Statistics Canada says cellphone and internet prices are falling, but rising customer bills suggest that smoke and mirrors are at play in the numbers.| blogs.teksavvy.com
Telecom competition is dead and consumers are getting fleeced. A new direction focusing on structural change is desperately needed to fix the market.| blogs.teksavvy.com
Big Telecom often refers to independent ISPs as resellers. But the term isn't correct and is intended to diminish the value that they bring to the market.| blogs.teksavvy.com
It's hard to believe better telecom prices are possible when the government follows the industry playbook of delays, lobbying and threats every time.| blogs.teksavvy.com
Under new chair Vicky Eatrides, the CRTC has begun an expedited review of the rules and rates at which indie ISPs use portions of big companies' networks.| blogs.teksavvy.com
With Telus's purchase of two more indie ISPs, Start.ca and Altima, the government and CRTC must act immediately to save the few remaining consumer choices.| blogs.teksavvy.com
This week's parliamentary hearings revealed big concerns over just how much the federal government has been involved in shaping the Rogers-Shaw merger.| blogs.teksavvy.com
The Conflict of Interest Commissioner says CRTC chair Ian Scott and Bell CEO Mirko Bibic aren't friends, but they shouldn't be meeting privately.| blogs.teksavvy.com
With internet competition nearly dead, the CRTC must take strong and decisive action - including stopping predatory pricing and splitting up big telcos.| blogs.teksavvy.com