Telephone pole rates to be reviewed

OTTAWA – The CRTC will review the structure service rates charged by some of Canada’s biggest telephone companies.Telus sent an application to the Commission last October asking for it review the rates, terms, and conditions of the support structure service tariffs of the large incumbent local exchange carriers (ILECs). The ILECs would like to increase the rates they can charge, currently $9.60 per year, to rent their poles to other customers such as cable companies. Telus’ application noted that the Ontario Energy Board had approved a hydro pole rate of $22.35 per year.Parties other than those identified in Telecom Notice...