Bluewater must stop offering phone service outside of territory, says Commission

OTTAWA - Bluewater TV Cable must stop providing telephone service to customers in neighbouring Tuckersmith Co-operative's operating territory, the CRTC has ruled. After receiving a complaint from independent telco Tuckersmith in September, the Commission investigated allegations that Bluewater was providing local exchange service in Tuckersmith's Bayfield 565 exchange, using numbers assigned to the neighbouring Bell Canada Clinton 482 exchange, and was not registered as a competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC) for the area. Bluewater argued it had not actively marketed its telephone service outside of its authorized CLEC area, but agreed to supply telephone service using its cable television facilities...