CRTC hindering competition, says MTS

OTTAWA – MTS Allstream said the CRTC missed an opportunity to promote competition and choice by refusing their request for “fairly-priced, mandated access to broadband facilities from the former monopoly telephone companies.” MTS Allstream applied to the CRTC in May to review and vary its determinations made in Telecom Decision 2008-17, regarding the classification of Ethernet access and transport services and related services (Ethernet services), saying the commission made “several errors in its determinations.” The commission denied the request on Thursday, saying that MTS Allstream “failed to demonstrate that there is substantial doubt as to the correctness of the Commission's...