CRTC won’t consider Rogers request for interim speed-matching exemption on gigabit services until tariffs are filed

CRTC staff said in a letter last week to Rogers that it is suspending consideration of the cable company’s Part 1 application for an immediate temporary stay of the speed-matching requirement for its recently introduced retail gigabit internet services until Rogers files proposed wholesale tariffs for the new speed tiers. Rogers filed its interim stay request on July 25, the same day it launched its new gigabit services to retail customers. However, it has not yet filed a tariff application to introduce these new speed tiers at the wholesale level, the commission notes in its Aug. 6 letter to Rogers, adding that it expects...