TPIA: Bell and the large cablecos want Supreme Court to rule on wholesale fees decision

By Denis Carmel OTTAWA – To no one’s surprise, Bell Canada and the large cable companies have sought leave to appeal the Federal Court of Appeal decision of September 10, 2020, over CRTC Decision 2019-288 (about the fees third party internet access ISPs pay to the incumbents) to the Supreme Court of Canada. Bell adopted the reasoning put forward by the large cable carriers (Rogers, Shaw, Videotron, Cogeco, and Eastlink) and let them argue more at depth the issues at hand. Their argument seems to focus on, besides the basic issues they contended before when they went to the Federal...