Ted Woodhead
@tedwoodhead.bsky.social
I talk and write a lot, probably too much, about telecom regulation.
Trump’s chain saw appears to have hit his tweeter.
March 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Trump’s chain saw appears to have hit his tweeter.
In punting a fundamental issue affecting its regulatory framework and millions of Canadians the CRTC signalled it is moving on from facilities-based competition. 👇
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The CRTC plays Taps for facilities-based competition
Yesterday afternoon, at about 4:15 p.m., my notifications for this blog began pinging and they kept pinging for most of the evening and again this morning. I can only assume that people were checking ...
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February 4, 2025 at 11:37 PM
In punting a fundamental issue affecting its regulatory framework and millions of Canadians the CRTC signalled it is moving on from facilities-based competition. 👇
www.woodheadregulatoryconsulting.com/post/the-crt...
www.woodheadregulatoryconsulting.com/post/the-crt...
With the results from this, in a long line of failed natural experiments in, will the fantasists who promote these projects finally stop? Of course not. It’s not their money.
Another community network failure:
cartt.ca/telus-acquir...
"The total amount owed to the town is roughly $18 million, which includes a $4-million line of credit. While the sale price is private, the town’s chief administrative officer told the paper it will not cover the debt."
cartt.ca/telus-acquir...
"The total amount owed to the town is roughly $18 million, which includes a $4-million line of credit. While the sale price is private, the town’s chief administrative officer told the paper it will not cover the debt."
Telus acquires Olds community telecom O-Net - Cartt.ca
Company struggled with debt to town By Ahmad Hathout O-Net, a prominent community gigabit telecom in Olds, Alberta, was acquired by Telus in November after it struggled to pay back a loan it owed the ...
cartt.ca
January 8, 2025 at 5:26 PM
With the results from this, in a long line of failed natural experiments in, will the fantasists who promote these projects finally stop? Of course not. It’s not their money.
Chag Sameach!
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media.tenor.com
December 24, 2024 at 8:49 PM
Chag Sameach!
Support for TELUS' Petition hurts the ability of independent competitors to survive.
Wrote about how Telus is using a petition to protect internet competition to maintain a ruling helping it push into Ontario and Quebec despite everyone else warning that same ruling could hurt internet competition and harm smaller ISPs.
Telus is using a petition to protect internet competition to convince the CRTC to keep a ruling the government fears could help the Big Three dominate smaller players. mobilesyrup.com/2024/11/26/t...
November 28, 2024 at 5:05 PM
Support for TELUS' Petition hurts the ability of independent competitors to survive.
Late last week the CRTC issued a consultation on its reconsideration of its fibre wholesale decision. It is not clear to me that the CRTC understood the assignment. In the post below I attempt to help. Read it here: 👇
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There was obviously a failure to communicate
Photo by Jim Wilson on UnsplashIn a previous post three weeks ago, I noted that the Governor in Council had directed the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to reconside...
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November 27, 2024 at 12:13 AM
Late last week the CRTC issued a consultation on its reconsideration of its fibre wholesale decision. It is not clear to me that the CRTC understood the assignment. In the post below I attempt to help. Read it here: 👇
www.woodheadregulatoryconsulting.com/post/there-w...
www.woodheadregulatoryconsulting.com/post/there-w...