As with most things it's very complex but you can sum it up this way: In short, to control the cost to consumers, you either need strong competition or, in the case of a (near)monopoly, strong regulation.
The Conservatives decided to remove the regulation and continue to block competition with predictable results. BTW, I'm probably the only one on the planet that actually reads these things but this one is actually interesting because the report starts out with a brief history of the phone system in Canada. The full report is available here: http://www.piac.ca/telecom/regulate_telecommunications_by_results_not_promises_consumer_group_says/ P.S. I just checked an my clock is accurate and I'm sending this using the web based gmail so I don't think it's me... -- John Lange www.johnlange.ca --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
