Appeared in the Toronto Star on October 12, 2009 as Do-Not-Call List Undermined By Loopholes in Law This month marks the one-year anniversary of the launch of Canada's do-not-call list. Over the past 12 months, millions of Canadians have registered their numbers on the list and filed hundreds of thousands […]
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CRTC Calls For Expanded Copying For Private Use
The Government is still in the midst of posting copyright consultation submissions. Yesterday it posted a notable response from the CRTC yesterday. While it was somewhat surprising for the Commission to participate in the consultation, it used the opportunity to focus on three issues – tariff setting for radio, streamlining […]
DNCL Violator Responds to CRTC Fine
P2Pnet.net reports on the response from Rob Sugar to a do-not-call list violation fine.
Rogers Restructures Bill: Drops System Access Fee, Adds Government Regulatory Recovery Fee
The National Post reports Rogers will become the first of the big three wireless companies to drop the system access fee as a line-item in customers' bills. In its place, the company is incorporating the cost into plan fees (ie. plan costs are increasing) and adding a "government regulatory recovery […]
FCC Takes Stand For Net Neutrality
FCC Chair Julius Genachowski is delivering a speech this morning that takes a strong stand for a free and open Internet (the U.S. regulator has also launched OpenInternet.gov as a site to debate the issue). A transcript of the prepared remarks indicates that the FCC Chair wants to formally establish six principles as Commission rules related to net neutrality. The FCC is focusing on non-discrimination and tranparency as well as making it clear that the rules should apply across platforms – broadband, mobile, and satellite. Key quotes:
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