Are you nuts or french canadian? The increase is from just under $4.00 to almost $1000.
On 4/7/06, John Novack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Where is the problem? > Does one expect this service to be provided for free? > 1600 bucks to set up a VOIP provider, and 2K per month sounds reasonable > > John Novack > > > Bob's Leaky News Service wrote: > > >Check out the proposed prices when this is approved. > > > > > > > >BELL CANADA REPORT > > > > > >ON THE > > > > > >ECONOMIC EVALUATION > > > > > >FOR > > > > > >THE TARIFF REVISION > > > > > >OF > > > > > >Bell Canada's Access Services Tariff Item 315 – Zero-Dialed > > > >Emergency Call Routing Service (0-ECRS) > > > > > > > >*2 March 2006 > > > > > > > > > >TABLE OF CONTENTS > > > > Page > > > >1.0 GENERAL 3 > >1.1 Purpose of the Study 3 > >2.0 SERVICE DESCRIPTION 3 > >2.1 Service Characteristics 3 > >2.2 Service Benefits 3 > >2.3 Marketing Considerations 3 > >3.0 TARIFF CONSIDERATIONS 4 > >3.1 Tariff Components 4 > >3.2 Rate Determination Principles 4 > >3.3 Proposed Service Commencement Date 4 > >4.0 IMPUTATION TEST 4 > >5.0 DEMAND AND REVENUE INFORMATION 5 > >5.1 Forecast Assumptions and Methodology 5 > >5.2 Number of Customers 5 > >5.3 Number of 0-ECRS Calls 5 > >5.4 Bell Canada Average 0-ECRS Call Duration 5 > >5.5 Estimates of Demand Quantities 5 > >6.0 PHASE II COSTS 6 > >6.1 Study Assumptions 6 > >6.2 Study Period 7 > >6.3 Financial Parameters and Tax Rates 7 > >6.4 Cost Inclusions 7 > >6.4.1 Expenses Causal to the Service 7 > >6.4.2 Capital Causal to the Service 8 > >6.4.3 Capital Causal to Demand 8 > >6.4.4 Expenses Causal to Demand 8 > >6.4.5 Phase II Cost Summary 9 > >7.0 3RD PARTY ACQUISITION COSTS AND COSTS OF UNDERLYING CATEGORY I > >COMPETITOR SERVICE COMPONENTS 9 > > > > > > > >1.0 GENERAL > > > >1.1 Purpose of the Study > > > >1. The purpose of this study is to support the following revisions to > >Bell Canada's (the Company's) Access Service Tariff 7516 (AST) Item > >315 – 0-ECRS (Emergency Call Routing Service). > > > >Telecom Decision CRTC 2006-5: VoIP 9-1-1 call routing directs Bell Canada to: > > > >- make 0-ECRS available to Voice over Internet Protocol Service > >Providers (VoIPSPs) who register as resellers with the CRTC. > > > >- offer 0-ECRS to VoIPSPs who are registered as resellers with the > >CRTC at the same rate it is offered to other eligible parties - > >Wireless Service Providers (WSPs), Canadian Pay Telephone Service > >Providers (CPTSPs), Alternate Operator Service Providers (AOSPs), > >Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (CLECs) and Interexchange Carriers > >(IXCs). > > > >- provide the Call Routing Lists and Traffic Operator Position > >Records (TOPR) lists that are currently provided to traditional 0-ECRS > >customers. > > > > > >2.0 SERVICE DESCRIPTION > > > >2. The revision to the 0-ECRS Service is to allow VoIPSPs who are > >registered as resellers with the CRTC to access Bell Canada's 0-ECRS. > >Using 0-ECRS, VoIPSPs will be able to route fixed non native and > >nomadic 9-1-1 VoIP calls to Primary 9-1-1 Public Safety Answering > >Points (PSAPs). > > > >2.1 Service Characteristics > > > >3. Bell Canada will provide VoIPSPs with a Call Routing List, a TOPR > >list and an authorization PIN number under the terms of 0-ECRS. > >VoIPSPs will be responsible for providing a call answer centre to > >perform location determination of a 9-1-1 VoIP caller. The VoIPSP > >call answer centre will then use the Call Routing List or TOPR list to > >automatically route the call to a Primary Public Safety Answering > >Point (PSAP) without Bell Canada Operator assistance. > > > >2.2 Service Benefits > > > >4. The revision to the 0-ECRS will enable VoIPSPs to provide basic > >9-1-1 service in Bell Canada territories. > > > >2.3 Marketing Considerations > > > >5. Potential customers are currently WSPs, CPTSPs AOSPs, CLECs and > >IXCs. New target customers are VoIPSPs that are