Appeared in the Toronto Star on September 20, 2010 as Media Mergers the Latest Stab at ‘Walled Garden’ Strategy In the years before the emergence of the Internet, three online service providers battled in the United States for market supremacy. America Online (later AOL), Prodigy, and Compuserve each adopted “walled […]
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Competition Concerns Drive CRTC Internet Provider Policy
Appeared in the Toronto Star on September 6, 2010 as Competition Concerns Drive CRTC Internet Provider Policy Recent data on Internet use in Canada suggests that most people reading this subscribe to broadband services and that virtually all those subscribers are with a major telecommunications or cable company. Indeed, the […]
CRTC Mandates Wholesale Access for ISPs
The CRTC yesterday affirmed an earlier decision requiring incumbents to grant wholesale access to faster speeds to independent ISPs. The government could still overrule the decision within the next 90 days.
NDP Criticizes Google – Verizon Net Neutrality Deal
The NDP has published a release criticizing the Google – Verizon net neutrality deal, expressing concern about the side deal. The deal treats wired and wireless services in a different manner, something the CRTC has rejected as part of its traffic management guidelines.
Telecom Complaints Commissioner Remains a Relative Unknown
Notwithstanding the public interest, the Commissioner for Complaints for Telecommunications Services toils in relative anonymity. Established in 2007, the CCTS came as part of a deregulation bargain initiated by then-Industry Minister Maxime Bernier, who deregulated many local telephone markets and established an industry-funded telecom complaints commissioner.
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