ISP Summit 2021: Government subsidies a “blessing and a curse” for CCSA ISPs

By Amanda OYE

TORONTO – It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. This sums up the past year for members of the Canadian Communication Systems Alliance (CCSA), who shared today some of the challenges and opportunities they have faced and continue to face in a talk on day one of the annual Canadian ISP Summit, hosted by the Competitive Network Operators of Canada (CNOC) and CCSA. The talk, called Future forward in video and broadband delivery: Operator perspectives from across Canada, featured Ken Naylor, general manager of Mornington Communications Cooperative Limited, George Burger, co-founder of VMedia, Marie-Eve Rocheleau,...