Industry committee  A reasonable time frame to roll out....

Industry committee  Yes, and make it available to other players.

Industry committee  It has definitely been a barrier—

Industry committee  —for a number of our members to get to participate in connect to innovate. The paperwork was too complex, and they would have had to hire an outside consultant.

Industry committee  The reference I made to paperwork was primarily with respect to the application process for the funding programs. We have a live example of the cost of complying with requirements. I'll turn it to Ian.

Industry committee  We come at this question from an interesting perspective, because our members are Internet providers, but they're also cable television companies and IPTV companies, so they distribute TV programming services. It's a big part of their business. Most of those programming services

Industry committee  Our members don't have spectrum, generally. They'd like it, but they can't afford it. The licence areas typically are way too large and encompass too many potential customers for our members to be in a position to bid for any of those licensed areas. The auction process is very c

Industry committee  We'd certainly like to see that.

Industry committee  Thank you, and good afternoon, Mr. Chairman and honourable members. My name is Jay Thomson, and I am the CEO of the Canadian Cable Systems Alliance, or the CCSA. With me today is a member of our board, Ian Stevens, who is also, as mentioned, the CEO of Execulink Telecom based i