I think having a good understanding of the ways the Canadian incumbents can screw you out of a business is certainly helpful. Check out Community Fibre's submis

I think having a good understanding of the ways the Canadian incumbents can screw you out of a business is certainly helpful. Check out Community Fibre's submission to the CRTC here (the 3.7MB document): https://services.crtc.gc.ca/pub/ListeInterventionList/Documents.aspx?ID=296681&en=2020-366&dt=i&lang=e&S=C&PA=T&PT=NC&PST=A https://services.crtc.gc.ca/pub/ListeInterventionList/Docume... It has lots of specifics about how Bell in particular will use anti-competitive tactics to hamper your business. Also, in many parts of Canada there are simply no other transport providers other than the incumbents that could transport your traffic from your community to an IXP. To stay out of trouble your best bet is usually using a company like Zayo (if you're close to CP rail lines, ex-Allstream fibre) or using incumbents outside of their residential service area (eg. using Shaw for Transport in Ontario if you happen to be close to their fibre). I really recommend reading the entire 44 pages and then giving Benjamin a call if you have any specific questions. He's a great guy that has experience bootstrapping a fibre ISP (albeit in Ontario, not BC) and can talk about important topics such as pole attachment and dealing with hydro/Bell. I remember our discussion ending up focusing on funding issues with regards to a lack of grant or venture funding of 30+ year horizon infrastructure projects. I think we spoke for almost 2 hours.