CRTC Chair Konrad von Finckenstein delivered a speech this week in which he challenged reports that the do-not-call list is being misused. Von Finckenstein stated that: I would like to take this opportunity to deflate an urban myth that has emerged about misuse of the list. There have been allegations […]
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Canwest reports that a Canadian researcher has told a U.S. Senate committee that the major telcos mark-up the cost of sending a text-message by as much as 4,900 percent.

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