Union hates VOIP decision, wants cable regulated, too

BURNABY, B.C. – The Telecommunications Workers Union doesn’t trust the free market and says that the CRTC’s VOIP decision issued yesterday was wrong-headed. "The Commission dropped the ball with this decision," said Telecommunications Workers Union president Bruce Bell. “They focused totally on promoting competition among the companies that will provide the service… Their underlying assumption seems to be that by setting the terms of competition, the workings of the 'free market' will take care of everything else. “This focus is way too narrow," Bell continued. "The TWU has always taken the position that the CRTC's most important responsibility is to...