In the same breath, Bell says they want the CRTC to deregulate copper, as it is no longer essential. I know right now, that if ULLs were forborne, we would not have a suitable substitute for our co-locate served customers. In 5 to 10 years, that might be a different story, but today it is not. Bell wants the freedom to deploy fibre networks without mandated wholesale but also wants to de-regulate copper loops while still using them for their own purposes as long as is convenient simply because for 99% of the customers today, DSL speeds are what they choose, and copper loops for now are the most cost effective way to provide those speeds or just plain dialtone. A bit of a have your cake & eat it too attitude, which is exactly what I expect from Bell. At 09:51 PM 02/12/2014, Jean-Francois Mezei wrote:
One reason is that by pretending that copper is here to stay and is competitive, they hope to convicne CRTC that mandating wholesale access to FTTP is not necessary.
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