Archive for March, 2008

The Minneapolis Muni WiFi Model

CNET reports on the Minneapolis approach to municipal wifi that will cover a 59 square mile network by the end of the month.

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March 17, 2008 Comments are Disabled News

Business on the Hotseat Over Net Censorship

Appeared in the Toronto Star on March 17, 2008 as Business in the Hotseat over Net Censorship As the Internet moved into the mainstream in the mid-1990s, John Gilmore, one of the founders of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, coined the phrase "the Internet interprets censorship as damage and routes around […]

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March 17, 2008 Comments are Disabled Columns Archive

Rogers Broadband: New Caps But No New Transparency

Earlier today, I spoke to representatives from Rogers, who advised that they are implementing new caps and fees for broadband customers.  In letters going out this week, the company will advise that their "Express" service will have a 60 GB monthly cap with an overage charge of $2 per GB […]

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March 17, 2008 42 comments News

Canadian Spectrum Auction Bidders

Industry Canada has the complete list, Canadian Press offers an overview, while the National Post has extensive coverage of some of the major players here, here, and here.

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March 17, 2008 Comments are Disabled News

Moore on Brunet

Christopher Moore blogs about Claude Brunet's keynote at the Access Copyright annual meeting.  While I obviously strongly disagree with the characterization of the Fair Copyright for Canada Facebook group, Moore's emphasis on contract rather than copyright is an important issue that is too often overlooked.

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March 16, 2008 Comments are Disabled News