registered as local > >resellers with the CRTC. > > > > > >3.0 TARIFF CONSIDERATIONS > > > >3.1 Tariff Components > > > >6. The following rates and charges apply to 0-ECRS: > > > >Tariff Components Monthly Rate Service Charge > > > >Set-up Charge, per customer N/A $1,658.09 > >Access Charge, per customer $2011.15 N/A > > > >7. This service is provided initially to the customer under a two-year > >contract under the terms and conditions of which are specified in the > >0-ECRS agreement and is renewed on a successive one-year term basis. > > > >3.2 Rate Determination Principles > > > >8. The proposed tariff rate(s) for 0-ECRS is based on Phase II costs > >plus a 15% mark-up as per the Commission's determinations at paragraph > >231 of Regulatory framework for second Price Cap, Telecom Decision > >CRTC 2002-34, 30 May 2002, for Category I competitor services. > > > >3.3 Proposed Service Commencement Date > > > >9. The Company is proposing to introduce Access Service Tariff 7516 > >(AST) Item 315 –0 ECRS to VoIPSP's on 1 May 2006. > > > > > >4.0 IMPUTATION TEST > > > >10. The imputation test associated with 0-ECRS has been met in > >accordance with the imputation test methodology as set out in the > >November 1998 Commission letter which was subsequently amended by > >Issues related to imputation test methodology - Rebanding decision > >follow-up, Decision CRTC 2001-737, 29 November 2001, and Review of > >price floor safeguards for retail tariffed services and related > >issues, Telecom Decision CRTC 2005-27, 29 April 2005 (Decision > >2005-27), and other relevant decisions or orders. > > > >11. Tables 1 and 2 in the Appendix of this Economic Evaluation provide > >the results of the imputation test for 0-ECRS. Table 1 provides the > >total present worth (PW) of revenues and costs over the study period > >and Table 2 provides the monthly revenues and costs per 0-ECRS > >customer. > > > > > >5.0 DEMAND AND REVENUE INFORMATION > > > >5.1 Forecast Assumptions and Methodology > > > >5.2 Number of Customers > > > > 12. The number of Access Independent VoIPSPs was estimated to be > > # > >possible VoIPSP customers. Cable companies were excluded from this > >estimate since they are classified as fixed VoIPSPs and do not require > >the 0-ECRS solution. It is assumed that # of the VoIPSPs have > >call > >centres, which translates into # potential VoIPSP customers. > > > > 13. There are # known AOSPs. It is anticipated that # of > > the # > >VoIPSPs will utilize these AOSPs as third party call centres, which > >translates into # VoIPSP 0-ECRS customers. > > > > 14. There are also # ILECs that will purchase the tariff to > > enable > >the national VoIP 9 1 1 routing. > > > > 15. Total customer demand is therefore, # VoIPSPs plus # > > AOSPs plus > > # ILECs for a total of # 0-ECRS customers. > > > >5.3 Number of 0-ECRS Calls > > > > 16. Wireline 9-1-1 statistics indicate that on average there will > > be > > # VoIP 9-1-1 call per month from # out of every # VoIP > > end-users in > >Ontario and Québec. This factor is applied to the VoIP end-user > >demand to determine the number of monthly VoIP 9-1-1 calls per > >customer. The VoIP end-user demand forecast is based on a Cambridge > >market study purchased by the Company. > > > > 17. These calls are incremental to the base existing 0-ECRS Call > > Volume. > > > >5.4 Bell Canada Average 0-ECRS Call Duration > > > > 18. The average 0-ECRS call duration of # minutes is based on > > the > >average wireline 9 1 1 call duration. > > > >5.5 Estimates of Demand Quantities > > > >19. The estimated annual demand quantities of customers and Category I > >Competitor Service components are provided in Table 3 in the appendix > >of this Economic Evaluation. These demand estimates were used to > >develop revenues and costs of 0-ECRS. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ># Filed in confidence with the CRTC.