• nevernevermore@kbin.social
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      20
      ·
      1 year ago

      TekSavvy is the last remaining large internet wholesale provider, as others have been snapped up by bigger rivals in what independent ISPs describe as a challenging regulatory environment.
      Roughly half a dozen independent ISPs have been sold since February of 2022

      From the article

      • BarqsHasBite@lemmy.ca
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        12
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        edit-2
        1 year ago

        Personally I wouldn’t call that turmoil. I’d call it industry consolidation.

        • nevernevermore@kbin.social
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          10
          ·
          1 year ago

          Consolidation can be tumultuous; but I’m just citing the article. They go into much further depth about the situation.

    • Hub@news.cosocial.ca
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      3
      ·
      edit-2
      1 year ago

      the only turnmoil is the TPIA. When the wholesale rate (regulated by the CRTC) is higher than the retail rate…

      But the corruption of our Government[1] is right in our face.

      [1] it’s corruption, not incompetent. Also it is pan-partisan. Whichever would be at the helm would be paid for by the telecartel.