Letter

Ottawa, 12 October 2000

File No.: 8180-8/00

BY FACSIMILE

Mr. Stuart MacPherson
Vice-President
Regulatory & Business Development
Combined xChange Telecom Inc.
34 Durward Place
Waterloo, Ontario
N2L 4E4

Dear Mr. MacPherson:

RE: Confirmation - Fulfillment of CLEC Requirements - Combined Xchange Telecom Inc.

This is in response to a letter from Combined Xchange Telecom Inc, ("CXT") dated 15 September 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 CXT in its letter, Commission staff considers that CXT has met the CLEC requirements set out by the Commission in Decision 97-8. CXT can provide service as a CLEC in Bell's operating territory, 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
Bell Canada
B. Richardson, CRTC (819) 997-4678