Industry association calls for regulated last mile fibre access in TekSavvy wholesale rate complaint

By Ahmad Hathout OTTAWA – An association representing independent internet service providers filed a submission to the CRTC yesterday requesting the regulator impose, at least temporarily, discounted wholesale access to incumbent fibre to the building. The submission by the Competitive Network Operators of Canada is in support of a complaint filed by internet service provider TekSavvy, which alleges that some incumbents are giving to some providers wholesale access to their networks at favourable and unregulated (“off-tariff”) rates over other competitors. TekSavvy brought the undue preference application in light of Rogers’s proposal to provide Videotron with access to its network at...