel, mrocheleau@cooptel.coop;
MRC de Montcalm, nrousseau@mrcmontcalm.com;
Fédération des coopératives de câblodistribution et de télécommunication du Québec, fallaire@ressources.coop;
Canadian Communication Systems Alliance (CCSA), ceo@ccsaonline.ca;
Independent Telecommunications Providers Association, jonathan.holmes@itpa.ca.
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