TPIA: Federal Court grants TekSavvy appeal in CRTC’s wholesale rate decision

Independent ISP pushing voters to get pledges to lower rates from election candidates By Ahmad Hathout OTTAWA - The Federal Court of Appeal will look into whether the CRTC was correct in its May decision to revert back to older, more expensive bulk internet purchase rates set in 2016. The court said it will review the case in a decision dated last Wednesday after independent internet service provider (ISP) TekSavvy, which buys network capacity from the larger telecoms, filed an appeal of the decision in June. The larger carriers include Bell, Rogers, and Telus. The CRTC originally set lower final rates in...