Letter

Ottawa, 30 November 2006

File No.  8740-B2-200615305
               8740-B54-200615312

By E-mail

Mr. David Palmer
Director -Regulatory Matters
Bell Canada
110 O'Connor Street , 7 th Floor
Ottawa , Ontario
K1P 1H1

bell.regulatory@bell.ca

Dear Mr. Palmer:

RE:   Bell Canada Tariff Notice 7002 and Bell Aliant Regional Communications, Limited Partnership Tariff Notice 57

The companies are requested to provide comprehensive answers, including any supporting information, to the attached questions with regard to the above referenced applications by 15 December 2006 .

The Commission expects to render its decision within 45 business days of the date of receipt of the tariff notice.

Yours sincerely,

'Original signed by D. Magmanlac (for)'

Suzanne Bédard
Senior Manager, Tariffs
Telecommunications

Attach.

cc:   Joseph Cabrera, CRTC (819) 934-6352

Bell TN 7002 ATTACHMENT

1.   Provide a comprehensive description of each of the terms i) scheduled implementation date (SID), ii) engineering receipt date (ERD), and iii) plant test date (PTD) including descriptions of the related major activities accomplished up to each date and their desired outcomes.

2.   For the services identified in Items 107 4(a) and (b) in the proposed tariff pages, provide:

a)   numbers of cancellations in 2005 (1) before the 2 business days, and (2) within 2 business days, of the DD,

b)   typical costs of service installation,

c)   average costs incurred for cancellations in 2005, e.g. engineering, business office activities,

d)   total costs recovered in 2005 through application of Article 20.2 of the company's Terms of Service, and

e)   total number of cancellations included in the study forecast.

3.   For the services identified in Items 107.4 (c) and (g) in the proposed tariff pages, provide:

a)   typical intervals between the SID and the ERD,

b)   typical intervals between the ERD and the PTD,

c)   typical intervals between the PTD and the DD,

d)   number of cancellations in 2005, up to each of the SID, ERD and PTD,

e)   typical costs of service installation,

f)   average costs incurred for cancellations in 2005, e.g. engineering, business office activities, up to and including each of the SID, ERD and PTD,

g)   total costs recovered in 2005 through application of Article 20.2 of the copany's Terms of Service, and

h)   total number of cancellations included in the study forecast.