Not Fully Unlimited Calling And Internet: Comwave Networks Agrees To Pay $300,000 For Making False Or Misleading Representations

Telephone and Internet provider Comwave Networks Inc. of Toronto has agreed to pay an administrative penalty of $300,000 for false or misleading representations. Acting under the civil deceptive marketing practices provisions of the Competition Act, the Competition Bureau investigated Comwave and found that Comwave had misrepresented the charges consumers would face for telecommunications services. It also found that claims of unlimited calling and Internet were not actually true in that those services in fact were subject to usage caps. Comwave and the Bureau agreed to a Consent Agreement, which was filed with the Canadian Competition Tribunal on September 13, 2016.

We previously wrote about Why Car Rentals Cost More Than Advertised: Avis And Budget Taken To Task By Competition Bureau and how Avis And Budget Agree To Pay $3m To Settle Drip Pricing Case. In those cases, the Bureau concluded that, when non-optional fees were added to advertised car rental rates, it