A new study comparing five parliamentary democracies ranks Canada last on the effectiveness of its access to information legislation.
Archive for January, 2011
The Netflix Effect in Canada
Credit Suisse has conducted a study that unsurprisingly finds that Canadian ISP pricing leads to sticker shock for those subscribing to services such as Netflix. That will only continue with ISPs such as Primus and Shaw introducing new limits on their bandwidth caps.
FCC Launches Open Internet Apps Challenge
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has launched an Open Internet apps challenge, inviting the public to produce research and create apps that empower consumers to monitor and protect Internet openness.
Cambridge University Responds to Bank Card Takedown Demand
Earlier this week I posted on the UK Bank Card Association demand that Cambridge University take down a student research paper that the association said overstepped responsible disclosure. The University responds [PDF]: “you seem to think that we might censor a student’s thesis, which is lawful and already in the […]
The State of IPv6 in Canada
A report on the state of IPv6 deployment in Canada concludes that we are: significantly lower than countries it normally likes to compare itself with. Traditionally the IP Transit market in Canada was heavily dominated by Canadian Companies. However these companies have missed the boat in the new world of […]