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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 Qu?bec. 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 Qu?bec 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.
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 Qu?bec. 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 Qu?bec >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 > > > >