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Letter
Ottawa, 26 July 2011
Our reference: 8663-B7-200905052
BY E-MAIL
Ms. Nathalie MacDonald
Vice President, Regulatory Matters
EastLink
6080 Young Street, Suite 801
P.O. Box 8660, Station “A”
Halifax, Nova Scotia
B3K 5M3
regulatory.matters@corp.eastlink.ca
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Ms. Faye Hughes
Regulatory Analyst
Bruce Telecom
Box 80, 3145 Highway 21 North
Tiverton, Ontario
N0G2T0
regulatory@brucetelecom.com
RE: Bruce Telecom’s local competition implementation plan for Eastlink
Dear Ms. MacDonald and Ms. Hughes:
In a letter dated 20 May 2011, Bragg Communications Inc., carrying on business as Eastlink (Eastlink), confirmed that it is still interested in entering Bruce Telecom’s territory as a competitive local exchange carrier in the exchanges of Port Elgin and Paisley, Ontario.
Based on the process established by the Commission, as amended, Bruce Telecom was to file its implementation plan and other required information with the Commission, serving a copy to Eastlink, by 25 July 2011. The Commission has received Bruce Telecom’s implementation plan, and the plan was posted on the Commission’s website on 26 July 2011.
This letter is sent to remind Eastlink and Bruce Telecom about the process that was set out in the Commission staff letter of 5 May 2011, which stated that the small ILECs’ updated implementation plans would be treated as applications pursuant to section 22 of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission Rules of Practice and Procedure (Rules of Procedure).
In particular, pursuant to the Rules of Procedure, Eastlink (the respondent) may file an answer with the Commission and serve that answer on Bruce Telecom (the applicant) no later than 25 August 2011. Any interested person may file an intervention with respect to the application no later than 25 August 2011. Bruce Telecom may file, with the Commission, a reply to any answer or intervention no later than 6 September 2011 and serve that reply on Eastlink and the interveners to whom Bruce Telecom is responding.
Yours sincerely,
Original signed by
Suzanne Bédard
Senior Manager, Tariffs
Telecommunications
cc: Laurie Ventura, CRTC (819) 997-4589, laurie.ventura@crtc.gc.ca
Martin Brazeau, CRTC (819) 997-3498, martin.brazeau@crtc.gc.ca
