November 2008
59 posts
“Canada’s Internet is crap” thanks to Bell, Rogers... →
“New broadband services also have a positive economic impact on the people and communities they connect.” - from the BCE Annual Report 2007 Canada’s Internet is crap: “Every time I think about…
Of course Canada is a digital ghetto! →
When CBC’s Jesse Brown asked Is Canada becoming a digital ghetto, my answer was an immediate “Of course”. Canadians who don’t travel or do business outside of the country would never know this, but…
Wetmachine: Harold Feld's Tales of the Sausage... →
BCE, Teachers Union deal: on the rocks? →
p2pnet news view Freedom | P2P:- Plans for the $52-billion take-over of Bell Canada, the country’s largest and most hated provider, are about to come crashing down, it seems. Nor is the looming…
Canada privacy commissioner flags DPI in Bell... →
p2pnet news view | P2P | Politics:- “The time has come for net neutrality, both as an economic and a social policy issue, to be examined by the Canadian government,” posts Daphne Guerrero on the…
Canada’s Internet Fight →
Canada’s Internet Fight November 25th, 2008 by mtady Our northern neighbors are as embroiled in Internet battles as we are in the United States. Canadians are fighting for high-speed Internet access…
Revisiting CAIP →
Some people have questioned whether the existing regulatory framework is sufficient to have been used by the CRTC to examine the CAIP complaint about Bell’s traffic shaping. NDP critic Charlie Angus…
Beavers are rodents →
While reading about Bell Canada’s announcement that they’re hiking satellite TV prices I found this comment under the story on the CBC site. kritterz wrote: Regarding Bell and throttling the…
CRTC Decision Not the Final Word On Net Neutrality →
CRTC Decision Not the Final Word On Net Neutrality My weekly technology law column (Toronto Star version, homepage version) discusses last week’s CRTC decision in the CAIP v. Bell case. Echoing my…
Privacy Commissioner on Net Neutrality →
Privacy Commissioner on Net Neutrality The Privacy Commissioner of Canada’s blog notes the recent CRTC decision, stating that “the time has come for net neutrality, both as an economic and a social…
Angered by the Bell ‘keep on throttling’ decision? →
p2pnet news view Freedom | P2P:- Bell Canada’s claims of an endorsement from the CRTC, which has ruled aqainst halting the company’s abuse of its customers, users and ISPs alike, proved to be as…
Bell Smartphone Combo: 3-year contract →
p2pnet news view Mobiles | Freedom | P2P:- Bell Canada is crowing because it’s suffering under the delusion the CRTC decision to allow it to continue to shackle its users’ bandwidth represents a…
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Canada regulator ruling a blow to net neutrality advocates LIRNEasia The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) today announced that it has denied the Canadian Association…
We're not endorsing internet throttling: CRTC →
Canada regulator ruling a blow to net neutrality... →
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) today announced that it has denied the Canadian Association of Internet Providers’ (CAIP) application to end Bell Canada’s…
CRTC Denies CAIP Application on Throttling, But... →
CRTC Denies CAIP Application on Throttling, But Sets Net Neutrality Hearing: Michael Geist “This morning, the CRTC issued its much-anticipated ruling in the CAIP v. Bell case, the first major case to…
CRTC endorses fair access to the internet →
The CRTC got it right yesterday with its Decision on Bell’s network management, but then everyone proceeded to mismanage the communications. Let’s be clear. Notwithstanding what you may have read…
No shock as CRTC allows Bell to continue fucking... →
That’s the way Canada works. Corporations Good, Private Interests Bad…The CRTC has the pubic good in mind as much as Bell does. =/At least we have an alternative to Bell here in Toronto. We can…
CRTC defends Bell Canada throttling decision →
p2pnet news view Freedom | P2P:- Canadian regulator the CRTC has reacted sharply to accusations that it’s siding with Bell Canada in the traffic shackling scandal. After a long delay, the CRTC…
Overheard at the Public Policy Forum →
Yesterday’s forum on net neutrality in Ottawa brought together some of the voices on both sides of the issue from both sides of the border. An important observation was that the Canadian legislative…
Canadian regulators allow P2P throttling →
Massive Canadian ISP Bell Canada scored a big win today, as the country’s telecoms regulator issued a long-awaited decision in which it concluded that Bell can continue to throttle P2P traffic at…
Bell Canada Confirms Throttling - Tells... →
CRTC sides with Big Telecom and Fails Online... →
Vancouver, November 20, 2008: In a move that has disappointed many Canadian high-tech leaders and public interest groups, the CRTC has announced that it will not force Bell Canada to stop its…
CRTC To Rule On Bell’s Throttling On Thursday →
The day that Internet users in Canada have been waiting for is finally here. The CBC is reporting that the CRTC is finally going to rule on Bells throttling of independant ISP’s on Thursday at 9AM…
CRTC Says That Bell Is Free To Throttle Wholesale... →
The decision is in and it’s not good. The CRTC has decided to rule against wholesale ISPs in their throttling dispute with Bell: “Based on the evidence before us, we found that the measures employed…
CRTC To Rule On Bell’s Throttling On Thursday →
The day that Internet users in Canada have been waiting for is finally here. The CBC is reporting that the CRTC is finally going to rule on Bells throttling of independant ISP’s on Thursday at 9AM…
