CRTC Exhibit 4 – Review of basic telecommunications services, Telecom Notice of Consultation CRTC 2015-134

Price of residential broadband Internet access serviceFootnote 1

Service providers were asked to report the price of the least expensive service they offered that provides a download speed of at least 5 megabits per second (Mbps). Some service providers only offered options that are greater than 5 Mbps, and these were included in the following graph and tables.

This stacked bar chart shows the highest and lowest monthly prices in dollars for 5 Mbps service by major centre, as well as number of providers in each centre.  Vancouver: 6 providers, low 30, high 58, a difference of 28; Victoria: 6 providers, low 30, high 58, a difference of 28; Calgary: 6 providers, low 30, high 58, and difference of 28; Edmonton: 6 providers, low 30, high 58, a difference of 28; Regina: 2 providers, low 25, high 50, a difference of 25; Saskatoon: 2 providers, low 50, high 55, a difference of 5; Winnipeg: 3 providers, low 49, high 55, a difference of 6; Hamilton: 10 providers, low 27, high 55, a difference of 28; Kitchener-Waterloo: 8 providers, low 26, high 55, a difference of 29; London: 8 providers, low 26, high 55, a difference of 29; Oshawa: 8 providers, low 26, high 55, a difference of 29; Ottawa-Gatineau: 9 providers, low 25, high 55, a difference of 30; St Catharines – Niagara: 9 providers, low 27, high 55, a difference of 28; Toronto: 8 providers, low 25, high 55, a difference of 30; Windsor: 9 providers, low 27, high 55, a difference of 28; Montréal: 7 providers, low 25, high 49, a difference of 24; Québec: 8 providers, low 27, high 49, a difference of 22; Fredericton: 3 providers, low 42, high 76, a difference of 35; Charlottetown: 3 providers, low 42, high 76, a difference of 35; Halifax: 4 providers, low 42, high 76, a difference of 35; St. John’s: 3 providers, low 42, high 76, a difference of 35; Whitehorse: 1 provider, 63; Yellowknife: 1 provider, 63; Iqaluit: 1 provider, 180.

This bar chart displays the range in the monthly price of 5 Mbps Internet service in twenty-four urban centres in Canada in 2014. The blue bar displays the lowest price, and the red bar displays the difference between the lowest and highest prices. The number at the top of each bar is the highest price. The number appearing in parentheses along the horizontal axis after the name of each urban centre represents the number of ISPs in that urban centre.

