This is definately having impact on third party providers (TPIA as referenced)..
Bell has been told that they must provide mandated access to these fiber networks as part of a ruling fairly recently … along with the access being opened up, there are separate hearings on disaggregation of wholesale access as well (which has significant pros/cons all in one) Forborne basically means no tariffs if I understand correctly … I’m obviously not a telecom lawyer or pretend to be one :) It doesn’t mean that they won’t provide wholesale access to those facilities and one might argue that it doesn’t mean they will neither … There’s a number of different proceedings around this ongoing - I find it hard to follow all of them but if you know the CRTC file number happy to provide some additional insight/opinion Paul > On Oct 6, 2016, at 9:17 AM, Steve <li...@wavedirect.org> wrote: > > Locally seeing these notices popping up from Bell. So they are requesting to > be exempt from the rules the CRTC has set forth. This would be equivalent to > you going to the FCC and saying "your rules don't apply to us and I want you > to recognize that in these particular areas". Is my understanding correct? > > Sounds like: > A) They want permission to undercut prices in certain areas. > B) To be exempt from other tariffs and specifically excluding people from > using their lines. > C) Do they want to be allowed to throttle services? > > Locally there has been an area they put fiber in, and terminated their dsl > lined which left TPIA people high and dry. Tekksavvy etc could no longer > provide service and lost a bunch of customers. I don't know what the outcome > was but there was no rule yet in place that they had to share their fiber > lines too. So it was a grey area. I wonder if they are trying to exempt > themselves from a whole slew of things in certain areas. > > Anyway > > Does the FCC have any sort of provision for something similar? > > Have any of you used this before? > > Their notice was pretty vague. I'm going to see if I can find the filing. > > ------ > Keeping you informed. > > > As you may know, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications > Commission (CRTC) regulates the terms and conditions of the local services > that Bell provides you. This limits our flexibility to provide you the types > of competitive offers we’d like. That may all change in your area in the > coming months. > > On August 26, 2016, Bell filed an application to the CRTC to have certain > local services “forborne” from regulation. If our request is approved, local > telecommunication services Bell offers you will be forborne or deregulated by > the CRTC. You will continue to receive the quality services you have come to > expect from Bell, under our Terms of Service, which were previously provided > to you. You will find a copy at www.bell.ca/terms. The Terms of Service will > apply to your newly unregulated local services from the date the CRTC issues > an order approving the forbearance application for your local exchange area. > > What does this mean for you? > > • We will be able to provide you with more exciting offers and > propose more innovative services. > • We will continue to provide services on the basis of the Terms > of Service. > • As a Bell customer, you will be kept informed if the > application for forbearance is approved.
