[kwlug-disc] FibreConnect info

Alex Korobkin korobkin+kwl at gmail.com
Fri May 15 15:20:50 EDT 2026


https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2025/2025-154.htm implies they have to Share
the Fibre.

On Fri, May 15, 2026 at 1:47 PM CrankyOldBugger <crankyoldbugger at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I agree about wanting TekSavvy (vMedia is also good, and my current
> provider CarryTel is so-so), but I heard somewhere that He who installs the
> Fibre isn't under any big legal obligation to Share the Fibre.  Please
> correct me if I'm wrong on that, though, I would be happy to be proven
> wrong...
>
>
> On Fri, 15 May 2026 at 16:09, Chris Irwin via kwlug-disc <
> kwlug-disc at kwlug.org> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, May 08, 2026 at 10:11:49PM +0000, Scott King via kwlug-disc wrote:
>> >There are some folks from the city surveying for upcoming fibre lines in
>> the Westmount neighbourhood.
>>
>> I'm in London, and several neighbourhoods on my part of town are getting
>> Fibre installations.
>>
>> The notice said it was a third party installing "Dark Fibre" for future
>> use, but my parent's have already had a Telus sales person come by to
>> try and sign them up.
>>
>> My neighbourhood is still only partially done. They've run the bundles
>> down the street, but they haven't connected to houses yet. Fibre is
>> sticking up out of the ground near the two large divots they didn't
>> properly fill or seed.
>>
>> I'm interested in Fibre -- if I can still get service via Teksavvy. My
>> biggest complaint about my current service is the aging infrastructure.
>> My current copper cable service is above-ground, and during freeze/thaw
>> cycles can suffer daily disconnections.
>>
>> I'm hoping Fibre will solve that issue, at least.
>>
>> --
>> Chris Irwin
>>
>> email:   chris at chrisirwin.ca
>>    web: https://chrisirwin.ca
>>
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