OTTAWA – The CRTC will review the structure service rates charged by some of Canada’s biggest telephone companies.
Telus sent an application to the Commission last October asking for it review the rates, terms, and conditions of the support structure service tariffs of the large incumbent local exchange carriers (ILECs).
The ILECs would like to increase the rates they can charge, currently $9.60 per year, to rent their poles to other customers such as cable companies. Telus’ application noted that the Ontario Energy Board had approved a hydro pole rate of $22.35 per year.
Parties other than those identified in Telecom Notice of Consultation CRTC 2009-432 must notify the CRTC by August 4, and all written comments are due by November 25, 2009.
The Commission said that it expects to publish a decision on the issues raised in this notice of consultation within 120 days of the close of record.
