Well I'm not saying they are irrelevant in the sense that they don't provide a good model for what an ISP should be, but more so that they are irrelevant because they don't provide services to the vast majority of people.
Also a part from sogetel, those are either very small or regional. Even sogetel is regional and doesn't really provide services outside small villages and cities. That's not bad, but it's not enough to say that Canada's market isn't deeply uncompetitive. Even the US has tons of cooperative and WISPs that follow a similar coop pattern.
> more so that they are irrelevant because they don't provide services to the vast majority of people.
The vast majority of people can do the same. What do you think public/cooperate ownership is, exactly? It isn't something that magically comes down from space by aliens or sent to us by god. They are by the people. All the people have to do is do it!
> Also a part from sogetel, those are either very small or regional.
So? They still exist in Quebec. The question was really trying to ask why you didn't mention them?
If you like their model, and want to see them grow, then you'd think you'd be preaching their existence to high heaven. The only way small businesses can grow to cover the nation is to have people talk about them. No business has ever swept the nation in secrecy. Yet here we are, even after we started talking about them, being told that they shouldn't be talked about because they are too "insignificant".
Why is it that the people who complain about the "Big 3" most are the ones who seem most happy to keep on using their service?
Also a part from sogetel, those are either very small or regional. Even sogetel is regional and doesn't really provide services outside small villages and cities. That's not bad, but it's not enough to say that Canada's market isn't deeply uncompetitive. Even the US has tons of cooperative and WISPs that follow a similar coop pattern.