The Globe and Mail reports in its Monday edition the CRTC begins a hearing Monday that is expected to shape the landscape of the country's Internet market and determine whether small players gain access to the latest generation of high-speed services. The Globe's Christine Dobby writes the nine-day hearing has attracted less attention than earlier proceedings on television and wireless roaming rates, but there are significant issues at stake for so-called alternative Internet service providers (ISPs). The telcos have been upgrading their old copper wires and investing heavily in fibre optic technology, including traditional cable systems. Perhaps the biggest issue the CRTC will consider at this hearing is whether it should include the latest generation of fibre-based high-speed Internet services in the regulatory regime. Although there are more than 500 Internet service providers in Canada, large incumbent telephone and cable companies control the vast majority of the market, with alternative service providers accounting for just 8 per cent of revenue from residential customers in 2013. The top five providers -- BCE, Rogers, Quebecor, Shaw and Telus -- together control 75 per cent of revenue.