CBC: 'Big telecom' internet investment too low, consumer groups say

From CBC

Big telecommunications companies should tackle internet congestion by investing more in their networks, which would make usage-based billing unnecessary, consumer advocates say.

“We should not be deterring Canadians from using more internet,” said Steve Anderson, executive director of Open Media, while appearing before the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission Tuesday.

“Functional marketplaces meet demand by increasing supply — not by squashing demand and seeing who can gouge Canadians most.”

Bell and other “incumbent” telecommunications companies are required to rent access to their networks to independent internet service providers — their wholesale customers. That allows the smaller ISPs to create internet packages to sell to their own retail customers and meet the CRTC’s goal of boosting internet competition. Read more »

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