said by andyb:I really cant remember what the crtc said but I thought it was 6 months. Coulda been a timeline from bell but dont remember since its been longer than that
I do not remember the CRTC ruling that Bell had to get the firmware situation sorted out at any particular time but Bell did say at least once that they were expecting to have something ready within six months.
Since Bell depends on Ikanos/Alcatel for firmware development, it would not make much sense for the CRTC to impose something Bell has no control over - particularly when the same hardware is also used for their own subscribers so the motivation to seek resolution or relief from 3rd-party vendors is as much internal for Bell's own sake as TPIAs.