THE INDEPENDENTS: Confounding commissioners (and others) for over 30 years

Cable Cable doesn’t own the Raptors...THERE WAS A TELLING MOMENT during last year’s CRTC review of basic telecommunications services which demonstrated just how differently independent network owners run their businesses compared to the big guys.During the appearance by the Canadian Cable Systems Alliance, commissioners seemed to struggle to get their heads around CCSA member company Cable Cable’s plan to expand its fibre network.Based in Fenelon Falls, Ont., Cable Cable was launched in 1983 and serves about 4,000 video and 6,500 broadband customers in the municipality of Kawartha Lakes and is integral to delivering broadband to Canadians in a region that...