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Consumer advocates request basic services rejig for affordability fund

News | 04/06/2017 5:32 pm EDT

A trio of consumer advocacy groups are asking the CRTC to revise December’s basic telecom services decision, stating in a review-and-vary application filed Wednesday that the regulator should have included a tool by which to fund making telecom services affordable for low-income households.

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