[GTALUG] Fwd: HISTORIC opportunity for cheaper Internet in Toronto

[Alvin Starr]

On 1/28/21 7:18 PM, James Knott via talk wrote:
> On 2021-01-28 5:45 p.m., David Collier-Brown via talk wrote:
>> A proposal for a community broadband, in Toronto! 
>
> 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.
>
Not sure of steps in between but Cogeco ended up with Toronto Hydro 
Telecom and bundled it with Peer1 which they recently sold to 
https://www.digitalcolony.com/ and its now called Aptum.
https://aptum.com/newsroom/cogeco-peer-1-acquistion-by-digital-colony-closes/

So a large chunk of Ontario's telecom infrastructure is in the hands of  
a bunch of fund managers.
I have a feeling that will not end well for Ontario users of telecom 
services.

<https://www.digitalcolony.com/>

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