Cable / Telecom News

Bell vs. Vidéotron: Cablevision offers a much different version of events

GATINEAU – According to a new submission to the CRTC, Vidéotron has misrepresented talks that have taken place in order for it to possibly become a third-party ISP on the network of Cablevision du Nord, a division of Bell Canada. In a reply to the Commission filed in response to Vidéotron’s recent Part 1 complaint, which we outlined here, Cablevision has a far different story to tell about what’s going on when it comes to Vidéotron’s apparent efforts to become a TV and broadband competitor in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Quebec. “First, Cablevision's TPIA service is not a service that...