February 2009
49 posts
Looking for Options: Avoiding Telemarketers and... →
Prepare yourself for a rant. For some time now we have been searching for a new Internet Service Provider (ISP), one that doesn’t throttle P2P sites (file sharing sites). Sadly, in Canada it seems…
How Neutral Should Wireless Networks Be? →
As more of us hop on our 3G-connected smartphones or netbooks, and future 4G connections offer the promise of wired-like speeds via wireless networks, Ars Technica has posted a great article on how…
Ease of economic migration →
I watched a video from the SaveOurNet.ca folks and I was struck by a comment that followed a clip of Industry Minister Jim Prentice saying: we have a well advanced internet system in this country,…
Google, Amazon, Skype, others want CRTC to ban... →
Google, Amazon, Skype, others want CRTC to ban internet interference : A coalition of more than 70 technology companies, including internet search leader Google, online retailer Amazon and voice over…
Canadian ISPs stand up for content blocking,... →
Australian web censorship plan to begin trial... →
Asher Moses, Sydney Morning Herald February 26, 2009 The Government’s plan to introduce mandatory internet censorship has effectively been scuttled, following an independent senator’s decision to…
Big Canadian websites want neutral wireless... →
Big Canadian websites want neutral wireless networks too
Canadian Creators Groups Come Out for Net... →
Canadian Creators Groups Come Out for Net Neutrality : Michael Geist “The Documentary Organization of Canada argues: The ISP practice of throttling to manage Internet traffic is a particular concern…
Quebecor Opens Door to Canadian Three Strikes... →
The CRTC’s net neutrality hearing submissions have generated several comments that link net neutrality with copyright. As noted yesterday, CIRPA believes that content blocking of P2P sites should be…
BC says No! to traffic throttling →
p2pnet news view Freedom | P2P:- The British Columbia government, through Network BC, has now come in on the Canadian network neutrality argument on the side of the growing number of Canadians, users…
WGC makes the Case →
FROM THEIR PRESS RELEASE: The WGC asked the commission to recognize that consumer behaviour has changed, and that the Internet is now an integral part of the Canadian broadcasting system. They can do…
2008-11-20 - #: 8646-C12-200815400 - Public Notice... →
Net Neutrality: tell CRTC what you think →
p2pnet news view Freedom | P2P:- Yesterday (February 23) marked the deadline for Canadians to give the CRTC their thoughts on Net Neutrality. Offically, that is. But the shouting is far from over…
Canada: Deep packet tramples privacy-Georgia... →
Privacy commissioner enters Net neutrality fray Michael Geist Georgia Straight: February 23, 2009 http://www.straight.com/article-202840/privacy-commissioner-enters-net-neutrality-fray The Privacy…
Canadian ISPs threaten free Internet-Georgia... →
Internet service providers threaten Net neutrality in Canada Steve Anderson, Save Our Net Georgia Straight: February 17, 2009…
Privacy Commissioner Enters Net Neutrality Fray →
The Privacy Commissioner of Canada has entered the net neutrality debate with a submission to the CRTC network management hearing on the privacy implications of network management that uses deep…
CRTC New Media Hearings Day Three: Glassbox,... →
Day three of the CRTC’s New Media hearings featured a series of speakers with varied perspectives on new media, old media, and the role of the public ( day one , day two ). Presenters included…
Canada's Privacy Commissioner Not Amused on How... →
The Canadian Privacy Commissioner has weighed in on the CRTC hearings on issues of Net Neutrality and he is not amused. In considering the invasive privacy issues that would ensue (sic) by allowing…
CRTC Deadline to Comment re: Net Neutrality is... →
Today is the deadline for public comment submissions to the CRTC with regard to their net neutrality hearings in July. This is from Michael Geist : The CRTC has set out a series of questions in its…
TechView: Saving Canada’s Internet →
Today is the deadline for public comment submission to the CRTC’s net neutrality hearings. But I expect this debate is not going to go away anytime soon. Interesting that Canada seems to be going in…
Some of my favourite Vancouverites on Net... →
A couple of Vancouverites can be seen below talking about the danger currently facing the future of the internet here in Canada as our government allows the telco’s to determine who will be the…
Carving out Canadian content capacity →
Are there solutions to give Canadian content access to the fast lane on our domestic network? An idea floated in a conversation with GlassBox TV was whether Canadian ISPs should treat “.ca” traffic…
YouTube - Saving Canada's Internet →
The Canadian Firearms Registry on Wikipedia . A... →
