{"id":1474,"date":"2006-04-26T00:10:00","date_gmt":"2006-04-26T00:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=1474"},"modified":"2017-01-25T23:31:40","modified_gmt":"2017-01-26T04:31:40","slug":"point-counterpoint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=1474","title":{"rendered":"Point &#8211; Counterpoint"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the highlights of each year&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telecomsummit.com\">Canadian Telecom Summit<\/a> has been what we call &#8220;The Regulatory Blockbuster.&#8221; This year, that session takes place on Tuesday, June 13 and will feature the regulatory chiefs from Bell, TELUS, Rogers, Shaw and MTS Allstream.<\/p>\n<p>People go to hockey games, saying they want to see lots of end-to-end action, but we know they really are hoping for a good fight. At our event, folks want to see the scratching, hair-pulling, body-slams and tag-team action as Janet and the boys duke it out together. In a civilized setting, of course.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the participants are in rehearsal already. In case you missed the FP Comment section on Saturday, you should have a look at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.canada.com\/nationalpost\/financialpost\/story.html?id=5216ecc9-61d5-494d-89ee-072bec2b1bc3\">Ken Engelhart&#8217;s article<\/a> followed by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.canada.com\/nationalpost\/financialpost\/story.html?id=bb39c4a9-def7-4877-8760-983628987924\">Mirko Bibic&#8217;s reply<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I consider their exchange in the paper to be an exhibition game to prepare for the main event. Since it represented a warm-up round, the Post gave Mirko an advantage by showing him Ken&#8217;s piece in advance. There will be none of that in June.<\/p>\n<p>It will be an all ad-lib affair at The Canadian Telecom Summit. With the <a href=\"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=1534\">Telecom Policy Review panel<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telecomreview.ca\/epic\/internet\/intprp-gecrt.nsf\/en\/h_rx00054e.html\">report<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=1501\">Local Forbearance Decision<\/a> and an upcoming Cabinet ruling on the VoIP appeal, there are lots of hot issues to be explored.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t miss the action!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the highlights of each year&#8217;s Canadian Telecom Summit has been what we call &#8220;The Regulatory Blockbuster.&#8221; This year, that session takes place on Tuesday, June 13 and will feature the regulatory chiefs from Bell, TELUS, Rogers, Shaw and MTS Allstream. 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