Cable / Telecom News

TPIA: Eastlink R&V finds support, critics

By Denis Carmel GATINEAU – In May, Eastlink challenged CRTC Telecom Order 2020-660 issued in February where the Commission denied a request from Eastlink to impose customer credit limits that would help Eastlink mitigate delinquent third party internet access customers. The Halifax-based company filed the application requesting the CRTC review and vary the decision, in light of the pandemic and the financial situation the crisis has created. After requests for information and procedural requests, the final deadline to file intervention was pushed back to July 24. In interventions, Shaw and Videotron agreed with Eastlink saying the Commission was wrong in...