How to Disrupt Telecoms in Canada?

My understanding is that some small telecoms run fiber directly into new condo buildings in downtown Toronto and get a foothold that way. The argument from big telecom is that it's extremely expensive to build infrastructure in rural Canada, so obviously don't start there.

Maybe also reach out to this guy[0] for advice. This is if you're planning on building your own infrastructure.

Another option is just rent the existing infrastructure like TekSavvy does. The business then becomes largely a matter of providing better customer support than the competitors (and honestly, beating Rogers at it is a very very low bar). But I imagine this isn't what you have in mind when you say "disrupt".

[0] https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2021/01/jared...

Read up on the history of smaller wireless providers in Canada..

Wind Mobile (now Freedom Mobile, eventually bought by Shaw who then got - tentatively - bought by Rogers) is a good example of an actual attempt at establishing an independent telco to compete with the big 3.

If you can find articles on the uphill battle they faced, even with billions in investments, you'll understand what you're up against.

For better or worse telecom is an extremely locked up and highly regulated field in Canada, and the incumbents have pretty much complete control of the market through regulatory capture.

I would start with basic things, don't worry about offering lots of gigabytes or the what the streaming crowd want. I would go after the people who want basic services. I'd say the vast majority of people don't need 5G or even LTE speed. They just want something that keeps them in contact with other people.