Honestly, the lack of consumer options is frankly stunning. makes me wonder sometimes just how independent the cRTC actually is in practice. there is no way it is not crystal clear how little market exists in Canada. As for the competition bureau would not a consumer organization have to get their attention? All those little integration's likely happen so quietly that no one is aware. Until they want to shop for something better. Kare On Mon, 27 Apr 2026, D. Hugh Redelmeier via Talk wrote:
From: Evan Leibovitch via Talk <talk@lists.gtalug.org>
As someone who switched a few months ago from Teksavvy cable to EBOX fibre (the Bell flanker that was referenced) I shed no tears for the provider that I left.
The fact that there is no competition left is a very big problem for consumers.
The CRTC decision is bad. Worse: the competition bureau has dropped the ball.
Wires are a natural monopoly. The owneres of the wires should not be allowed to use vertical integration to make their monopolies dominant in so many allied businesses.
Teksavvy and other ISPs ought to be viable. After all, that was the government policy. ------------------------------------ Description: GTALUG Talk Unsubscribe via Talk-unsubscribe@lists.gtalug.org Start a new thread: talk@lists.gtalug.org This message archived at https://lists.gtalug.org/archives/list/talk@lists.gtalug.org/message/Q7HILAF...