The Canadian Firearms Registry on Wikipedia . A really interesting article on how screwed the Canadian government is. I’d love to see more light shed on the CRTC too, since they are now going to…
Net Neutrality comments: TWO DAYS TO GO! →
p2pnet news view | P2P | Politics:- Only one day to go before public comments close on the CRTC’s net neutrality hearing. “How we choose to manage internet traffic will have a huge impact on the…
Saving Canada's Internet →
Saving Canada’s Internet Digg / Tech Industry News Sat, 02/21/2009 - 13:10 Net Neutrality in Canada is in jeopardy, please watch this video
Net Neutrality comments →
p2pnet news view Freedom | P2P:- As Michael Geist points out , there are only three days left before public comments close on the CRTC’s net neutrality hearing. “How we choose to manage internet…
Saving Canada’s Internet →
You’ll want to watch this video if you care about Net Neutrality in Canada. Or if you don’t know what Net Neutrality is. Posted in technology
Saving Canada's Internet →
With only three days left before public comments close on the CRTC’s net neutrality hearing (more info on how you can comment here ), SaveOurNet.ca is out with a video on why net neutrality is such…
Save Our Net Campaign →
The CRTC will hold hearings into the traffic management policies of Canada’s major ISPs in July 2009. TechVibes has covered the issue of traffic management in some detail, but readers may not be…
If traffic growth slows, do ISPs lose a reason to... →
But declining growth rates remain important, since they indicate that traffic is not outpacing the routing technology that directs it. Using unconstrained Internet growth rates as a justification for…
US Bill proposes ISPs, Wi-Fi keep logs for police →
Oh, like the legislation the Harper government just proposed . What a coincidence. The free Internet is under attack and taking heavy fire. If you want to save it, you’d better call your MP or…
The CRTC and a Tale of Two "Daily Show" Sites →
SO CRTC NEW MEDIA hearings continued Wednesday with presentations on music. As usual, there were mangled definitions a-plenty, and some dumb things said and suggested. If you Twitter , it’s not hard…
Canada Sleeps Through War to 'Save the Internet'... →
Frickin Geniuses and the Ghost of Jack Valenti →
WELL, YESTERDAY the CRTC opened hearings into the possibility of regulating the internet in some way — and it was not an auspicious first day. The people trying to articulate the case for some sort…
Dumb pipe in February, smart one in July →
p2pnet news view Freedom | P2P:- While the early focus of the CRTC New Media hearings are unsurprisingly focused on levies and regulation, an important additional issue is quickly emerging. CRTC…
Time to regulate online content, cultural groups... →
Regulated culture is state-approved culture. Flashback: CRTC to consider Internet regulation, invites public comment Julian Beltrame, The Canadian Press February 17, 2009 GATINEAU, Que. — Canadian…
Facebook’s Users Ask Who Owns Information →
Brian Stelter, New York Times February 16, 2009 Reacting to an online swell of suspicion about changes to Facebook’s terms of service, the company’s chief executive moved to reassure users on Monday…
Rogers - "We're A Dumb Pipe" →
Rogers, Canada’s terrible, filter-happy cablemodem ISP, has just given testimony to its regulator saying that its lines are “dumb pipes” and it can’t control what’s on them (they’re trying to avoid…
10 Random Things About 10 Random Things →
For my first post on the Terry project, I thought I’d riff on the popular chain-letter currently infecting Facebook profiles everywhere. But rather than write about myself (a subject less interesting…
SaveOurNet.ca | Protecting your Internet's level... →
Deadline Nears to Speak Out on Net Neutrality →
Deadline Nears to Speak Out on Net Neutrality: Michael Geist ” The CRTC’s net neutrality hearings (aka “review of Internet traffic management practices by ISPs”) is still months away, but a…
New law to give police access to online exchanges →
Got an ISP that won’t cooperate with a legal warrant? Charge them, or enter their premises with digital experts. Those are the reasonable tools you have. A constant electronic dragnet is an…
Prioritizing the traffic management proceeding →
I am sure it is just my own warped sense of humour that gave me a smile when a number of parties asked the CRTC to delay one of the deadlines in its Internet Traffic Management Proceeding (PN…
A warning to politicians? →
Michael Geist asks readers of his blog to flood the CRTC with input on its network management proceeding in advance of the submission deadline [which, by the way has just been extended to February…
Canadian Coalition for Electronic Rights →
Net Neutrality →
How Canadian ISPs throttle the Internet →
Telecom Trends: Network management interrogatory... →
