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Telcos Launch Data Roaming Alerts

Bell and Rogers have introduced new alerts to guard against shocking roaming fees. Yet as Dave Dobbin of Mobilicity notes “Why don’t they just lower the price to a reasonable amount? Why don’t they just stop overcharging customers?â€

August 5, 2011 — 3 comments — News

Canadian Gamers Launch Group on Net Neutrality Issues

Canadian gamers have launched a new group to monitor and test net neutrality concerns. The move comes following complaints over Rogers throttling of World of Warcraft.

August 5, 2011 — Comments are Disabled — News

Parsons on ISP Audits

Christopher Parsons makes a compelling case for the CRTC conducting regular audits of Canadian ISPs to test for a range of issues including uptime, throttling, actual speeds, and congestion.

August 5, 2011 — 2 comments — News

UK To Introduce Private Copying Exception With No Levy

The UK Government has issued its response to the Hargreaves Report, noting that it will be dropping prior plans to implement an ISP blocking scheme and will introduce new exceptions for parody and private copying without a levy: The Government will therefore bring forward proposals in autumn 2011 for a […]

August 3, 2011 — 5 comments — News