CRTC rejects Bell plan for wholesale Internet billing, opts for other ways
Posted November 15, 2011 4:35 pm.
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The CRTC has rejected a usage-based billing model proposed by Bell to govern how big telecom firms can charge wholesale companies who resell Internet service.
It is opting instead for two different billing methods.
The big telephone and cable companies can either charge a flat rate to the wholesale customers for Internet service or they can sell a specific amount of capacity on their networks to the resellers.
Bell had wanted to charge wholesale customers by the volume of data they used.
The CRTC launched the review after a social media campaign by independent ISPs.
They feared the big telecom companies would force them to charge their retail customers for usage above a certain level — as many large providers do.
