<div dir="auto">My Internet problem is more about availability, not the rate. In my old neighborhood, 50Mbps is the maximum I can get, no matter which provider I choose. It requires infrastructure upgrade to get faster speeds. I don\u2019t think that will happen in the next 20 years. </div><div dir="auto"><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container" dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Apr 26, 2026 at 16:46 Ron <<a href="mailto:ron@bclug.ca">ron@bclug.ca</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><u></u>
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<p><font face="Tomson Talks">Good news & bad news on the Fibre
Optic Wholesale Pricing set by CRTC.</font></p>
<p><font face="Tomson Talks">Good news: rates have been set
nation-wide.</font></p>
<p><font face="Tomson Talks">Bad news: Teksavvy isn't happy with the
rates, and they do seem high. Bell's flanker brand sells retail
pricing lower than the wholesale pricing, for example.</font></p>
<p><font face="Tomson Talks">I'd been looking forward to this day,
but I'm somewhat disappointed. It's good for furthering fibre
deployments vs cable, but a bit costly. Wondering if rates will
be reviewed in, say, 5 years?</font></p>
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<div style="margin:0 5px"> <img src="https://production-static.mobilesyrup.com/uploads/2022/06/CRTC-header-dark-mode-new-WM-scaled.jpg" style="width:600px" alt=""> </div>
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<p><small style="font-weight:lighter"><a href="http://mobilesyrup.com" target="_blank">mobilesyrup.com</a></small></p>
<p> <a href="#m_-6041836324605185873_" style="font-weight:600;text-decoration:none"><big>Cheaper fibre internet could be on the way
as CRTC finalizes wholesale rates</big></a> </p>
<p>The CRTC has finalized the rates for
wholesale fibre internet, which should provide more
certainty for ISPs looking to offer fibre internet.</p>
<p> <a href="https://mobilesyrup.com/2026/04/24/crtc-finalize-wholesale-fibre-rates/" style="display:inline-block;text-decoration:none" title="mobilesyrup.com" target="_blank">\U0001f517
https://mobilesyrup.com/2026/04/24/crtc-finalize-wholesale-fibre-rates/</a>
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</p><blockquote type="cite"><em>\u201cCNOC is disappointed that the
Commission did not test its rates against market costs.
Incumbent flanker brands like Bell\u2019s eBox already sell fibre
Internet at retail prices nearly 40 per cent below what the
CRTC\u2019s final wholesale rate alone would cost an independent
provider \u2014 before an independent provider adds a single dollar
of its own costs.\u201d</em></blockquote>
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