Consumer group appeals deferral decision

OTTAWA – The $650 million should go back to consumers, says the Public Interest Advocacy Centre. The group today filed a motion for leave to appeal CRTC Decision 2006-9 Deferral Account in the Federal Court of Appeal. The decision, reported on here and here, allows incumbent telcos to take approximately $650 million they overcharged customers, on Commission direction, and direct it to rural broadband development. This is wrong, says PIAC. "Since the February 16 CRTC decision to enrich the rural broadband programs of the major telephone companies with the money from overcharges for residential local service, PIAC has been asked, many...