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Tuesday April 19, 2011 |
The OECD published its latest comparative
broadband Internet data
last week, confirming yet again that Canadian consumers pay more for
less when it comes to Internet access. While some will undoubtedly
claim that the OECD methodology is faulty, it should be noted that the data
is provided
to OECD member governments before publication. For this survey, the
OECD focused on three of Canada's largest ISPs - Bell, Shaw, and Rogers
- covering 18 of their offerings at a range of speeds and pricing
points.
The focus should be on the numbers, which tell a discouraging tale.
Among the findings on price of Internet services (all as of September
2010):
Speed
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Rank
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Overall
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28th out of
33
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Below 2.5
Mbps
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17th out of
24
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Between 2.5
an 15 Mbps
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28th out of
33
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Between 15
and 30 Mbps
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29th out of
33
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Over 45 Mbps
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23rd out of
28
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Wednesday March 30, 2011 |
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Teresa Murphy, who filed the original complaint against Rogers over its
throttling of World of Warcraft, has submitted a detailed
response
to the Rogers response. It calls on Rogers to drop its throttling
practices and reimburse subscribers for damages resulting from its
practices.
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Friday March 25, 2011 |
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Rogers has admitted
that its traffic management practices may interfere with World of
Warcraft. It says modifications to its software will not be ready until
June.
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Wednesday March 23, 2011 |
Bill C-32 looks to be headed for the dustbin if Canada heads into an
election this week, but the C-32 committee is still ongoing until
someone pulls the plug on the current Parlimentary session. Rogers,
Telus, and Bell appeared yesterday and the discussion unsurprisingly
focused on the notice-and-notice approach currently used by ISPs and
codified within the bill. The notice and notice system involves a
notification from a copyright holder - often involving movies, software
or music - claiming that a subscriber has made available or downloaded
content without authorization on file sharing systems. The ISP
forwards the notification to the subscriber but takes no other action -
it does not pass along the subscriber's personal information, remove
the content from its system, or cancel the subscriber's service.
While some rights holders (who the committee learned played a role in
establishing notice-and-notice in the first place) have claimed the
system is ineffective, Rogers came prepared with evidence about how the
system functions and on its effectiveness. It reports that it processed
207,000 notices in 2010, sending those notices to about five percent of
its customer base. In other words, 95% of its subscribers are not
identified by rights holders as copyright infringers - far from the
piracy haven that it often claimed. Of the households that receive
notices, only 1/3 receive a second notice. Of those that receive a
second notice, only 1/3 of those receive a third notice.
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