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By: Colby Cosh
Turmoil behind the touchpad
Like an angry parent who has had quite enough nonsense, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commmission (CRTC) has put its foot down in the ongoing squabble between the two species of local phone service providers. In 1997 the CRTC, in theory at least, deregulated local services provided over phone lines in Canada to break up the cartel of the old ex-monopolist "incumbent local exchange carriers" (ILECs) like Bell Canada, SaskTel, Aliant Telecom and Telus. The "CLECs" (competitive local exchange carriers) that popped up to compete with the crotchety old ILECs in providing digital and voice ...
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