Industry committee  We would never have made the investment if we had anticipated that they were going to do this.

Industry committee  We need to provide competitive services to our customers in order for our business to survive. This is a competitive service. We are a 7,000-subscriber system, and our primary competition is Bell Canada anyway. We are fighting Bell Canada on Internet services, which is a huge mon

Industry committee  Yes, absolutely. We were committed to this. We're a going concern. We're going to spend the money and we want to be successful.

Industry committee  I actually agree with Mr. MacDonald on that. We would have taken our investment dollars and possibly put them someplace else if we had known that the rules were going to change as we were building these systems. There's no incentive for a small company. We're 7,000 subscribers. T

Industry committee  Just taking it one step further, using Mr. Deane's comment, in our situation we're buying the cars from that other incumbent car dealer. I have to buy telephone service from the incumbent. Then I have to call the incumbent and tell them that the customer is switching. That takes

Industry committee  I believe the CRTC was on the right track with their idea for deregulation. The market tests were sound. It allowed the entrant an opportunity to service the customer. It allowed the consumer the chance to try the product before they were attacked by the incumbent trying to get t

Industry committee  If you take that test one step further, try using your wireless service outside of an urban market. Come to one of my communities and try to talk on your cellphone. It just doesn't work, or if it works it doesn't work well. What quality of service do we need to build into these t

Industry committee  I agree with Mr. MacDonald. The only other thing I'll add is that from a technological standpoint, innovation won't grow in rural Canada. There are many companies like ours, with 10,000 subs, 7,000 subs, or less--1,000, 100--and it doesn't happen. We won't start. We won't put the

Industry committee  I know categorically that we'll be out of business. If it takes seven months, we won't have a chance to start. We'll be done.

Industry committee  Good afternoon. I'm the president of Bluewater TV Cable, which is our family-owned business. Bluewater provides cable TV, digital cable, and Internet services to 10 different communities with approximately 7,000 subscribers. The communities we service range in size from hamlets