Telecom - Staff Letter addressed to the Distribution List
Ottawa, 12 September 2024
Reference(s): 8740-B20-202305888
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Subject: Bell Canada Tariff Notice 981 – Changes to Support Structure Service Ontario and Quebec Pole Rental Unit Rate – Response to Bell Canada’s request for extension
On 16 October 2023, Bell Canada (Bell) filed Tariff Notice 981 to revise the tariff pages for its National Services Tariff (NST) CRTC 7400 Item 901 – Support Structure Service (Item 901), to reflect the updated monthly pole rental rate per unit applicable in its Ontario and Quebec serving area.
On 17 July 2024, Commission staff issued a Request for Information (RFI) letter to Bell with a due date of 7 August 2024 for responses. After granting an extension at Bell’s request, Commission staff amended the due date for Bell’s RFI responses to 21 August 2024. The deadlines for third party comments and subsequent reply comments were adjusted to 5 September 2024 and 12 September 2024, respectively. On 11 September 2024, the Commission received a request from Bell to extend the deadline to submit reply comments due to the unexpected absence of a critical resource during the response period.
Commission staff recognizes the importance of efficient tariff proceedings to ensure the timely implementation of any changes. However, Commission staff also considers that the public record will benefit from Bell’s fulsome reply comments. Accordingly, Commission staff agrees that the extension request is acceptable in the circumstances and would not result in undue delay or prejudice.
The filing deadline associated with reply comments to the third-party RFI comments is therefore amended to:
- Bell Canda must submit its reply comments no later than 19 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
Lauren Purdy, CRTC, lauren.purdy@crtc.gc.ca
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 Cablodistribution de L’Ile-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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