CRTC approves winback discounts for Northwestel internet plans

Dissenting opinion says process to alert competitors must be better By Ahmad Hathout The CRTC approved Monday a proposal by Northwestel to offer former customers discounts on certain internet packages to bring them back on board. The promotion, proposed in August, would apply to 12 new internet packages with unlimited data and would run for six months in the far north. Eligible customers are those who had previously been a Northwestel customer for at least a month, who have been gone for at least the same amount of time, and who have been subscribed to another service provider in Northwestel's...