Last week, the federal government upheld a ruling by the CRTC that existing fibre optic infrastructure must be shared with resellers in much the same way as cable and phone lines have for many years.
Bringing this publicly-owned infrastructure into existence was a major accomplishment that ran to the left of the centralist thinking we have seen so much of. This kind of leadership will lead to a society built by citizens for citizens. It is not surprising that the CAQ followed the example of promising this basic right to win their election, but it should be recalled that the example they were following was the one led by you and your team in Antoine-Labelle and strays from it where it does not remain in public hands. My fibre-optic connection does not belong to me, as my Hydro Quebec electricity service does. It belongs to Cogeco. We all still have a lot of work to do to see ourselves as a part of a community that owns itself.
Agreed. One positive note....at least Bell and Cogeco are competing for business up here, unlike the Oil Companies and other oligopolies. I got Cogeco to undercut Bell by 35 dollars a month and a huge drop when I go away for 3-4 months. That was in May of this year.
Excellent summary account of the struggle (led indefatigably by my former MP) to recognize high speed internet as an essential PUBLIC service available to all. Thank you!
Bringing this publicly-owned infrastructure into existence was a major accomplishment that ran to the left of the centralist thinking we have seen so much of. This kind of leadership will lead to a society built by citizens for citizens. It is not surprising that the CAQ followed the example of promising this basic right to win their election, but it should be recalled that the example they were following was the one led by you and your team in Antoine-Labelle and strays from it where it does not remain in public hands. My fibre-optic connection does not belong to me, as my Hydro Quebec electricity service does. It belongs to Cogeco. We all still have a lot of work to do to see ourselves as a part of a community that owns itself.
Agreed. One positive note....at least Bell and Cogeco are competing for business up here, unlike the Oil Companies and other oligopolies. I got Cogeco to undercut Bell by 35 dollars a month and a huge drop when I go away for 3-4 months. That was in May of this year.
Excellent summary account of the struggle (led indefatigably by my former MP) to recognize high speed internet as an essential PUBLIC service available to all. Thank you!