June 2009
54 posts
Liberal Party Recommends Ratification of WIPO... →
A week after the Liberal Party came out in favour of net neutrality, David Akin notes that Liberal members of the Standing Committee on Industry recently issued a dissenting recommendation focused on…
Is Rogers Setting A Benchmark for Net Neutrality... →
It all started when I attended the June 2 Android launch on Rogers Wireless . During a scrum I had asked “Fringe” actor Joshua Jackson if he had made a call from Paris, France to his wife in…
p2pnet World Headlines - June 29, 2009 →
Secret police wiretaps flying under the radar CBC Bob McMynn knows first-hand how Canada’s laws allow police to eavesdrop and use emergency wiretaps without a judge’s approval. He says Section 184.4…
Vancouver Change Camp Explores a New Format for... →
Vancouver’s first ChangeCamp event offered a framework for private citizens and policy makers to connect and share ideas on how people can engage government and effect policy. Why is this an idea…
How commodity prices influence over currency... →
Predicting the next move in the markets is the key to making money in trading, but putting this simple concept into action is much harder than it sounds. Professional forex traders have long known…
Why the government must embrace net neutrality →
I’ve got an opinion piece in the new Maisonneuve calling on the government to embrace net neutralit y . When I started writing the column, nobody wanted to talk about net neutrality besides the NDP…
Traffic throttling wars: 800 file with CRTC →
p2pnet news view Freedom | P2P:- CAIP and J.F. Mezei of Vaxination have made submissions to the CRTC more or less stating it erred in the original “throttling case” that’s allowed Bell Canada to…
The day it all changed for the Internet in Canada →
Less Private, More Neutral, Low Spam (in... →
This is the future of the Canadian Internet if a trio of recent events are any indication.
Canadas Digital Economy: Toward A Safer, Stronger... →
I appeared earlier today at Industry Minister Tony Clement’s Canada’s Digital Economy Conference . I shared the stage with Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart and Tim Wilson from Visa Canada on a…
Toronto Star: Liberal shift may assure Net... →
Tech law expert Michael Geist writes in the Toronto Star about possible changes to laws on the Internet in Canada.Yet by the end of the day, a trio of events unfolded that could help shape the…
Ordinary Thursday Anything But For Canadian... →
Liberal Party of Canada » Liberals speak out in... →
RSS Digest #89 – no tagline… I’m too tired… →
Due to internet connectivity issues here is the slightly belated RSS Digest for Saturday. June 20th, 2009: Best Handset For Freedom? Interview with Das Bo Schitt Robert Accettura: Things You’ll Love…
Canadian Telecom Summit: Focus on the Learnings →
The past three days I attended my first Canadian Telecom Summit – where Canadian telecom carrier and vendor executives have an opportunity to provide an overview of their goals and directions…
Michael Geist - Liberals Take A Stand For Net... →
Yesterday’s Question Period featured an unexpected and welcome surprise - the federal Liberal Party has expressed its support for net neutrality. Industry critic Marc Garneau rose on the floor of the…
Liberals Take A Stand For Net Neutrality →
Yesterday’s Question Period featured an unexpected and welcome surprise - the federal Liberal Party has expressed its support for net neutrality. Industry critic Marc Garneau rose on the floor of…
Needed: a Canadian digital action plan →
p2pnet news view | P2P | Politics:- In recent months, there has been growing support for a national digital strategy. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission explicitly…
mediacastermagazine.com - Mediacaster - 6/17/2009 →
Astroturfing: Pacific Technology Alliance -... →
The Pacific Technology Alliance claims to be a “grassroots” organization representing consumer interests. From time to time, Stop the Cap! readers send us news tips based on things they find in their…
Search Engine: Is net neutrality getting pwned?... →
The case against “Idea Bundling” our digital politics. Also: how to spy on North Korea- an interview with Google-Mapping amateur spy Curtis Melvin. Search Engine hosted by Jesse Brown Episode 3: Is…
UK plans to integrate ‘cybersecurity’ centre with... →
Blame the looming threat of Chinese hackers … because people might not be stupid enough to buy the idea of an Al-Qaeda cyber terrorist. Flashback: UK chases Obama on cybersecurity | Cybersecurity Is…
Bandwidth Throttling In Canada - or - Bell Canada... →
I’ve written before about Rogers and Bell playing their lying-arse, smarmy, two-faced, greed bastardly bleats and pronouncements of how they have to throttle bandwidth of users in order to better…
Is “Net Neutrality” Breaking Out in North America? →
Ok, so the term “Net Neutrality” has different interpretations for different people. Convergence of voice, Internet and broadcast media has created an entirely new set of stakeholders with divergent…
Audio from Toronto Internet Town Hall Now... →
For those who tried to watch the live stream from this past Monday’s Internet Town Hall from Toronto, it was a process that demonstrated the limitations of broadband service in Canada. Evidently the…
p2pnet World Headlines - June 12, 2009 →
The Bell Canada Non-Net-Neutral Throttle fight: Comments to the CRTC - ACT NOW The deadline for non-cartel non-money-backed non-propaganda non-politically backed people (that’s you and me) to submit…
