{"id":3643,"date":"2010-05-27T06:42:36","date_gmt":"2010-05-27T10:42:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=3643"},"modified":"2010-05-26T18:26:53","modified_gmt":"2010-05-26T22:26:53","slug":"is-it-appropriate-to-mandate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=3643","title":{"rendered":"Is it appropriate to mandate?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The CRTC is holding an oral hearing next week, “Proceeding to consider the appropriateness of mandating certain wholesale high-speed access services<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

In other words, which facilities will the CRTC require phone companies and cable companies to unbundle and offer to competitors on a wholesale basis. Some competitors have suggested that the competitive industry is at stake in these hearings. I don’t think so. There are at least two options available to smaller ISPs should the CRTC rule against their proposals – and I would be happy to discuss these with my clients.<\/p>\n

Is mandated access to wholesale high speed service in the public interest? I was the facilitator for an executive development session at University of Toronto yesterday. One of the presenters referenced a quote from Professor Emeritus Theodore Levitt of Harvard Business School:<\/p>\n

People do not want quarter-inch drills. They want quarter-inch holes.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Having hundreds of competitors is not (or at least should not be) the objective of government policy. Rather, it is the competitive marketplace that delivers\u00a0benefits for consumers.<\/p>\n

To paraphrase Professor Levitt, consumers don’t want lots of competitors; they want advanced, innovative services at a price they consider to be fair value. The policy and the regulatory framework needs to examine what is the right framework that encourages innovation and investment by various market participants.<\/p>\n

Next week’s hearings will explore these issues and there needs to\u00a0be\u00a0focus on the what the proposals\u00a0mean to consumers: residential and business.\u00a0<\/p>\n

These issues are among many to be hotly debated and discussed at The 2010 Canadian Telecom Summit<\/span><\/strong><\/a>, opening in just 10 days, June 7-9 at the Toronto Congress Centre.<\/p>\n

Your colleagues, clients and competitors will be there. Have you registered yet?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The CRTC is holding an oral hearing next week, “Proceeding to consider the appropriateness of mandating certain wholesale high-speed access services.” In other words, which facilities will the CRTC require phone companies and cable companies to unbundle and offer to competitors on a wholesale basis. Some competitors have suggested that the competitive industry is at …<\/p>\n

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