ISPs that aren’t facilities-based shouldn’t be subject to detailed new reporting requirements to be instituted this year, a VP with AOL Canada has told the CRTC. At an April 18 meeting with senior commission staff, the Canadian subsidiary of the American Internet giant questioned whether the regulator even has the jurisdiction to require retail ISPs to file new disclosure forms as part of the government’s attempt to get an empirical handle on how competition and broadband access are evolving in Canada.

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