COMPETITION: Rural MSO tired of CRTC wall protecting small telcos

By Lesley Hunter

KINCARDINE, ON - Bryan Walden just wants a chance to compete.The president of Kincardine Cable has asked the CRTC to level the playing field and allow small cable companies like his the chance to offer local telephone service to their customers, in the same way that the independent telcos in his rural region can offer television services – or that big cable companies can offer in their urban territories.But a leftover protection in our telecommunications regulations is standing in his way and he’d like to know why.“(The CRTC) opened local exchange competition years ago, saying the small (telcos should) have slightly...