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Open Access Requirements
The following represents the requirements to meet the open access
conditions related to federal funding of telecommunications facilities.
Prospective service providers must include a detailed description of the
way in which these requirements will be met.
In this document, "existing service provider" refers to the service
provider that directly or indirectly receives a financial contribution
from the federal government towards, in full or in part, the deployment,
expansion, or modification of telecommunications facilities.
"Competitive service provider" refers to another service provider that
wishes to begin offering service in the territory covered by the
existing service provider using some or all of the facilities of the
existing service provider for which such a financial contribution was
received.
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Local access services
A competitive service provider must be able to offer a competitive
service via the local access infrastructure facilities of the
existing service provider. The existing service provider must make
its services and/or facilities available to competitive service
providers such that the latter may offer service:
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on a resale basis, and
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using unbundled wholesale services in combination with its own
facilities, where technologically feasible.
In cases where the existing service provider is subject to CRTC
regulation, it shall comply with the tariffs currently in place and
any succeeding tariffs. Where no tariff applies, the existing
service provider must offer its services and/or facilities to any
qualified competitive service provider at a rate equal to the
existing service provider's lowest retail price minus 25%.
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Bandwidth
Bandwidth must be available at various data rates and prices (e.g.
x1 mbps @ $y1/mth, x2 mbps @ $y2/mth, etc.) to accommodate the
various classes of users and their different requirements, i.e.
residential, businesses, institutions and other service providers.
Access to physical facilities (e.g. strands or wavelengths in the
case of fibre) must also be offered where possible.
Sufficient additional bandwidth must be available beyond that which
is currently being used for traffic on the existing service
provider's network, or reasonably forecast to be used on such a
network, to ensure scalability and to be able to satisfy any
reasonable request from a competitive service provider.
In cases where the existing service provider selected for the
project is subject to CRTC regulation, it shall comply with the
tariffs currently in place and any succeeding tariffs. Where not
tariffed, the retail rates charged for broadband services must be
comparable to those in the nearest urban center where competitive
broadband services are available.
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Co-location
Co-location includes access to and use of space, associated power,
and environmental conditioning at a Point of Presence (PoP).
Co-location facilities must be made available at each PoP created or
upgraded with the assistance of Government of Canada funding, to
allow competitive service providers to co-locate transmission and
interconnection equipment. Space and facilities must be available to
satisfy any reasonable co-location requests from competitive service
providers:
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in existing buildings, this is subject to space and availability
considerations; or
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for new facilities, these must be built to accommodate competitive
co-location needs.
Co-location tariffs will apply in the case of regulated companies.
In the case of non-regulated companies, access must be made
available to competitive service providers at rates and charges not
to exceed those included in the co-location tariffs of the nearest
major incumbent local exchange carrier.
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Service Availability
All interconnections between the existing service provider and third
parties will use open standard protocols.
Where technologically feasible, the existing service provider must
have the ability to provide, upon request, the same data services in
the parts of its network funded by the Government of Canada that it
provides in other parts of its network.
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