Audio from Toronto Internet Town Hall Now... →
For those who tried to watch the live stream from this past Monday’s Internet Town Hall from Toronto, it was a process that demonstrated the limitations of broadband service in Canada. Evidently the…
Canada's so-called communications crisis →
Two weeks ago, Michael Geist told the Senate Committee on Transport and Communications that “the Canadian telecommunications scene is in a state of crisis.” I just don’t buy the doom and gloom…
Transport, Evidence, May 26, 2009 →
“The Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications met this day at 9:30 a.m. to study on emerging issues related to its communications mandate and to report on the wireless sector,…
Net Neutrality Town Hall →
Information about a Net Neutrality Town Hall just came my way through a CLA mailing list. It features some interesting speakers: Michael Geist needs no introduction, and Charlie Angus has recently…
geist temoignage →
Make Net Neutrality real →
p2pnet news view Freedom | P2P:- People make things happen, and that’s especially true on the Net, which gives everyone, everywhere, a voice they’ve never had before. Ever. However, the voice will be…
WildBlue: Stimulus Now →
WildBlue Communications , a Colorado-based, satellite broadband Internet provider, is again pitching “next generation” satellite capabilities on Capitol Hill this week. WildBlue says their new…
Internet Town Hall - tonight! →
p2pnet news view | P2P | Politics:- Until now, Canada’s Internet has been an open network, and a level playing field for free speech, innovation, and free market competition. All that is now under…
Canada's Telecom Crisis: My Appearance Before the... →
Two weeks ago, I appeared before the Standing Committee on Transport and Communications to discuss the state of telecommunications in Canada. The committee is conducting a study on the wireless…
Time to slay Canadian file-sharing myths →
Flashback: Canadian copyright lobbyists leaned on “independent” researchers to change report on file-sharing | Think tank plagiarizes, pulls report on Canadian piracy | France passes ‘three strikes’…
Michael Geist on the two-tier Internet →
Michael Geist has posted the text of his appearance before the Senate Transport and Communications Committee, where he addressed such concerns as Canada’s broadband access, high wireless prices and…
Canadians Call for Municipal Fiber to Combat Cap... →
Fact vs. Fiction: Five Myths About Net Neutrality (click to read document) A coalition of consumer groups, educators, and online activists have called on Canadian public utilities and municipalities…
Irony Department: Canadian Opinion Piece Opposes... →
Marcel Boyer Marcel Boyer penned an opinion piece for Canada’s Financial Post this week attacking the virtues of Net Neutrality as short-sighted and potentially devastating to the Internet if…
CRTC: hands off the Net →
p2pnet news view Freedom | P2P:- The CRTC has released its 2009 new media decision ( full decision here ) and it looks not unlike the 1999 new media decision. Days of hearings, thousands of pages of…
O Canada: Usage Caps, Pricey Slow Service... →
For the first time, an entire first world nation is threatened with being dumped into a broadband backwater by abusive practices from commercial Internet providers across Canada. Usage caps with…
Canadian copyright lobbyists leaned on... →
It was good to hear Jesse Brown holding the Conference Board’s feet to the fire the other day on TVO’s Search Engine … plugplug Flashback: Think tank plagiarizes, pulls report on Canadian piracy |…
A non-taxing decision →
There will not be a tax on internet services to fund the creation of Canadian content on the internet. In its Broadcasting Regulatory Policy CRTC 2009-329 decision yesterday to extend the new media…
China begins internet ‘blackout’ ahead of... →
People actually use MSNSpaces in China? Anyways - if you don’t know what this Tiananmen thing is, look it up - it’s an object lesson in how authoritarian states treat their citizens. Many of the…
Don’t throttle the net →
Imposing ‘net-neutrality’ regulation on broadband providers will raise prices and hurt consumers By Marcel Boyer I n November, 2008, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission…
SaveOurNet.ca To Host Town Hall Meetings Across... →
SaveOurNet.ca, the group focused on net neutrality, is hosting several town hall meetings across Canada. I will be participating in the June 10th event in Ottawa, but there are additional events…
Cybersecurity Is Framework For Total Government... →
Flashback: Obama Set to Create A Cybersecurity Czar With Broad Mandate | Put NSA in Charge of Cyber Security, Or the Power Grid Gets It | Electricity Grid in U.S. Penetrated By Spies | Pentagon…
p2pnet World Headlines - June 1, 2009 →
Homeland Security to scan fingerprints of travellers exiting the US IT News, Australia The US Department of Homeland Security is set to kickstart a controversial new pilot to scan the fingerprints of…
OECD Report Finds Canadian Broadband Slow,... →
In recent months, much of the discussion about high-speed Internet service in Canada has focused on two key issues - net neutrality and the need to bring broadband access to the remaining underserved…
UK chases Obama on cybersecurity →
This is really happening, and it’s being implemented on an international scale. If you appreciate the freedom of inquiry that the Internet has provided us with this past decade, you’d better do…
