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Ottawa, 21 March 2013

Our reference: 8650-P8- 201215913

BY EMAIL

Mr. John Lawford
Counsel
Public interest Advocacy Centre and Canada Without Poverty
One Nicholas Street, Suite 1204
Ottawa, Ontario K1N 7B7

Re: Part 1 Application - Billing of calls placed from Bell Canada payphones which contravene the Telecommunications Act and are inconsistent with directives issued by the CRTC

Dear Mr. Lawford:

On 14 November 2012, the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) on its own behalf and as counsel to Canada Without Poverty (CWP), collectively PIAC/CWP, filed the above-noted application.

On 11 February 2013, Bell Canada filed an answer to the application and on 23 February 2013 PIAC/CWP filed a reply.

Commission staff has reviewed the information on the record and determined that additional information is required to properly assess the application. Accordingly, PIAC/CWP is requested to provide by 2 April 2013, responses to the requests for further information set out in the Attachment, serving a copy on Bell Canada.

Bell Canada may file comments solely in relation to the responses filed by PIAC/CWP by 8 April 2013, serving a copy on PIAC/CWP. PIAC/CWP may file reply comments by
12 April 2013, serving a copy on Bell Canada.

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

Sincerely,

Original signed by K. Wardle for

Mario Bertrand
Director, Dispute Resolution and Decisions,
Telecommunications

cc: Bell Canada bell.regulatory@bell.ca

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1. At paragraph 19 of their reply, PIAC/CWP refers to charges of twenty to thirty dollars for a brief long distance between points within a single province. Provide the evidence upon which the statement in paragraph 19 is based, indicating the consumer’s method of payment, time, duration and origin and termination of the call. Provide a copy of the invoice, if available. Provide any other evidence upon which the application was based, with details, to support PIAC/CWP’s claim of high charges for long distance calls.

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