September 2008
32 posts
Regulators to Bell Canada: Throttle away! (at... →
The Northern Lights are spectacular, but only slightly less impressive were the fireworks that went off once it was revealed that Bell Canada was using deep packet inspection gear to throttle all…
Coalition demands answers on telecom issues →
p2pnet news view | P2P | Politics:- With Canada’s federal elections looming, consumer groups from across Canada are asking each of the five major parties take a stand on consumer protection in the…
Policies & Manifesto →
British National Party Policies. Download our 2007 Mini Manifesto here. IMMIGRATION — time to say ENOUGH! On current demographic trends, we, the native British people, will be an ethnic minority in…
Why Media Is a Big Election Issue (in Mediacheck) →
Canada is about to remake the way you get your information.
NDP sets out telecom policy →
Last week, I started to review the party platforms, looking at the official positions being set forth in Canada’s upcoming elections. On Sunday, the New Democratic Party set out its platform [ pdf]…
SaveOurNet.ca | Protecting your Internet's level... →
p2pnet news " Blog Archive " Butterflies, Bell... →
Bell Canada degrades GPS info for non-Bell applications
Skype and Federal Elections… →
While the whole world knows that there is a U.S.federal election on November 4, little international notice has been given to Canada’s upcoming federal election, October 14. But both are providing…
Skype and Federal Elections... →
While the whole world knows that there is a U.S.federal election on November 4, little international notice has been given to Canada’s upcoming federal election, October 14. But both are providing…
Digital Wish List: Week 2 →
This week’s episode of Spark on the CBC gives an interview with Ron Deibert who runs the Citizen Lab at the Munk Centre for International Studies at the University of Toronto. His digital wishlist…
The Net? Wha? Canadian politicians. →
p2pnet news view Politics | P2P:- With Canada’s latest federal election looming, the country’s main political parties still haven’t figured it out, says a new poll. The Net Can Make The Difference,…
U.S. Petroleum Refining: Let the Market Function →
Robert Bradley (President) & Thomas Tanton (Senior Fellow), Institute for Energy Research December 19, 2005 Executive Summary U.S. petroleum refining experienced an unprecedented disruption when a…
EFF klagt gegen US-Spionagebehörde →
EFF klagt gegen US-Spionagebehörde Die EFF hat die “US-Spionagebehörde verklagt“: Die amerikanische Netzbürgerrechtsorganisation Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) hat eine große Sammelklage gegen…
Single-Payer Health Care: Immoral and Deadly →
[The following is a mirror of the original post at PatientPower. ] The following letter on the dangers and immorality of single-payer health care was co-authored by Brian Schwartz, Ph.D. and Paul…
Canadian Conservatives Run Into Problems With New... →
The election campaign in Canada is getting interesting with technology taking a leading role in the proceedings. Most of it centered around the ruling Conservative party use of “new media” to shoot…
Single-Payer Health Care: Immoral and Deadly →
The following letter on the dangers and immorality of single-payer health care was co-authored by Brian Schwartz, Ph.D. and Paul Hsieh, M.D. in response to an article in the April 2008 issue of…
Bell Expressvu nailed for overcharging →
p2pnet news view | Products:- What does Bell have in common with the corporate music and movie industries? None of them give a monkey’s sexual intercourse about the people who keep them in business….
The three business tech risks you don't know about →
Business travelers will soon need to carry the name of their corporate lawyer in addition to their passport when returning home to the United States, and they may need to bring with them a different…
McCain Invented the Blackberry! →
Speaking to reporters today, McCain campaign adviser Douglas Holtz-Eakin claimed that Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) is responsible for the “miracle” of PDAs: “He did this,” Douglas Holtz-Eakin told…
Public Policy Consultations No Field of Dreams →
Public Policy Consultations No Field of Dreams My weekly technology law column (Toronto Star version, homepage version) focuses on the release last week of the results of a CRTC public online…
CTV's Questionable Period and "professional" vs... →
CTV’s Questionable Period and “professional” vs new-media As a political junkie I am a regular Sunday viewer of CTV’s Question Period. This is despite the fact that they have never bothered to cover…
“We’ll bring forward Net Neutrality legislation” →
The NDP has a digital culture spokesman, Charlie Angus, who spoke to p2pnet and promised the NDP will introduce net neutrality legislation. The Tories said they don’t need a digital culture…
New CAIP vs Bell Canada battle →
p2pnet news view Freedom | P2P:- A new battle has started up between Canada’s largest ISP, Bell Canada, and CAIP, the organization representing some 55 smaller providers. Like its counterpart in the…
Elect a Tory, kiss net neutrality goodbye →
In a statement published on international peer-to-peer news site p2pnet.net, the NDP’s Charlie Angus has brought the net neutrality issue into the federal election campaign. He begins by outlining…
Digital Issues Deserve a Spot in Election Campaign →
Digital Issues Deserve a Spot in Election Campaign With a federal election now set for October 14th, the coming weeks will be dominated by political debate as each party seeks to make their case to…
Digital issues a Canadian election priority →
p2pnet news view | Politics:- Last Thursday New Democrat federal digital culture spokesman Charlie Angus gave p2pnet readers an exclusive look at his party’s views on digital issues, including net…
isoHunt Sues the CRIA to Legalize BitTorrent Sites... →
Comcast Sues FCC - Customers Sue Bell - Internet... →
Comcast Sues FCC - Customers Sue Bell - Internet Tubes Grow Bigger There’s a couple of stories to be found on Ars Technica that should be read by you, the CRTC and Bell Canada’s lawyers. First up:…
Net neutrality, copyright, election issues:... →
Musician and current Timmins—James Bay MP Charlie Angus has an exclusive p2pnet editorial suggesting some things our community should be active on during the election. This election will be crucial…
The End of Bill C-61 →
The End of Bill C-61 With every reason to believe that Canada will be in the midst of an election campaign by next week, Canwest runs a story on how an election call will kill Bill C-61. This raises…
The End of Bill C-61 →
With every reason to believe that Canada will be in the midst of an election campaign by next week, Canwest runs a story on how an election call will kill Bill C-61. This raises at least two issues….
Death knell sounds for Canadian copyright bill →
p2pnet news view Politics | P2P:- From the look of it, Canada will next week be in the throes of a(nother) general election and if that’s the case, Bill C-61, Canada’s version of America’s…
