Quebec ISPs demand "real solutions" from Bell over pole access

MONTREAL — Cogeco Connexion, Videotron and Quebec municipal ISP Maskicom are banding together to demand that Bell implement “real solutions” to resolve major problems with access to its telephone poles, saying previously announced measures fall short. “Bell’s anti-competitive and unfair practices are significantly limiting the ability of ISPs to deliver high-speed Internet expansion projects to rural communities in Québec,” says a press release jointly issued today by the three Quebec ISPs. “Cogeco Connexion, Maskicom and Videotron do not believe the ‘seven regulatory easements’ announced by Bell on October 30 will solve the current problems in any way, as none of...