Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!apple!agate!telecom-request From: ror@grassys.bc.ca (Richard O'Rourke) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Telephone Privatization/Deregulation in Canada Message-ID: Date: 23 Feb 91 08:18:16 GMT Sender: usenet@agate.berkeley.edu (USENET Administrator) Organization: Grass Root Systems Lines: 17 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 154, Message 6 of 12 X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu There are some companies with good intentions in the Canadian LD market. There are some that are ... not so desireable. I know, I have seen the worst. The changes pending in Canada are very different than what happened years ago in the US. On the one hand, the CRTC thinks they are avoiding many nasties, having learned from the experience of Mr. G. On the other hand, Canada is not, never has, and never will be America (no offense meant). I hope that the CRTC does the Right Thing, and is Very Careful about how they dole out the tickets to sell bandwidth. There is a potential for Canada to be (or remain, check out our cable TV network!) a country with a very impressive telecommunications system. Conversely, there is a likelyhood that we will just follow a well beaten path (again, no offense intended).