Cogeco, SaskTel warn against mandatory wholesale on fibre connections
telecom | 11/27/2014 9:19 pm EST
GATINEAU, Que. — Two Canadian Internet service providers told the CRTC on Thursday that opening up fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) networks to wholesale access could hurt the “fragile” case for spending money to build such networks.
Executives from Cogeco Cable Inc. and Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corp. told the commission at the wholesale wireline hearing that FTTP is still an emerging technology and the investment required for connecting consumers directly to fibre
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