Akamai has released its latest State of the Internet Report and it finds that Canada continues to slide in global broadband rankings. Last year, the Akamai report was often favoured by those who took issue with criticisms of Canadian broadband, claiming it offered “an objective sanity check” on comparative broadband […]
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Akamai’s State of the Internet: Canada Drops to 13th for Broadband Speeds
Akamai has released its latest State of the Internet report. The report ranks Canada 13th worldwide for average broadband speed, down from a tie for 9th in the last quarter.
ITU Report Says Canada Slipped to 26th Worldwide in ICT Development Index
The International Telecommunications Union yesterday released its Measuring the Information Society 2011 report, which benchmarks information society developments worldwide. The centrepiece of the report is the ICT Development Index, which tracks 11 different indicators focused on access, use, and skills (the eleven indicators are: fixed telephone line subscriptions, mobile subscriptions, […]
Why European Broadband is Faster and Cheaper
Engadget features a great piece on the link between government regulation and broadband. While the piece is focused on the EU vs. US, many of the same lessons apply in Canada.
OECD Report Ranks Canada Among Most Expensive Broadband Countries
The OECD has released its latest round of data on broadband services in 33 of the world’s most developed countries [update: While today’s release is new and incorporates this information into the OECD Communications Outlook 2011, a reader points out the broadband data was first released two months ago]. While […]
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