Talk Broadband: What the industry thinks of the chairman’s strategic broadband challenge

By Perry Hoffman

GATINEAU – The basic service objective (BSO) hearing changed mid-stream when CRTC chair Jean-Pierre Blais made the unprecedented move of delivering a statement declaring broadband “vital” to Canadians. After that, a National Broadband Strategy (NBS) – what should it look like, how do we get there and the role for the Commission – became a huge part of the discussions.In his April 18 address to the hearing, he asked parties to think about these and other issues related to an NBS and present potential policies.When Rogers Communications appeared before the commission in April, it raised the concept of a multi-stakeholder...