On Wednesday, major internet and tech companies teamed up to rally against a proposal by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to overturn net neutrality rules imposed...
GATINEAU, Que. — Three consumer groups opened the second week of the CRTC hearing into wholesale wireline connections by telling the regulator to expand its wholesale access regulations to fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) networks, while one of Canada’s biggest telecom companies demanded just the opposite. The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) and the Consumers’ Association of Canada (CAC) cooperated on a submission and presentation, and they, along with OpenMedia, told the CRTC on Monday that wholesale access helps consumers, while Telus Corp. asked the regulator to remove...