Von Finckenstein promises politicians yet another look at wholesale UBB

OTTAWA – While CRTC chairman Konrad von Finckenstein said Thursday he’d have the Commission take another look at the wholesale usage-based billing decision, he did not back down at all from the concept itself as an acceptable way for ISPs to do business.The chair was called in Thursday to appear before the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology to explain the Regulator’s rationale behind its decision that caused so much ill-informed uproar. The January 25 decision confirmed that major ISPs could apply the same UBB parameters to wholesalers using its networks, and that it had to be offered to...