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TPIA: EBOX launches petition asking MPs to support CRTC’s wholesale rate ruling

LONGUEUIL, Que. —Third party internet access provider EBOX (we told you last year about its expansion into northwestern Quebec using Cablevision’s infrastructure) today announced it has launched a petition aimed at federal members of parliament, asking them to support the implementation of the CRTC’s August 2019 ruling on the final rates for wholesale high-speed access services. “EBOX wishes to start the year with the resolution to put an end to the regulatory holiday of major providers in the telecommunications industry. We advocate for fair and reasonable telecommunications prices and wish to ask Honorable François-Philippe Champagne, the new minister of the...