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Telecom Order CRTC 2004-188

  Ottawa, 9 June 2004
 

TELUS Communications Inc.

  Reference: TCBC Tariff Notice 4211
 

Interconnecting circuits with trunk-side access

1.

The Commission received an application by TELUS Communications Inc. (TCI), dated 4 May 2004, to revise the former TELUS Communications (B.C.) Inc. (TCBC) Carrier Access Tariff item 70, Interconnecting Circuits With Trunk-Side Access, in order to remove reference to the recovery charge for equal access (EA) start-up costs associated with long distance service.

2.

The Commission received no comments with respect to the application.

3.

In a Commission staff letter entitled Staff opinion on the termination dates of the equal access start-up cost recovery charge of the incumbent local exchange carriers, dated 7 August 2003, Commission staff considered that the implementation date of the EA tariff in each incumbent local exchange carrier territory is the appropriate commencement of the 10-year amortization period. Accordingly, Commission staff considered it appropriate to terminate the EA start-up recovery tariff on the 10-year anniversary of the implementation date of the EA tariff.

4.

The Commission notes TCI's submission that the recovery of EA start-up costs would end on 1 July 2004 for TCBC, and consequently requested the same effective date for its withdrawal.

5.

The Commission approves TCI's application. The revisions take effect as of 1 July 2004.
  Secretary General
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Date Modified: 2004-06-09

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