CRTC Says That Bell Is Free To Throttle Wholesale... →
The decision is in and it’s not good. The CRTC has decided to rule against wholesale ISPs in their throttling dispute with Bell: “Based on the evidence before us, we found that the measures employed…
Canada Sleeps Through War to 'Save the Internet' →
“Net neutrality. A bland phrase capable of sparking a digital revolt. In the United States it’s the hot-button Internet issue of the day, a threat deemed so grave to free expression it gave rise to a…
CRTC finds against the indie web, for now + Tim... →
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission is not defending internet throttling, the CRTC’s vice-chairman said Thursday after the federal watchdog ruled Bell Canada was not…
CRTC finds against the indie web, for now + Tim... →
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission is not defending internet throttling, the CRTC’s vice-chairman said Thursday after the federal watchdog ruled Bell Canada was not…
CRTC Denies CAIP Application on Throttling, But... →
CRTC Denies CAIP Application on Throttling, But Sets Net Neutrality Hearing This morning, the CRTC issued its much-anticipated ruling in the CAIP v. Bell case, the first major case to test the…
Bell wins throttling case →
Bell Canada has won a case that went to the CRTC about peer-to-peer throttling. In April, the Canadian Association of Internet Providers complained to the CRTC because Bell was using traffic shaping…
Canadian regulators smarter than Americans →
Canada’s Internet users have won a measure of victory over bandwidth hogs. In a ruling from the CRTC, Canada’s FCC, Bell Canada is permitted to continue managing network over-use: Bell Canada today…
No Motrin Moms effect on CRTC’s decision on net... →
The writers of an excellent New-West-based-and-focused blog, “10th To The Fraser” tweeted earlier this morning: Where is the #motrinmoms effort for #netneutrality? Where’s the passion to put the…
Setback to Canadian campaign for network... →
Supporters of network neutrality have suffered a setback with the CRTC ruling in the case against Bell over Internet throttling. The communications regulator denied the Canadian Association of…
Bookmarks for November 20th →
http://www.column2.com/2008/11/bookmarks-for-november-20th/. These are my links for November 20th: Sign up for Google Apps - A direct link to the signup page for the free version of Google Apps for…
No Motrin Moms effect on CRTC’s decision on net... →
The writers of an excellent New-West-based-and-focused blog, “10th To The Fraser” tweeted earlier this morning: Where is the #motrinmoms effort for #netneutrality? Where’s the passion to put the…
CRTC loses the plot on traffic-shaping →
The CRTC CAIP-Bell Canada traffic shaping decision is in, and it’s not good. SaveOurNet.ca and Michael Geist have been active on the file, letting regular Canadians know what the impacts are to…
CRTC denies CAIP →
I am writing from in the middle of the Public Policy Forum conference looking at Net Neutrality. I will update this post later when I get access to a real terminal. The CRTC denied CAIP’s application…
CRTC sides with Bell on throttling complaint - but... →
The big news today is the CRTC decision that denied CAIP’s application complaining about Bell’s internet throttling. The CRTC has however made it clear that it is not through with teh net…
CRTC Bell Canada ruling: what the media say →
p2pnet news view Freedom | P2P:- CRTC backs Bell Canada traffic throttling, said p2pnet’s headline on the news that, “Canada’s telecom regulator has denied a complaint brought forth by a consortium…
CRTC to rule on Bell’s throttling on Thursday →
CRTC to rule on Bell’s throttling on Thursday. Watch this case: Bell is the Canadian version of Telstra.
CRTC backs Bell Canada traffic throttling →
p2pnet news view Freedom | P2P:- The CRTC has finally released its decision on whether or not the commercial interests of a mega telecommunications company should continue to supersede those of its…
Can net neutrality limit innovation? →
I have been troubled by the assertion by some advocate that net neutrality regulations are required in order to maintain the conditions that would allow the next great innovations to emerge. Other…
Internet Traffic Shaping Ruling On The Way →
If you’re a Canadian, you may have heard of this. If not, you’re sure to find it interesting anyway, as internet traffic shaping is something that, if allowed, could eventually effect all of us….
Net neutrality in Canada: The challenges ahead →
While I have become much more involved with social media in the past year than I had ever before (I am in almost every Web 2.0 application except for Facebook), I hadn’t really thought a lot about…
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New Media Requires New Thinking on Cultural Policy (Michael Geist) Now ! factoryjoe : New Media Requires New Thinking on Cultural Policy (Michael Geist) - Great post on why net neutrality is an…
INTERESTING LINKS: Nightmare-Inducing Swedish... →
TODAY’S FEATURED ITEM: Sometimes it is hard to believe the Seventies ever happened. Swedish 1970’s dance band photos, courtesy of the one and only Boing Boing. Update: S. Clay Wilson’s Condition……
Can Canada’s social media defend themselves? →
p2pnet news view Freedom | P2P:- Social media is a term used to describe web-based tools, spaces and practices people use to interact and share information online, says Steve Anderson, national…
New Media Requires New Thinking on Cultural Policy →
Canadian creators therefore do not need guaranteed space since there is room on the Internet for everyone. Rather, they need guaranteed access – the assurance that their content can find an audience…
