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Yet Another Global Study Finds Canada Lagging on Broadband
Research teams from the Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford and the University of Oviedo’s Department of Applied Economics (supported by Cisco) have released a new study on global broadband quality. Researchers analyzed approximately 24 million broadband speed test records from Speedtest.net from May to July of this […]
The Three Laws of Open Government Data
David Eaves has a great post on the three laws of open government data: find it, play with it, and share it.
DNCL Violator Responds to CRTC Fine
P2Pnet.net reports on the response from Rob Sugar to a do-not-call list violation fine.
Business Resumes Attack on Canadian Anti-Spam Legislation
Business groups resumed their attacks on proposed anti-spam legislation yesterday. The Investment Funds Institute of Canada argued against consent provisions before a House of Commons committee.
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