Letter
Our Files: 8660-N2-01/00
8678-C12-11/01
8624-B20-01/00
Ottawa, 7 December 2001
To: Interested
Parties on PN 2001-37
E-MAIL
Mr. Edmund H. Burry
Manager - Regulatory Reporting
Aliant Telecom Inc.
Fort William Building
P.O. Box 2110
St. John’s, Newfoundland
A1C 5H6
Dear Mr. Burry:
Subject: Newfoundland Network Enhancement Plan
This is further to your letter dated 1 October 2001 regarding the
status of the Newfoundland Network Enhancement Plan required to alleviate
toll network congestion. Based on the data in Attachment 1 of the letter,
it appears that the congestion problem on certain inter-office trunks has
been alleviated with the planned installation of additional trunks. The
additional trunks should be installed by December 2001, with the exception
of the Eastport route, which is scheduled for completion in March 2002.
Aliant also stated in its letter, supported by Attachment 1, page 4 of
4, that there are 20 communities where the company has not budgeted in its
capital program the completion date for the planned digital upgrades
originally scheduled for completion no later than December 2001. Aliant
stated that the delay is due to the economic conditions and the resulting
capital constraints.
Commission staff is placing Aliant’s letter dated 1 October 2001, and
this one, on the public record of Price Cap Review and Related Issues,
Public Notice CRTC 2001-37 dated 13 March 2001, since it relates to the
Basic Service Objective set out in Telephone Service to High-Cost
Serving Areas, Telecom Decision CRTC 99-16 dated 19 October 1999.
The company is to provide its best estimate of the completion date of
the digital upgrades for the 20 communities mentioned above by 7 days from
the date of this letter.
Yours sincerely,
Original signed by
Scott Hutton
Director, Efficiency & Expenditure Analysis
(819) 953-4573
Hugh Thompson, CRTC, (819) 953-6081
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