TPIA: VMedia the latest independent to decry cabinet's wholesale rate stance

TORONTO — Independent Internet and IPTV service provider VMedia has added its voice to the growing number of independents who have expressed their disappointment with the federal government’s stance regarding the wholesale rates third-party Internet access (TPIA) providers pay incumbent network operators. When the Governor-in-Council issued its ruling on August 15 regarding the CRTC’s August 2019 decision to lower wholesale rates, in which the GiC didn’t strike down the decision, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Minister Navdeep Bains issued a statement to say the federal cabinet was concerned the lower rates “may undermine investment in high-quality networks, particularly in rural...