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Letter

Ottawa, 3 March 2008

File No.   8690-T66-200714049

By E-mail

Mr. Jean Brazeau
Vice-President
Telecommunications Regulatory Affairs
Shaw Cablesystems Limited
Suite 900, 630 - 3rd Ave SW
Calgary, Alberta
T2P 4L4
Regulatory@sjrb.ca
jean.brazeau@sjrb.ca

Dear Mr. Brazeau:

Re: Part VII application by TELUS Communications Company (TCC) seeking an order directing Shaw Cablesystems Limited to pay monthly and non-recurring charges relating to Shaw-owned facilities and equipment attached to TCC's support structures

Further to the Commission letter of 3 March 2008 regarding notification of the expedite hearing, Shaw Cablesystems Limited (Shaw) is requested to file its responses to the attached interrogatories, and serve copies on TELUS Communications Company (TCC), by 25 March 2008.

Where a party designates information filed with the Commission as confidential, it must provide the reasons for its claim for confidentiality at the time it files the information with the Commission. If it chooses to do so, the other party (the requesting party) has two days to make representations to the Commission, clearly stating why it considers that the disclosure of the information filed in confidence is in the public interest, serving a copy on the party claiming confidentiality. The party claiming confidentiality will have two days to file a reply, serving a copy on the requesting party.  Commission staff will issue a determination on the confidentiality requests shortly thereafter.

Where a party designates information filed with the Commission as confidential for the public record but has provided the confidential information to the other party, the party claiming confidentiality must file an abridged copy for the public record.

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 singed by

Mario Bertrand
Acting Director, Competition Implementation and Technology
  Telecommunications

cc:  Ted Woodhead
      regulatory.affairs@telus.com
      Jesslyn Mullaney, CRTC, 819-953-5255

Attachment

Attachment

1. For each of the 12 audited areas referred to in TCC's Part VII application, provide a list of all the support structure installation applications including date, location and details such as number of poles, metres of strand or conduit and route, that were made to TCC/BCTEL from 1970 to 2006 inclusive:
   by Shaw;
   by any cable company subsequently acquired by Shaw; and
   by any cable company owned by Shaw.
   
   
2. For each application listed in response to question 1, indicate whether the application was denied, approved, or approved with modifications. If approved with modifications, provide the details of how the modification differed from the original application.
   
   
3. At paragraph 9 of TCC's reply comments dated 6 November 2007 , TCC stated that it provides Shaw, on a quarterly basis, with a complete billing record for each of its operating areas in British Columbia . TCC stated that these records show the numbers of rental units being billed, as well as additions and deletions from the previous quarter.
   
   (a) With respect to the quarterly billing records, indicate whether any differences between TCC's records and Shaw's own records were reported to TCC. If so, provide the details of any reported differences.
   
   (b) If the answer to (a) is no, explain why any differences between TCC's records and Shaw's own records were not reported to TCC.
   
   
4. In paragraphs 29 and 30 of TCC's reply comments, TCC quotes from Shaw's 1999 Annual Report and a March 2000 Press Release, respectively.
   
   (a) Advise whether the coaxial and fibre cable networks referred to in the Annual Report and the Press Release cited by TCC were installed in any of the 12 audited areas in question. If so, identify the area, meter coverage and whether Shaw or TCC/BCTEL installed the coaxial and fibre cable network.
   
   (b) Provide copies of the permits for the cable network referred to in (a) with respect to the 12 audited areas in question. If no permits are available, provide any in-house details that show Shaw's request to TCC/BCTEL for access to support structures for the installation of Shaw cable network.
   
   
5. Provide a list of the cable companies that Shaw has acquired since 1970 to 2006, for each of the 12 audited areas, indicating the date acquired.  
   
   
6. For the 12 audited areas, provide copies of the Support Structure License Agreements that TCC/BCTEL entered into from 1970 to 2006 inclusive:
   with Shaw;
   with any cable company subsequently acquired by Shaw ; and
   with any cable company owned by Shaw.
   
   
7. In TCC's reply comments dated 6 November 2007 , TCC stated at paragraph 14, that it would forward to Shaw a complete listing of unsafe, non-standard and deficient installations in the 12 audited areas. Confirm that Shaw has received the list from TCC. If so, indicate the installations that Shaw intends to remove or repair to conform to safety standards or TCC's technical standards.