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Order CRTC 2001-739
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Ottawa, 25 September 2001
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CRTC denies MTS application to increase residence and business
service charges
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Reference: Tariff notice 460
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| 1. |
On 27 June 2001, MTS Communications Inc. filed an application
with the Commission to increase the line connection charge (tariff
item 510 of its General Tariff) for residence customers from $12 to
$13.20 and for business customers from $15 to $16.50. The company
also proposed to continue to apply the existing $15 line connection
charge to certain types of customers in recognition of economies of
scale. |
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MTS proposed to exempt the following business services from the
proposed line connection rate increase: |
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· Centrex 5 and Centrex Plus services in rate bands A and B
with a line size over 4,000;
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· province-wide Centrex aggregation with a line size over
10,000;
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· National Centrex service with an MTS line size over 5,000;
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· National Centrex service with a line size over 90,000; and
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· all initial software changes for Centrex.
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The Commission notes that MTS did not provide any cost
justification to support rate-increase exemptions for Centrex
customers with a specified minimum line size. In addition, the
Commission finds that it would not be appropriate to apply a line
connection charge for initial software changes for Centrex, as such
changes are not driven by the number of line connections. |
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Secretary General
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This document is available in alternative format upon request
and may also be examined at the following Internet site: http://www.crtc.gc.ca
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