In TELUS’ case, it was granting authorization to halt its old Manual 150 Mobile Telephone Service from the ILEC serving territory in Alberta. At the other end of the country, the Bell group was authorized to de-standardize a legacy delivery of SMDR – call records.
These two CRTC orders serve as an opportunity to point out the regulations associated with withdrawing services, found in a May 2005 circular. It is a reminder that the ILECs continue to have an obligation to provide all of the services set out in their tariffs, even those that are obsolete, until the CRTC approves otherwise.
I was surprised that manual telephone radio still exists – you would think that customers would be embarrassed using it, instead of flipping open the latest cell phone. Any users willing to admit being antique suscribers?