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...
Independent Internet service provider Distributel announced Tuesday that Matt Stein is taking over as the company’s new CEO. The company said in a press release that Stein took on the role on March 31. It said Mel Cohen, the former president, will remain chairman of the company. Spokesman Jean-Pierre Gosselin said in an email that the position of president no longer exists at Distributel and “CEO is a new position.” Distributel said in its release that Stein was formerly chief technology officer at Primus Telecommunications Canada Inc., and a board member of the Canadian...
TORONTO—A majority of Canada's small Internet service providers (ISPs) have seen little or no growth over most of the last decade, which is causing an “ISP class gap” and continued industry consolidation, said Michael Garbe, president of Accelerated Connections Inc. “Most ISPs are not [growing]....
NGN Prima Productions Inc. and Riding Films Inc. dropped a court motion that sought to compel Distributel Communications Inc. to identify its Internet customers whose accounts had been linked to peer-to-peer filesharing. In...