In an application filed last September, Beanfield Metroconnect, an internet provider servicing downtown Toronto, called on the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission to suspend arrangements between carriers and developers that offer turnkey internet services. The Canadian Press first reported the news. (The Logic, The Canadian Press)
Talking point: Beanfield’s application singled out Rogers in particular, arguing that such contracts “constitute an undue advantage” for certain providers that “effectively eliminate end-user choice.” Rogers, Bell, Telus and Eastlink opposed Beanfield’s application in interventions filed to the CRTC. In its response to the telecom regulator, Rogers said arrangements with building developers “do not constitute an undue preference.”