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Letter

Ottawa, 16 July 2007

File No.: 8640-B2-200705593
              8640-B2-200706822

BY E-MAIL

To : Distribution List (see Attachment)

Re: Bell Canada - Application for forbearance from the regulation of business local exchange services in qualifying markets in Ontario and Quebec

In order for the Commission to make a determination with regard to forbearance of the local business services market in certain exchanges in Bell Canada 's operating territory, CoopTel; FCI Broadband, ISP Telecom Inc., Téléphone Drummond Inc and Telus Communications Company are requested to file their responses to the attached interrogatory, and serve copies to all parties, by 19 July 2007.

Where a document is to be filed or served by a specific date, the document must be actually received, and not merely sent, by that date.

Yours sincerely, 

'Original signed by L. Fancy'

Lynne Fancy
Acting Director - Competition Implementation and Technology
Telecommunications

Attachments

Attachment 1 

1.   A s set out in Appendix 1, Bell Canada has identified certain facilities-based telecommunications service providers (TSPs) as offering local business services in the specified exchange(s).   For the exchange(s) in which your company has been named as the TSP in Appendix 1, indicate whether:

a)   Your company offers business local exchange service in the exchange(s).

b)    In the affirmative for a) above, provide an estimate of your current capability (for example, number or percentage of lines) to offer service to customers using your own facilities or a combination of your own and leased facilities.

Appendix 1

TSP                                                                             Exchange 

CoopTel                                                                      Actonvale

FCI Broadband                                                           Castlemore
                                                                                    Gormley
                                                                                    Keswick
                                                                                    Klienburg
                                                                                    Oak Ridges

ISP Telecom Inc.                                                         Beauharnois
                                                                                    Beloeil
                                                                                    Chambly
                                                                                    Châteauguay
                                                                                    Coteau-du-Lac
                                                                                    Cowansville
                                                                                    Granby
                                                                                    Hudson
                                                                                    Île-Perrot
                                                                                    Laprairie
                                                                                    Laval-Est
                                                                                    Laval-Ouest
                                                                                    Les Cèdres
                                                                                   Mascouche
                                                                                    Rigaud
                                                                                    Ste-Rose
                                                                                    Ste-Julie-de-Verchères
                                                                                    St-Bruno
                                                                                    St-Constant
                                                                                    St-Eustache
                                                                                    St-Rémi
                                                                                    St-Vincent-de-Paul
                                                                                    Terrebonne
                                                                                    Valleyfield
                                                                                    Varennes
                                                                                    Vaudreuil
                                                                                    Cooksville
                                                                                    Grimsby
                                                                                     Fort Erie 
                                                                                     King City
                                                                                    Mount Hope
                                                                                    Niagara Falls 
                                                                                    Oak Ridges
                                                                                    Port Colboune
                                                                                    Thornhill                                                                                                                               Waterdown

Téléphone Drummondville Inc.                                      Wickham
                                                                                    St. Germain-de-Grantham 

TELUS Communications Company                               Gatineau 
                                                                                    Grand-Mère
                                                                                     Île-Perrot
                                                                                     Le Gardeur
                                                                                    Loretteville
                                                                                    Magog
                                                                                    St- Nicolas
                                                                                    St- Jérome
                                                                                    St-Vincent-de-Paul
                                                                                    Ste-Rose 
                                                                                    Ste-Thérèse
                                                                                     Terrebonne
                                                                                    Shawinigan
                                                                                    Niagara Falls

Distribution List:

reglementaire@maskatel.qc.ca
mlaurent@cooptel.qc.ca
regulatory@corporate.fcibroadband.com
andrew@isptelecom.net
regulatory.affairs@telus.com

Date Modified: 2007-07-16
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