Central Office Floor Plan Information
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) considers that a certain amount of information with respect to key Bell Aliant Central Offices must be made publicly available and kept up-to-date to help Interconnecting Carriers (ICs) plan their activities. The CRTC considers that sharing of CO floor space planning information will also enable early discussions with Bell Aliant in evaluating possible solutions where space appears limited in terms of accommodating co-location requests.
CRTC Order 2001-780 specified that Central Office (CO) Floor Plan information must be made available to Canadian Carriers and DSL Service Providers. The information is available as of January 25, 2002 and will be updated twice yearly. Following is a description of the information that is provided:
- the total amount of floor space, in square metres, including any adjacent space that is currently used for CO functions, broken down as follows: (a) non-telecommunications functions (e.g. lobby, employee facilities, garage, etc.), and (b) telecommunications functions;
- the amount of floor space that is not currently used, in square metres;
- the amount of CO floor space, in square metres, broken down as follows: (a) ILEC CO functions, including any adjacent space that is currently used for CO functions (e.g. outside terminations, vaults, etc.), (b) ILEC-customer/affiliate functions, and (c) competitor co-location space;
- the number of square metres of co-location space and bays that is (a) reserved, (b) assigned, and (c) available for each of physical and virtual co-location;
- the dates on which a co-location request has been denied where applicable, whether co-location space is unavailable, and whether adjacent co-location could be feasible;
- planned CO building expansions or space relief alternatives, in square metres and ready date; and
- whether the CO building is leased, and if so, whether it is leased from an affiliate or a non-affiliated third party.
Please note that only Canadian Telecommunications Carriers and DSL Service Providers are permitted to obtain this information. An executed Non-Disclosure Agreement will be required before release of the information to protect from inappropriate use of the information.