I'm not convinced that's the case. It probably takes a number of policy and regulatory initiatives or a supportive framework to ensure competition there.
In your riding, where my daughter is fortunate enough to be a constituent, being at Acadia University right now, EastLink is quite a formidable competitor in some parts of that market. EastLink has proven itself to be a very strong and capable pioneer competitor.
If you looked at what happened historically in the roll-out of not only competition but telecom technologies generally, they naturally tended to start in the bigger markets, because that's where the bigger returns were. But they do get out there, and this is the case with broadband technologies.
On the panel, we had high hopes that new wireless technologies, particularly WiMAX, but also the pre-WiMAX services, such as the Inukshuk service, could provide competitive alternatives to existing services.
What we'll see happen will be intense competition from two or three independent sources in the major markets. In the smaller markets, we'll see a number of others. As you probably know, Barrett Explorer, using a combination of Ka-broadband satellite and fixed-terrestrial wireless, is starting to provide competition.