Telus petition pushes back against cabinet decision on Big 3’s access to last-mile fibre regime

Telus announced Tuesday it has launched a petition looking to drum up support for the Vancouver-based telecom’s plans to use the CRTC’s aggregated last-mile fibre regime to bring its PureFibre internet to Ontario and Quebec, following a federal cabinet decision earlier this month asking the commission to reconsider allowing the Big 3 telecom providers to use the bundled fibre networks of Bell and Telus in those two provinces. Telus said in its Tuesday press release that it is “calling on Canadians to protect their right to choose their Internet service provider” and “urging consumers to join the movement to protect competition and choice by signing...