Cable / Telecom News

Inside wire: Commission won’t intervene in commercial buildings

OTTAWA – The CRTC said Monday that it won't be moving into the regulation of access to the inside wiring of commercial properties such as hotels and nursing homes. The potential for such regulation arose from a dispute (what else?) between Bell ExpressVu and Rogers Cable. In February 2005, the DTH company asked for an expedited resolution on its complaint that Rogers was contravening section 10 of the Broadcast Distribution Regulations by not allowing access to its plant inside such buildings. The Commission instead called for comments on possible regulatory amendments to section 10, which really speaks only to single...