COMMENTARY: Why “facilities-based” is an obsolete measure of competition

By Timothy Denton

Thoughts on why Canadian prices are so highTHE CRTC'S RECENT REPORT on Canadian telecom prices (prepared by Nordicity) shows that we pay some of the highest rates in the world.According to the National Post:“Canada won gold for the most expensive low-end wireless telephone service and landed silver for premium mobile phone services that include more minutes and data, according to the ninth-annual international telecom price comparison study commissioned by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission.It also landed in the Top Three for the most expensive broadband Internet, bundled services and mobile data, which costs about three times as much here...