Telus would consider reselling DOCSIS cable services

By Perry Hoffman

OTTAWA - Telus executives told the CRTC today that it might resort to becoming a reseller of DOCSIS 3.0 high-speed cable services if the Commission changes the value proposition of the company’s network investments by giving competitors access to its high-speed next-generation services. “If you make those margins large enough, I will look at opportunities to use cable DOCSIS versus build options, and then choose the most economical path, if that serves the economic interests of our shareholders,” Eros Spadotto, executive vice-president of technology strategy at Telus told commissioners on day two of the hearing looking at mandating certain wholesale...