Not liking this one bit. Although this is not a "the sky is falling" event it still is disconcerting. They are using this as a pretext to TAX ISP's for delivering service! To pay for others to expand! Also a way to get their grubby little hands in our pockets. The totalitarian tiptoe has begun. It'll start small and then it'll eventually end up like China's recent news that they do not allow any personal broadcasts on the internet.
While we've been only regulated by regular taxes and frequency restrictions, now we are looking at the WISP industry becoming classified as a Utility. Only a matter of time. Then we need to meet the 50Mb Down 10Mb Up requirement! --------- "The CRTC will require internet service providers to contribute to a $750-million fund to improve access in remote and rural areas of Canada. " "The fund is similar to one that subsidized the expansion of local landline telephone service in years past. Providers used to pay 0.53 per cent of their revenues, excluding broadband, into that fund. Now they'll pay the same rate on all revenues, including broadband." http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/politics/crtc-internet-essential-service-1.3906664 ---------
