The CRTC denied Telus Corp. appeal of a deferral account decision late last week, saying it was within its authority to order customer rebates and not to accept additional broadband expansion proposals. In April Telus appealed Telecom Decision 2008-1 – a ruling that denied a previous request to use the money previously tapped for customer rebates for broadband expansions.

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