Source: Toronto Star, 09 March 2023. Page B1. Reporter: Christine Dobby.
The CRTC has announced an immediate cut to wholesale internet rates in a move that could boost competition to big telecoms and potentially lower prices for consumers.
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission said Wednesday it is launching a review of its wholesale regime and will immediately cut some of the rates small players pay to access the networks of big able and telephone companies by 10 per cent.
When the CRTC previously cut wholesale rates in 2019, several independent internet service providers (ISPs) passed discount along to consumers. Whether or when small providers cut consumers' bills would be a business decision for each ISP to make.
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