Any trouble Telus had buying wholesale internet services from Bell in central Canada was resolved after “a brief initial adjustment period,” Bell said in a formal reply to a Telus complaint filed last week. In fact, said Bell, Telus is improperly keeping Bell from using Telus wires in Telus’s traditional coverage areas in Alberta and B.C., and wants rushed action by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission to preserve that unfair situation. (The Logic)

Talking point: The telcos are fighting over the practicalities of a CRTC order requiring them to sell wholesale internet access to competitors, even large ones, in places where the competitors don’t have their own physical networks. Telus welcomed that decision; Bell opposed it. Now, says Bell, “Telus continues to benefit from an effective wholesale service from Bell that is far better than the completely unworkable service provided by Telus,” making Telus the real threat to competition.