Letter

Ottawa, 1 May 2000

BY FACSIMILE

Mr. Mel Taylor
Vice-President, Regulatory & Public Affairs
Cable Atlantic
Eastern Operations
541 Kenmount Road
P.O. Box 8596
St. John's, Newfoundland
A1B 3P2

Dear Mr. Taylor:

RE: Confirmation - Fulfillment of CLEC Requirements – Cable Atlantic

This is in response to a letter from Cable Atlantic dated 10 April 2000 in which it provided information regarding how it satisfied the requirements imposed on Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (CLECs) in Telecom Decision CRTC 97-8, Local Competition, 1 May 1997 (Decision 97-8).

Based on the statements made by Cable Atlantic in its letter, Commission staff considers that Cable Atlantic has met the CLEC requirements set out by the Commission in Decision 97-8. Cable Atlantic can provide service as a CLEC, provided it continues to meet those requirements and complies on an ongoing basis with the Canadian ownership and control regime set out in section 16 of the Telecommunications Act and in the associated regulations.

Yours sincerely,

Campbell Laidlaw
Director, Competition Implementation
Telecommunications

c.c.: A. De Caigny, Central Fund Administrator
NewTel Communications Inc.
R. Gauthier, CRTC (819) 953-8608