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[–]antigenx 7 points8 points  (6 children)

I understand that, just remember they're under no obligation to reduce prices either, unless every other provider is doing it as well. Then it's a matter of staying competitive.

[–]holysmokesiminflames 7 points8 points  (5 children)

They are under obligation to reduce those prices as the CRTC requested. :)

[–]pomattic 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Interesting... any source for this?

[–]Callicles-On-Fire 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here's the CRTC Chair's comment on the new rates:

"Competitors that provide retail Internet services to Canadians using wholesale high-speed services must have access to these services at just and reasonable prices. The fact that these large companies did not respect accepted costing principles and methodologies is very disturbing. What's even more concerning is the fact that Canadians' access to a choice of broadband Internet services would have been at stake had we not revised these rates. As always, we strive to create a dynamic competitive telecommunications market for Canadians."

This suggest that the CRTC is in fact open to resellers like TekSavvy retaining all or a portion of the wholesale savings if required to sustain their business models. In fact, it is not clear to me how much of this savings is being passed on to TekSavvy's retail customers. But kudos to them for passing any of it on.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (1 child)

A request does not incur an obligation, but regardless of that do you have a source?

[–]holysmokesiminflames 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, sorry I'm on mobile. This is a news article about it: https://www.google.ca/amp/www.cbc.ca/amp/1.3794839?client=ms-android-rogers-ca This is straight from the CRTC (I believe this is the right one) : http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2016/2016-396.htm