************* > >6.0 PHASE II COSTS > > > >20. The Phase II costs are determined in accordance with the Phase II > >costing principles set out in Inquiry into Telecommunications > >Carriers' Costing and Accounting Procedures – Phase II: Information > >Requirements for New Service Tariffs Filings, Telecom Decision CRTC > >79-16, 28 August 1979 (Decision 79-16), excluding cross-effects as per > >Decision 94-19, and as amended by subsequent Commission decisions. > > > >6.1 Study Assumptions > > > >21. All results are in 2006 dollars. > > > >22. Table 4 in the Appendix of this Economic Evaluation provides the > >vintages of unit costs used in the study and the capital increase > >factors (CIFs), expense increase factors (EIFs), and productivity > >improvement factors (PIFs) used to restate the unit costs from the > >respective vintage to 2006 dollars. > > > >23. The working fill factors used to develop the capital costs are > >provided in Table 4a in the Appendix of this Economic Evaluation. > > > >24. The Capital Cost Factors (CCF) used to develop the Phase II costs > >associated with support structures, inter-office fibre cables, power, > >and adjunct network are provided in Table 4b in the Appendix of this > >Economic Evaluation. The CCF's were filed with the Commission on 24 > >September 2004 and were effective as of the same date. > > > >25. The life estimates used in the study were filed with the > >Commission on 10 February 2006 and were effective as of the same date. > > These life estimates are consistent with those approved by the > >Commission in Implementation of Price Cap Regulation and Related > >Issues, Telecom Decision CRTC 98-2, 5 March 1998. > > > >26. Since 0-ECRS is a Category I Competitor Service which is subject > >to the (I-X) factor, CIFs, EIFs and PIFs were not applied within the > >study period in accordance with the Commission's letter dated 14 July > >2003 re: Follow-up to 18 June 2003 letter concerning Phase II costing > >information requirements. > > > >27. The underlying Category I competitor services were included at > >Phase II costs in accordance with the Commission's letter dated 7 > >October 2005 re: Modifications to the General Tariff Economic Study > >Report Guidelines. > > > > 28. Installed First Costs (IFC) per 0-ECRS dedicated T1s were > > used to > >calculate the 9-1-1 Tandem capital cost of the 0-ECRS service. > > > >29. The number of 0-ECRS 9-1-1 calls is estimated at # call during > >the peak hour. CPU costs for this volume of calls are negligible and > >thus are excluded from the study. > > > >6.2 Study Period > > > > 30. The study period is from 1 May 2006 to 31 December 2008. > > > >6.3 Financial Parameters and Tax Rates > > > >31. The financial parameters and tax rates used in the study are > >provided in Table 5 in the Appendix of this Economic Evaluation. > >These parameters and tax rates were filed with the Commission on 10 > >February 2006, and were effective as of the same date. > > > >6.4 Cost Inclusions > > > >32. Detailed descriptions of the cost inclusions in each category are > >provided in the sections below. > > > >6.4.1 Expenses Causal to the Service > > > >33. The expenses causal to the service are based on explicit cost > >estimates. Cost inclusions by expense category are provided below: > > > >- Advertising and Promotion > > > >There are no advertising and Promotion expenses causal to the service. > > > >- Billing-related > > > >There are no billing-related expenses causal to the service. > > > >- Portfolio > > > >This category includes portfolio costs associated with the expenses > >causal to the service and the expenses included in the Present Worth > >of Annualized Cost (PWAC) of capital causal to the service. The > >portfolio expenses were estimated through the application of a > >portfolio loading of 3.6% on all expense cash flows causal to the > >service. > > > >- Other > > > >This expense category includes costs associated with the Carrier > >Services Group, project