City Province / Territory Company Name Monthly Price ($) Upload and download limit (in Gigabytes)
Toronto Ontario TekSavvy Solutions Inc. 24.95 150
Execulink Telecom Inc. 29.95 100
Acanac Inc. 34.95 Unlimited
Distributel Communications Limited 36.95 Unlimited
All Communications Network of Canada Co. 37.00 300
Bell Canada 42.95 Not provided
Primus Telecommunications Canada Inc. 48.95 Unlimited
Rogers Communications Partnership 54.99 60
Montreal Quebec TekSavvy Solutions Inc. 24.95 150
All Communications Network of Canada Co. 28.00 300
Bell Canada 32.95 Not provided
Acanac Inc. 34.95 Unlimited
Vidéotron s.e.n.c. 35.95 10
Distributel Communications Limited 36.95 Unlimited
Primus Telecommunications Canada Inc. 48.95 Unlimited
Vancouver British
Columbia
TekSavvy Solutions Inc. 29.99 300
All Communications Network of Canada Co. 37.00 300
Distributel Communications Limited 39.95 Unlimited
Primus Telecommunications Canada Inc. 48.95 Unlimited
Groupe Shaw Group 55.00 125
TELUS Communications Company 58.00 100
Ottawa /
Gatineau
Ontario / Quebec TekSavvy Solutions Inc. 24.95 150
Execulink Telecom Inc. 29.95 100
Acanac Inc. 34.95 Unlimited
Vidéotron s.e.n.c. 35.95 10
Distributel Communications Limited 36.95 Unlimited
All Communications Network of Canada Co. 37.00 300
Bell Canada 42.95 Not provided
Primus Telecommunications Canada Inc. 48.95 Unlimited
Rogers Communications Partnership 54.99 60
Calgary Alberta TekSavvy Solutions Inc. 29.95 300
All Communications Network of Canada Co. 37.00 300
Distributel Communications Limited 39.95 Unlimited
Primus Telecommunications Canada Inc. 48.95 Unlimited
Groupe Shaw Group 55.00 125
TELUS Communications Company 58.00 100
Edmonton Alberta TekSavvy Solutions Inc. 29.95 300
All Communications Network of Canada Co. 37.00 300
Distributel Communications Limited 39.95 Unlimited
Primus Telecommunications Canada Inc. 48.95 Unlimited
Groupe Shaw Group 55.00 125
TELUS Communications Company 58.00 100
City Province /
Territory
Company Name Monthly
Price
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limit
(in Gigabytes)
Quebec Quebec TekSavvy Solutions Inc. 26.95 150
All Communications Network of Canada Co. 28.00 300
Bell Canada 32.95 Not provided
Acanac Inc. 34.95 Unlimited
Vidéotron s.e.n.c. 35.95 10
Distributel Communications Limited 36.95 Unlimited
La Coopérative de câblodistribution de l'Arrière-Pays 38.20 150
Primus Telecommunications Canada Inc. 48.95 Unlimited
Winnipeg Manitoba Primus Telecommunications Canada Inc. 48.95 Unlimited
Groupe MTS Group 54.00 Unlimited
Groupe Shaw Group 55.00 125
Hamilton Ontario TekSavvy Solutions Inc. 26.95 150
Execulink Telecom Inc. 29.95 100
Acanac Inc. 34.95 Unlimited
Distributel Communications Limited 36.95 Unlimited
All Communications Network of Canada Co. 37.00 300
Bell Canada 42.95 Not provided
Source Cable Limited 42.99 Unlimited
Primus Telecommunications Canada Inc. 48.95 Unlimited
Cogeco Cable Canada LP 54.95 95
Rogers Communications Partnership 54.99 60
City Province /
Territory
Company Name Monthly
Price
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limit
(in Gigabytes)
Kitchener /
Cambridge /
Waterloo
Ontario TekSavvy Solutions Inc. 25.95 150
Execulink Telecom Inc. 29.95 100
Acanac Inc. 34.95 Unlimited
Distributel Communications Limited 36.95 Unlimited
All Communications Network of Canada Co. 37.00 300
Bell Canada 42.95 Not provided
Primus Telecommunications Canada Inc. 48.95 Unlimited
Rogers Communications Partnership 54.99 60
London Ontario TekSavvy Solutions Inc. 25.95 150
Execulink Telecom Inc. 29.95 100
Acanac Inc. 34.95 Unlimited
Distributel Communications Limited 36.95 Unlimited
All Communications Network of Canada Co. 37.00 300
Bell Canada 42.95 Not provided
Primus Telecommunications Canada Inc. 48.95 Unlimited
Rogers Communications Partnership 54.99 60
St. Catharines /
Niagara
Ontario TekSavvy Solutions Inc. 26.95 150
Execulink Telecom Inc. 29.95 100
Acanac Inc. 34.95 Unlimited
Distributel Communications Limited 36.95 Unlimited
All Communications Network of Canada Co. 37.00 300
Bell Canada 42.95 Not provided
Primus Telecommunications Canada Inc. 48.95 Unlimited
Cogeco Cable Canada LP 54.95 95
Rogers Communications Partnership 54.99 60
Halifax Nova Scotia TekSavvy Solutions Inc. 41.95 Unlimited
Bell Aliant Regional Communications, Limited Partnership 76.45 Unlimited
Oshawa Ontario TekSavvy Solutions Inc. 25.95 150
Execulink Telecom Inc. 29.95 100
Acanac Inc. 34.95 Unlimited
Distributel Communications Limited 36.95 Unlimited
All Communications Network of Canada Co. 37.00 300
Bell Canada 42.95 Not provided
Primus Telecommunications Canada Inc. 48.95 Unlimited
Rogers Communications Partnership 54.99 60
Victoria British
Columbia
TekSavvy Solutions Inc. 29.99 300
All Communications Network of Canada Co. 37.00 300
Distributel Communications Limited 39.95 Unlimited
Primus Telecommunications Canada Inc. 48.95 Unlimited
Groupe Shaw Group 55.00 125
TELUS Communications Company 58.00 100
Windsor Ontario TekSavvy Solutions Inc. 26.95 150
Execulink Telecom Inc. 29.95 100
Acanac Inc. 34.95 Unlimited
Distributel Communications Limited 36.95 Unlimited
All Communications Network of Canada Co. 37.00 300
Bell Canada 42.95 Not provided
Primus Telecommunications Canada Inc. 48.95 Unlimited
Cogeco Cable Canada LP 54.95 95
Rogers Communications Partnership 54.99 60
Saskatoon Saskatchewan Saskatchewan Telecommunications 49.95 Unlimited
Groupe Shaw Group 55.00 125
Regina Saskatchewan Access Communications Co-operative Limited 24.95 Unlimited
Saskatchewan Telecommunications 49.95 Unlimited
St. John's Newfoundland
and Labrador
TekSavvy Solutions Inc. 41.95 Unlimited
Rogers Communications Partnership 48.99 60
Bell Aliant Regional Communications, Limited Partnership 76.45 Unlimited
City Province /
Territory
Company Name Monthly
Price
Upload and download
limit
(in Gigabytes)
Fredericton New Brunswick TekSavvy Solutions Inc. 41.95 Unlimited
Rogers Communications Partnership 48.99 60
Bell Aliant Regional Communications, Limited Partnership 76.45 Unlimited
Charlottetown Prince Edward Island TekSavvy Solutions Inc. 41.95 Unlimited
Bell Aliant Regional Communications, Limited Partnership 76.45 Unlimited
Whitehorse Yukon Northwestel Inc. 62.95 40
Yellowknife Northwest
Territories
Northwestel Inc. 62.95 40
Iqaluit Nunavut Northwestel Inc. 179.95 30
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