CRTC staff said in a letter last week to Rogers that it is suspending consideration of the cable company’s Part 1 application for an immediate temporary stay of the speed-matching requirement for its recently introduced retail gigabit internet services until Rogers files proposed wholesale tariffs for the new speed tiers.
Rogers filed its interim stay request on July 25, the same day it launched its new gigabit services to retail customers. However, it has not yet filed a tariff application to introduce these new speed tiers at the wholesale level, the commission notes in its Aug. 6 letter to Rogers, adding that it expects the cable company to urgently comply with the commission’s regulatory requirement to do so, as outlined in paragraph 209 of Telecom Decision 2006-77.
“Should Rogers fail to do so, the Commission may consider enforcement action up to and including the imposition of an Administrative Monetary Penalty,” the CRTC says in its letter to Rogers.
“Additionally, absent Rogers’ tariff application, Commission staff is concerned that other interested parties may not have the details necessary to make informed interventions on [Rogers’ Part 1] Application,” the letter continues. “Therefore, Commission staff suspends consideration of the Application until such time that Rogers’ tariff application is filed and posted on the Commission’s website. Commission staff will issue a letter with further process for interventions and replies once the suspension is lifted.”
