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• Government should let the CRTC decide on wholesale prices

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  This was published today in the Financial Post. It represents the position of the Internet Society, Canada Chapter.

   

  The cabinet recently sent a message to the CRTC. In substance the cabinet declined to decide upon an appeal by the large carriers against a decision on rates for interconnection by smaller ISPs. But that is not the real issue. The fundamental question is how much competition will be allowed in Canadian telecommunications. The cabinet’s non-decision constitutes an improper form of nudging the CRTC by hint and nuance rather than by a legal directive, which it could have, but did not, issue.

   

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• 5G, or any excuse will do

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  5G is the latest rage-o-rama of the telecom buzzword industry. It is providing the carriers with yet another excuse to fight network interconnection from smaller users. In this sense 5G is a two-fold layer of BS.

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• BTLR Report -The Basic Problem: everything was seen as “broadcasting”

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  Occasionally a disaster brings a dose of reality into the consideration of abstract issues. The COVID19 pandemic points out a glaring mistake at the heart of the BTLR report.

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• 5G and 'slippery slopes'

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  The carriers are agitating the regulator to be deeply concerned about 5G. Articles appear in the quality press about why 5G will generate the need for capital, and why the CRTC should not allow MVNOs in consequence. Reduced profits through more competition will make it more difficult for Canada to compete against other nations more richly endowed with 5G networks. I am reminded of an expression by PT Barnum of certain people born every minute, which my censorious software will not permit me to write.

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• Presentation before the CRTC in review of Mobile Wireless Services, February 25 2020

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  https://www.cpac.ca/en/programs/crtc-hearings/episodes/66153138/ 

  Good morning/afternoon Commissioners, Staff and Hearing participants.

   

  The Internet Society Canada Chapter is pleased to appear before you on this issue.  My name is Timothy Denton, chairman of the Internet Society, Canada Chapter and to my right is Matthew Gamble, a director of the Internet Society, Canada Chapter.

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