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Ottawa, 2 October 2015
File No.: 8663-C12-201503186
BY E-MAIL
To: Distribution list
RE: Review of basic telecommunications services, Telecom Notice of Consultation 2015-134Footnote 1 – Request for disclosure of information designated as confidential
This letter addresses a request for disclosure of information designated as confidential in the proceeding initiated by Telecom Notice of Consultation 2015-134.
By letter dated 12 August 2015, the Affordable Access CoalitionFootnote 2 (the AAC) requested disclosure of certain information for which confidentiality had been claimed in connection with requests for information dated 7 May 2015.
Specifically, the AAC requested that the Commission disclose aggregated information provided by telecommunications service providers in response to the Commission’s request for information ____(CRTC)7May15-8.Footnote 3 The AAC submitted that disclosure of this information may assist parties in evaluating central factual matters in the proceeding, and that the requested information would be more current than the information available in the 2014 Communications Monitoring Report. AAC requested that the aggregated information be disclosed as soon as possible, ideally well before the 2 November 2015 deadline for asking second-round interrogatories in this proceeding.
On 25 August 2015, Rogers Communications Partnership (RCP) and TELUS Communications Company (TCC) requested that the Commission maintain confidential treatment for the information in question. RCP and TCC both submitted that aggregating the data would not provide meaningful information, and that the information sought by the AAC would be found in the 2015 Communications Monitoring Report, which should be released well before the 2 November 2015 deadline for the next round of interrogatories.
The 2015 Communications Monitoring Report containing, among other things, information on broadband Internet availability and penetration in Canada will be released in mid-October 2015 and will provide the information sought by the AAC. Accordingly, a determination on the AAC’s request for disclosure is not necessary.
Yours sincerely,
Original signed by
John Macri,
Director, Policy Framework
Telecommunications Sector
cc: Christine Bailey, (819) 997-4557, christine.bailey@crtc.gc.ca
Attach (1)
Distribution list:
John Lawford, Counsel for the AAC, lawford@piac.ca
Geoffrey White, Counsel for the AAC, gwhite@piac.ca
ILECs
Bell Aliant Regional Communications, Limited Partnership, regulatory@bell.aliant.ca
Bell Canada, bell.regulatory@bell.ca
MTS Inc., iworkstation@mtsallstream.com
Saskatchewan Telecommunications, document.control@sasktel.sk.ca
Télébec, Société en commandite, regulatory@bellaliant.ca
TELUS Communications Company, regulatory.affairs@telus.com
Northwestel Inc., regulatoryaffairs@nwtel.ca
Amtelecom Telco GP Inc., regulatory.matters@corp.eastlink.ca
Brooke Telecom Co-operative Ltd, jim@brooketel.ca
Bruce Telecom, regulatory@brucetelecom.com
CityWest Telephone Corporation, heather.bishop@cwct.ca
Cochrane Telecom Services, Louise.robichaud@cochranetel.ca
CoopTel, mlaurent@cooptel.coop
DMTS, reglementa@telebec.com
Execulink Telecom Inc., jonathan.scott@execulink.com
Groupe Maskatel LP, guycordeauavocat@bellnet.ca
Gosfield North Communication Co-operative Limited, regulatory@gosfieldtel.ca
Hay Communications Co-operative Limited, a.schneider@hay.net
Huron Telecommunications Co-operative Limited, regulatory@hurontel.on.ca
Independent Telecommunications Providers Association, jonathan.holmes@itpa.ca
KMTS, reglementa@telebec.com
La Cie de Téléphone de Courcelles Inc., jpatry@telcourcelles.qc.ca
La Compagnie de Téléphone de Lambton Inc., infotel@sogetel.net
La Compagnie de téléphone de St-Victor, telvic@telvic.net
La Compagnie de téléphone Upton inc., j-fmathieu@telupton.qc.ca
Lansdowne Rural Telephone Company Ltd, wagrier@1000island.net
Mornington Communications Co-operative Limited, rbanks@mornington.ca
Nexicom Telecommunications Inc., pdowns@nexicomgroup.net
Nexicom Telephones Inc., pdowns@nexicomgroup.net
North Frontenac Telephone Corporation Ltd, Fmantell6229@rogers.com
NorthernTel, Limited Partnership, reglementa@telebec.com
NRTC Communications, steve@wtccommunications.ca
Ontera, tracy.cant@ontera.ca
People's Tel Limited Partnership, regulatory.matters@corp.eastlink.ca
Quadro Communications Co-operative Inc., barry.stone@quadro.net
Roxborough Telephone Company Limited, timbeach@ontarioeast.net
Sogetel inc., sophie.houde@sogetel.com
TBayTel, rob.olenick@tbaytel.com
Téléphone de St-Éphrem inc., telstep@telstep.net
Téléphone Milot Inc., paul.frappier@sogetel.com
Tuckersmith Communications Co-operative Limited, regulatory@tccmail.ca
Wightman Telecom Ltd, kgugan@wightman.ca
WTC Communications, carlo.dondero@wtccommunications.ca
Other TSPs
Access Communications Co-operative Limited, documents@myaccess.coop
Bragg Communications Incorporated (EastLink), regulatory.matters@corp.eastlink.ca
Broadband Communications North Inc., sramchandar@gobcn.ca
Cogeco Cable Canada LP, telecom.regulatory@cogeco.com
Distributel Communications Limited, regulatory@distributel.ca
Fibernetics Corporation, regulatory@fibernetics.ca
Ice Wireless Inc., regulatory@icewireless.ca
Iristel Inc., regulatory@iristel.com
Managed Network Systems Inc., clayton@mnsi.net
Novus Entertainment Inc., donna.robertson@novusnow.ca
Primus Telecommunications Canada Inc., regulatory@primustel.ca
Québecor Média inc., regaffairs@quebecor.com
Rogers Communications Partnership, rwi_gr@rci.rogers.com
Shaw Cablesystems G.P., regulatory@sjrb.ca
SSI Micro Ltd, regulatory@ssimicro.com
TekSavvy Solutions Inc., regulatory@teksavvy.com
Telesat Canada, iscott@telesat.com
Wind Mobile Corp., lgoetz@windmobile.ca
Xplornet Communications Inc., david.macelwain@corp.xplornet.com
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Footnotes
- Footnote 1
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Review of basic telecommunications services, Telecom Notice of Consultation CRTC 2015-134, 9 April 2015, as amended by Telecom Notice of Consultation CRTC 2015-134-1, 3 June 2015.
- Footnote 2
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The Affordable Access Coalition is comprised of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, Canada; the Consumers’ Association of Canada; the Council of Senior Citizens Organizations of British Columbia; the National Pensioners Federation; and the Public Interest Advocacy Centre.
- Footnote 3
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Telecommunications service providers (TSPs) were requested to provide a) the total number of households the TSP is capable of serving; b) the total number of households served by the TSP; and c) the total number of households served by the TSP that meet the Commission’s broadband Internet target speeds of 5 megabits per second (Mbps) download and 1 Mbps upload.
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