Bell to appeal "all or nothing" aspect of UBB ruling

By Perry Hoffman

OTTAWA - Bell Canada and Bell Aliant plan to appeal a recent CRTC decision not allowing them to implement usage-based billing (UBB) on their wholesale customers until they do so for all of their retail customers. “This aspect of Decision 2010-255 will be the subject of a forthcoming application to review and vary that decision, which the companies expect to submit in the coming days,” states comments filed to Telecom Notice of Consultation 2009-261. Bell argues that the Commission’s decision to adopt an all or nothing approach to UBB runs counter to provisions in the Policy Direction that state non-economic...