CRTC must act to save broadband competition

We cannot let rules designed to create competition do the opposite. If the rules don’t change, we will see less investment in rural connectivity, less competition against the Big Three, followed by damaging impacts on service and cost.
Fast, reliable, and resilient broadband networks are crucial to Canada’s social and economic development, writes Frédéric Perron.

When it comes to competition in telecommunications, the so-called ‘Big Three’ companies’ dominance of wireless gets the most attention. But in the equally vital area of home internet access, there is another looming threat to competition from Bell, Telus and Rogers tha...

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