<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">I'm not a telecom guy, but is this really a concern?<div><br></div><div>In 2019 the CRTC forced the big ISPs to allow smaller ISPs to resell their networks.</div><div><br></div><div>So you would sign up for internet with "ChrisNet", but the actual cable going into your house is owned by Shaw.  "ChrisNet" would pay Shaw to do this.</div><div><br></div><div>(2019) CRTC promotes competition for broadband Internet services by setting lower wholesale rates:<br></div><div><a href="https://www.canada.ca/en/radio-television-telecommunications/news/2019/08/crtc-promotes-competition-for-broadband-internet-services-by-setting-lower-wholesale-rates.html">https://www.canada.ca/en/radio-television-telecommunications/news/2019/08/crtc-promotes-competition-for-broadband-internet-services-by-setting-lower-wholesale-rates.html</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>(2020) Response by the Government of Canada to petitions concerning CRTC wholesale Internet rates:<br></div><div><a href="https://www.canada.ca/en/innovation-science-economic-development/news/2020/08/response-by-the-government-of-canada-to-petitions-concerning-crtc-wholesale-internet-rates.html">https://www.canada.ca/en/innovation-science-economic-development/news/2020/08/response-by-the-government-of-canada-to-petitions-concerning-crtc-wholesale-internet-rates.html</a><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Mar 15, 2021 at 1:36 PM Glen Ditchfield <<a href="mailto:GJDitchfield@acm.org">GJDitchfield@acm.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">I'm sure you'll feel better when you think of all that unlocked shareholder <br>
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