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Canada Drops Off the Spam Dirty Dozen

Good news today from Sophos as their quarterly report on the top 12 spam relaying countries did not include Canada.  This marks a major shift as Canada ranked as high as second only a couple of years ago.  While Sophos apparently attributes this to "the continued regulatory efforts as well […]

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April 20, 2006 4 comments News

CRTC “Analysis”

The CRTC and the regulation of telecom market has generated an enormous amount of interest in recent weeks with the Telecom Policy Review and CRTC decisions on local forebearance and regulation of mobile television. The coverage from the mainstream media has become entirely predictable – supplemented by supportive quotes from […]

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April 18, 2006 1 comment News

What Next For CRIA?

Howard with a comprehensive post on CRIA at the Copyright Board along with a lengthy list of recent missteps.

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April 13, 2006 Comments are Disabled News

We’re Number Eight!

The OECD’s latest report on country broadband statistics places Canada in eighth position worldwide.  While the release notes that this makes us the leading G7 country, this says more about how poorly the G7 countries rank than anything about Canadian success.  Indeed, it wasn’t long ago – in fact, only […]

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April 13, 2006 1 comment News

Report Questions UK File Sharing Costs

The Guardian runs a story on a Jupiter Research report that finds that the UK's recording industry has overestimated the costs of file sharing by as much as a factor of four.  The report doubts the industry's methodology and its claim of the impact of P2P on sales.

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April 13, 2006 Comments are Disabled News