Letter

File No.:   8662-M59-200807266

Ottawa, 11 July 2008

By email

Teresa Griffin-Muir
Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
MTS Allstream Inc.
45 O'Connor Street, 14th Floor
Ottawa, ON   K1P 1A4
iworkstation@mtsallstream.com

Dear Teresa Griffin-Muir:

Re:   Part VII application to review and vary Telecom Decision 2008-17 in relation to wholesale Ethernet services

On 21 May 2008, the Commission received the above-mentioned Part VII application from MTS Allstream Inc.

In Service standards for the disposition of telecommunications applications , Telecom Circular CRTC 2006-11, 7 December 2006, the Commission stated that it would categorize Part VII applications into two types:   Type 1 applications that generally do not involve multiple parties or raise significant policy issues and Type 2 applications that do involve multiple parties and/or raise significant policy issues

The Commission also adopted the following service standards for Part VII applications:

•  Type 1 Part VII applications - 90 percent of determinations to be issued on an interim or final basis within four months of the close-of-record; and

•  Type 2 Part VII applications - 85 percent of determinations to be issued on an interim or final basis within eight months of the close-of-record.

The Commission stated that it would inform applicants, by letter, within 10 days of the end of the comment period for applications, whether the application is considered to be a Type 1 or Type 2 application, and the applicable service standard.

Commission staff has assessed the above application and considers it to be a Type 2 application.   Accordingly, the Commission expects to issue an interim or final determination within eight months of the close-of-record.

Yours sincerely,

Original signed by

Yvan Davidson,
Senior Manager,
Costing and Competitive Services
Telecommunications

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