Industry committee  Over the past few years, there has been a lot of progress in this area, especially in rural areas, where there has been lots of Internet testing, because official data about access.... They say that this many people or this percentage of the population has access to 50/10 megabit-per-second packages that you see in the universal service debates.

Industry committee  Right now you're talking about maximum speeds and advertised speeds, but another angle on all of this is a minimum service quality standard. This has been in front of the CRTC for many years. They actually adopted a minimum service quality standard in many proceedings, and also a method to measure the standard.

Industry committee  Plans that are offered to rural subscribers tend to have lower speeds because of the technological differences. The issue, as you noted, is the weakness of investment incentives. If somebody deploys a new network today, they may be able to deliver those 50/10 speeds to the population in a small town or something, but as demand grows over time, that capacity will start getting constrained.

Industry committee  Well, the transparency part is a good step forward, but I was trying to highlight that there is another aspect to this, and I think the CCTS can probably expand on it. All the retail contracts say that your speeds may vary. There is no guarantee or no binding commitment from the supplier.

Industry committee  Thank you and good afternoon. My name is Reza Rajabiun. I'm a researcher and consultant in the area of competition and telecom policy. My research explores how the design of telecommunication policies and the strategic behaviour of network providers shape the evolution of Internet connectivity that people experience within Canada and internationally.