Some of us have been following the dispute that is raging across the country regarding traffic shaping. Both Bell Canada and Rogers Communications have admitted to using this practice in response to a small number of users taking over more than their fair share of the available bandwidth. There is no competition when all players in a market use similar technology, and provide similar services.
It is time for a new player to enter the market.
I would like to propose that Canada Post be given the mandate to provide the public with high speed internet service.
- They have offices all over the country
- They need to communicate with their offices
- They already deal with the public
- They have a mandate to provide mail service. This can be extended to internet mail service
- They have excellent technology in ePost, though few seem to know of it. This technology can be used to augment their eMail services
- Being national, Canada Post would allow a user to access their service from anywhere in the country
I see big wins all around.
The existing providers could use the competition.