management, training and other operational > >activities. > > > > > > > > > > > > > ># Filed in confidence with the CRTC. > > > > > >6.4.2 Capital Causal to the Service > > > >34. The capital causal to the service has been developed using > >explicit cost estimates. Cost inclusions by capital cost category are > >provided below: > > > >- Hardware > > > >There is no hardware-related capital expenditure causal to the service. > > > >- Software > > > >This capital expenditure category includes the software development > >costs associated with modifying the billing and ordering system, IS/IT > >project management, translation and programming in the switches > >required for routing, development and testing activities related to > >the implementation of the solution. > > > >6.4.3 Capital Causal to Demand > > > >35. Capital causal to demand includes costs associated with equipment > >and facilities required to provision the 0-ECRS. The capital costs > >causal to demand for 9-1-1 Tandem are reported under Switching > >Equipment. The capital costs causal to demand reported under Other > >are for the Virtual Facilities Group. > > > >6.4.4 Expenses Causal to Demand > > > >36. Expenses causal to demand include one-time and ongoing costs > >associated with maintenance, service provisioning, advertising, sales > >management and billing, and other operational activities. > > > >37. Cost inclusions by expense cost category are as follows: > > > >- Maintenance > > > >Expenses associated with the Call Routing Lists and TOPR lists. > > > >- Service Provisioning > > > >One-time cost associated with order processing and order fulfilment > >activities and administrative support performed by the business > >office, and the cost associated with issuing of the Ontario and Québec > >specific Call Routing Lists and TOPR lists. > > > >- Advertising & Sales Management > > > >There are no advertising and sales management expenses causal to demand. > > > >- Billing > > > >The billing-related expenses causal to demand are negligible and thus > >are assumed to be zero for the purpose of the study. > > > >- Portfolio > > > >This category includes portfolio costs associated with the expenses > >causal to demand and the expenses included in the Present Worth of > >Annualized Cost (PWAC) of capital causal to demand. The portfolio > >expenses were estimated through the application of a portfolio loading > >of 3.6% on all expense cash flows causal to demand. > > > >- Other > > > >Other includes variable common costs. > > > >6.4.5 Phase II Cost Summary > > > >38. The Detailed Summary of Phase II Costs for 0-ECRS and Costs Causal > >to the Service are provided in Tables 6 and 7 in the Appendix of this > >Economic Evaluation. These tables report the Phase II costs excluding > >acquisition costs and excluding costs associated with the underlying > >Category I competitor services. > > > > > >7.0 3RD PARTY ACQUISITION COSTS AND COSTS OF UNDERLYING CATEGORY I > >COMPETITOR SERVICE COMPONENTS > > > >39. There is no 3rd party service cost associated with 0-ECRS. > > > >40. Category I competitor service components include Floor Space > >Physical Co-Location Arrangement and Power Consumption. > > > >41. The cost of AST Item 110, Floor Space Physical Co-Location > >Arrangement and Power Consumption was estimated by the Phase II costs > >associated with land, building and power in accordance with the > >Commission staff's letter dated 7 October 2005 re: Modifications to > >the General Tariff Economic Study Report Guidelines. > > > >42. The PWACs associated with the major Category I competitor service > >components are provided in Table 8 in the Appendix of this Economic > >Evaluation. > >_______________________________________________ > >--Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > > >Asterisk-Users mailing list > >To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > Asterisk-Users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
