CRTC formally denies Bell request to modify collection of Broadband Fund money

CRTC also announced more money allocation from third call The CRTC has formally denied an application by Bell that requested the regulator change the way it collected money for the $750-million Broadband Fund. Bell requested last December that the regulator stop collecting money from the internet service providers until it has disbursed the money it has collected and to return the money it hasn’t given out. Part of the reasoning is that there have been many more funding programs available since the Broadband Fund was launched and that the unused money held by the CRTC and not distributed could be...