Neutrality

Mossberg on Free My Phone

The WSJ's Walt Mossberg with a terrific op-ed on the need to free the cellphone market.

October 22, 2007 — Comments are Disabled — Neutrality

Green Party Adopts Net Neutrality in Policy Platform

The Green Party, which released its policy position document today, has called for net neutrality legislation and ISP safe harbours. The Vision Green statement states: The Green Party of Canada is committed to the original design principle of the internet – network neutrality: the idea that a maximally useful public […]

October 15, 2007 — Comments are Disabled — Neutrality

Canadians Deserve Better ISP Transparency

My weekly law and technology column (Toronto Star version, Ottawa Citizen version, homepage version) picks up on last week's Leger Marketing survey that found that Canadians are generally unaware of net neutrality issues, yet, when informed of the concern, strongly support the principles that provide the foundation for net neutrality legislation.

Most Canadians can hardly be faulted for being unaware of net neutrality since ISPs have done their best to keep the issue off the public's radar screen. While solving the net neutrality issue will not happen overnight, addressing the lack of transparency associated with Internet services would go a long way toward creating a more informed debate.

October 9, 2007 — Comments are Disabled — Neutrality

Poll Finds Canadians Strongly Support Net Neutrality Legislation

A new poll by Leger Marketing (commissioned by eBay) finds that Canadians are generally unware of net neutrality issues, yet strongly support the principles that provide the foundation for net neutrality legislation. In particular, the survey found that: three in five Canadians concur that ISPs should be required to treat […]

October 1, 2007 — Comments are Disabled — Neutrality