I'd like to stand up and say that the proposed

application for service rate increases to cover

the cost of extending unspecified service to

unserviced areas and unspecified upgrades to these

areas should be opposed for two reasons. Firstly

these costs appear to be funded by customers who

already have these services in more populated

areas - to the tune of upwards to 25 times more

than who the actual beneficiaries of these

services will be. I believe that if a service

plan is uneconomic, why make everybody pay just so

that more services can be sold by the regulated

company. Secondly, Telus has not specified to us

what services they want to extend to these rural

residents. Are these services for mobile/cell

phone users - like relay stations?

Thanks for listening. Please direct this mail to

the appropriate channels.

Al Toth