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On 1/28/21 7:18 PM, James Knott via talk wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:b9c0113f-1ff3-eeb6-8411-ecd0e7b90519@jknott.net">On
2021-01-28 5:45 p.m., David Collier-Brown via talk wrote:
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<blockquote type="cite">A proposal for a community broadband, in
Toronto! </blockquote>
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Several years ago, Toronto Hydro had the same idea. I believe
they sold their fibre to Cogeco. Back when I was with Unitel,
working with Rogers, we'd use Hydro fibre to reach customers in
the downtown core.
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Not sure of steps in between but Cogeco ended up with Toronto Hydro
Telecom and bundled it with Peer1 which they recently sold to <a
href="https://www.digitalcolony.com/">https://www.digitalcolony.com/</a>
and its now called Aptum. <br>
<a
href="https://aptum.com/newsroom/cogeco-peer-1-acquistion-by-digital-colony-closes/">https://aptum.com/newsroom/cogeco-peer-1-acquistion-by-digital-colony-closes/</a><br>
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So a large chunk of Ontario's telecom infrastructure is in the hands
of a bunch of fund managers.<br>
I have a feeling that will not end well for Ontario users of telecom
services.<br>
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<a href="https://www.digitalcolony.com/"></a>
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