ISP says telecom must stay regulated

TORONTO – Ashok Kalle, president of independent ISP Pathway Communications says the federal government's decision to relax the rules of the regulatory game when it comes to telecom is bad news for Canadians. Pathway offers voice and data services to Canadian residential and business clients."The decision by Industry Canada to allow deregulation of the telecommunications market will hurt consumers of long distance, VOIP and other telecommunications/online services in the long-run," said Kalle in a statement. "I am clearly in agreement with comments made by Liberal MP and consumer affairs critic Dan McTeague who attacked the new regulations as a 'bad...