Fibre Hearing: “You don’t want to kill the goose that lays the golden networks,” says Rogers

By Perry Hoffman

GATINEAU – Wholesale access rates that are too low, as Rogers Communications contends they are now, will not lead to further competitor investment in networks, the company said on Tuesday to the CRTC. Rather, it will continue to encourage independent ISPs to lease capacity from the incumbents in perpetuity.Rogers said its wholesale business - customers who pay 45% less than retail consumers - has grown from essentially zero to nearly 15% of customers in the last four years. If the current growth trajectory continues, it will top 30%. Company executives appeared before the Commission as part of its look into...