Post Tagged with: "internet service providers"

Netflix CEO: Canadian ISP Caps “Significant Negative”

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings has stated that he’s worried about the download caps imposed by Canadian ISPs, acknowledging that they could be “a significant negative for Netflix.”

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January 27, 2011 18 comments News

Government Reintroduces ISP Child Pornography Reporting Bill

The Government has reintroduced a bill designed to require providers of Internet services to report incidents of child pornography.  The bill was introduced as Bill C-58 last year.  I discussed the bill here. The new bill is Bill C-22.

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May 7, 2010 1 comment News

Government To Introduce ISP Child Porn Reporting Bill

Multiple reports this morning indicate that the government plans to introduce a new bill requiring ISPs to report child pornography websites to designated authorities. More on the bill when it is released, but the government is apparently treating this as part of the lawful access package. Further, cybertip.ca already provides […]

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November 23, 2009 12 comments News

National Television Coverage on Broadband

Both Global and CBC's The National covered the state of Canadian broadband in their national news late last week.

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October 19, 2009 2 comments News

Report Finds Canadian High-Speed Internet Slow, Expensive

Appeared in the Toronto Star on June 1, 2009 as High-speed Net Expensive, Slow: Report In recent months, much of the discussion about high-speed Internet service in Canada has focused on two key issues – net neutrality and the need to bring broadband access to the remaining underserved areas in […]

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June 1, 2009 1 comment Columns Archive