TekSavvy asks Court to quash CRTC's stay of 2019 wholesale Internet rates order
CHATHAM, ON, Oct. 29, 2020 /CNW/ - TekSavvy Solutions Inc. ("TekSavvy"), Canada's largest independent Internet service provider, has asked the Federal Court of Appeal to quash a CRTC decision dated September 28, 2020 (the "Stay Decision"), in which the federal telecom regulator granted Bell Canada's request to stay the implementation of the CRTC's August 2019 order setting final rates for wholesale Internet services (the "Final Rates Order").
- CHATHAM, ON, Oct. 29, 2020 /CNW/ - TekSavvy Solutions Inc. ("TekSavvy"), Canada's largest independent Internet service provider, has asked the Federal Court of Appeal to quash a CRTC decision dated September 28, 2020 (the "Stay Decision"), in which the federal telecom regulator granted Bell Canada's request to stay the implementation of the CRTC's August 2019 order setting final rates for wholesale Internet services (the "Final Rates Order").
- On August 15, 2019, the CRTC released the Final Rates Order, following an extensive four-year proceeding which determined that the "interim" wholesale rates the large carriers have charged independent ISPs like TekSavvy since 2016 are not "just and reasonable", as is required by the Telecommunications Act.
- The Final Rates Order established new, just and reasonable final rates, retroactive to March 31, 2016, and required the large carriers to repay independent ISPs for past overcharges and to charge the new rates going forward.
- In a court filing dated October 28, 2020, TekSavvy argues that the CRTC's Stay Decision is so flawed and unreasonable that the Federal Court of Appeal should quash it.