On 2016-12-23 10:37, Seth Mattinen wrote: > It would certainly suck to be an ISP in Canada and be forced to fund > your competitors. Or does Canada not have any small privately run ISPs > like we do in the US?
We not only have smaller ISPs, but also a wholesale framework where ISPs can purchase access to last mile from the incumbents (telco and cable). The current plan (which will be defined in a subsequent proceeding) calls for any ISPs with more than 10 million in revenues to contribute to the fund, the amount being a percentage of their revenues. The percentage will be adjusted annually to cause contributions to the fund to total the desired amount ($100 million on year 1, increasing by $25m until iut reaches $200). And yeah, this means ISPs contribute money which will be used by a competitor to deploy in rural areas. Of course, since we're talking about billions to get all Canadians connected, this is peanuts.
