Table of ContentsPage
1.0
INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND ........................................................................1
1.1
The urgency and importance of implementing TRP 2011-703 correctly ................1
1.2
Order Sought ............................................................................................................2
1.3
Structure of balance of application ..........................................................................5
2.0 LEGAL BASIS FOR APPLICATION ................................................................................6
2.1
Section 24 of the
Act
................................................................................................6
2.2
Section 25 of the
Act
................................................................................................6
2.3
Section 27 of the
Act
................................................................................................7
2.4
Section 32 of the
Act
................................................................................................7
2.5
Section 47 of the
Act
................................................................................................8
2.5.1
Application of section 27 of the
Act
............................................................8
2.5.2
Application of the telecommunications policy objectives of the
Act
..........8
2.5.3
Application of the Policy Direction .............................................................9
2.6
Section 55 of the
Act
..............................................................................................10
3.0 THE IMPLEMENTATION ISSUES RAISED BY INCUMBENT TARIFF PAGES .....11
3.1
The Bell Companies ...............................................................................................11
3.1.1
Realm splitting is unnecessary and unduly disruptive and costly forindependent ISP end-users – a different approach is required andindependent ISPs must have the means to audit the separation of residential and business traffic ...................................................................11
3.1.2
Allocation of contracted capacity dynamically across multiple interfaces isessential to facilitate ISP network redundancy and load balancingrequirements ...............................................................................................14
3.1.3
Capacity ordering intervals must be short to accommodate the removal of traffic shaping and other changing market conditions ...............................16
3.1.4
Independent ISPs should not be charged for 155 Mbps of capacity onlegacy OC3 interfaces, when those interfaces can only support 130 Mbpsof IP traffic .................................................................................................17
3.2
MTSA ....................................................................................................................17
3.2.1
Allocation of contracted capacity dynamically across multiple interfaces isessential to facilitate independent ISP network redundancy and loadbalancing requirements ..............................................................................18
3.2.2
Capacity ordering intervals must be short to accommodate changingmarket conditions .......................................................................................20
3.2.3
Legacy and VDSL traffic should be carried on the same AHSSPIs ..........20
3.3
Cogeco, Rogers and Videotron ..............................................................................21
3.3.1
Allocation of contracted capacity dynamically across multiple interfaces isessential to facilitate independent ISP network redundancy and loadbalancing requirements ..............................................................................22
3.3.2
Capacity ordering intervals must be short to accommodate changingmarket conditions .......................................................................................24
3.4
Cogeco, Rogers, Shaw and Videotron ...................................................................24