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Quebec ISPs launch Commission complaint over Bell

MONTREAL - Fifteen independent companies, today lodged a complaint with the CRTC over the business practices of Bell Canada they say is unfair. The document ultimately strives to end what the Quebec ISP Coalition calls the "unfair conduct of Bell Canada with regards to the provision of high speed Internet services." The Coalition's two main complaints relate to Bell Canada's "taking advantage of its dominant position" regarding its high speed basic Internet access, and that its long-term, so-called promotional rates are unfair. "Bell Canada gives with one hand and takes with the other," said Sophie Léger, spokesperson for the Coalition...