Letter

File No.: 8180-8/00

Ottawa, 27 November 2000

BY FACSIMILE

Mr. Francis Catedral
Director, Carrier Services and
CLEC Affairs
Cannect Communications Inc.
701 West Georgia Street
Suite 1750
PO Box 10148
Vancouver, British Columbia
V7Y 1C6

Dear Mr. Catedral:

RE: Confirmation - Fulfillment of CLEC Requirements - Cannect Communications Inc.

This is in response to a letter from Cannect Communications Inc. ("Cannect") dated 19 October 2000 and a subsequent letter dated 17 November 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 Cannect in its letters, Commission staff considers that Cannect has met the CLEC requirements set out by the Commission in Decision 97-8. Cannect can provide service as a CLEC in TELUS Communications (B.C.) Inc.'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
TELUS Communications (B.C.) Inc.
B. Richardson, CRTC (819) 997-4678

Date Modified: 2001-08-09