CRTC Orders Split of High-Speed Internet and Home Phone Services

The CRTC, the Canadian telecommunications regulator, has ordered large Canadian telephone companies to offer their high-speed Internet access to customers of competitors. Until now, telephone companies Bell Canada, Aliant, SaskTel and TELUS have been offering high-speed Internet access only to their own residential phone customers.

The CRTC decision will make it possible for customers to get residential phone service from a new telephone company and still get high-speed Internet access from one of the larger established companies. In a press release, CRTC Chairman Charles Dalfen says it's all about "removing the obstacles to fair competition."
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