ISP Summit: Distributel's Stein hopes we’re seeing the dawn of a new era in Canadian telecom

By Lynn Greiner

TORONTO – "I wish I could say as Canadians we could have as much pride in the state of the telecommunications industry as we do in our sports teams," CNOC president and CEO of Distributel Communications Matt Stein told attendees at the Canadian ISP Summit Tuesday as he presented the results of a survey from Leger commissioned by his company.The report, Broken Connection: Canadian Consumers' Views on Large Telecommunications Providers, was based on an online survey of 1,535 Canadians conducted in October of this year using Leger's online panel."The industry is at an interesting crossroad," he noted. " If I...