Locally seeing these notices popping up from Bell. So they are requesting to be
exempt from the rules the CRTC has set forth. This would be equivalent to you
going to the FCC and saying "your rules don't apply to us and I want you to
recognize that in these particular areas". Is my understanding correct?
Sounds like:
A) They want permission to undercut prices in certain areas.
B) To be exempt from other tariffs and specifically excluding people from using
their lines.
C) Do they want to be allowed to throttle services?
Locally there has been an area they put fiber in, and terminated their dsl
lined which left TPIA people high and dry. Tekksavvy etc could no longer
provide service and lost a bunch of customers. I don't know what the outcome
was but there was no rule yet in place that they had to share their fiber lines
too. So it was a grey area. I wonder if they are trying to exempt themselves
from a whole slew of things in certain areas.
Anyway
Does the FCC have any sort of provision for something similar?
Have any of you used this before?
Their notice was pretty vague. I'm going to see if I can find the filing.
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Keeping you informed.
As you may know, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications
Commission (CRTC) regulates the terms and conditions of the local services that
Bell provides you. This limits our flexibility to provide you the types of
competitive offers we’d like. That may all change in your area in the coming
months.
On August 26, 2016, Bell filed an application to the CRTC to have certain local
services “forborne” from regulation. If our request is approved, local
telecommunication services Bell offers you will be forborne or deregulated by
the CRTC. You will continue to receive the quality services you have come to
expect from Bell, under our Terms of Service, which were previously provided to
you. You will find a copy at www.bell.ca/terms. The Terms of Service will apply
to your newly unregulated local services from the date the CRTC issues an order
approving the forbearance application for your local exchange area.
What does this mean for you?
• We will be able to provide you with more exciting offers and
propose more innovative services.
• We will continue to provide services on the basis of the Terms
of Service.
• As a Bell customer, you will be kept informed if the
application for forbearance is approved.
