YES - All ISPs must pay for dry copper services. The pricing is based on band rates A to G and is mandated by the CRTC.
Here's how Band Rates are determined:
Band A:
- Company's downtown core serving areas:
* Toronto (Adelaide, Asquith, Simcoe, Eglington)
* Montreal (Belmont, Ontario, Atwater, St-Dominique)
* Ottawa (O'Connor)
Band B:
- Generally exchanges with >250,000 NAS
Band C:
- Generally exchanges with 10,000 to 250,000 NAS
Band D:
- Generally exchanges with 8,000 to 10,000 NAS
* and exchanges with 1,500 to 8,000 NAS but average loop length is less than 4KMs
Band E:
- band with 4KMs
Band G:
- remote band (no year round road access/or remote of a company's serving territory).
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