Appeared in the Toronto Star on November 5, 2007 as Broadcasters, ISPs Putting Up Internet Borders When Rogers Communications began promoting its Rogers@Home high-speed Internet service nearly a decade ago, the company branded it "the Internet on Cable." Years later, their service, as well as those of their competitors, is […]
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Verizon Wireless has agreed to reimburse $1 million to customers and pay $150,000 in penalties for advertising "unlimited" broadband plans that restricted downloading and featured an undisclosed bandwidth cap. Sound familiar?
Green Party Adopts Net Neutrality in Policy Platform
The Green Party, which released its policy position document today, has called for net neutrality legislation and ISP safe harbours. The Vision Green statement states: The Green Party of Canada is committed to the original design principle of the internet – network neutrality: the idea that a maximally useful public […]
Green Party Adopts Net Neutrality in Policy Platform
The Green Party, which released its policy position document today, has called for net neutrality legislation and ISP safe harbours. The Vision Green statement states: The Green Party of Canada is committed to the original design principle of the internet – network neutrality: the idea that a maximally useful public […]
Canadians Deserve Better ISP Transparency
My weekly law and technology column (Toronto Star version, Ottawa Citizen version, homepage version) picks up on last week's Leger Marketing survey that found that Canadians are generally unaware of net neutrality issues, yet, when informed of the concern, strongly support the principles that provide the foundation for net neutrality legislation.
Most Canadians can hardly be faulted for being unaware of net neutrality since ISPs have done their best to keep the issue off the public's radar screen. While solving the net neutrality issue will not happen overnight, addressing the lack of transparency associated with Internet services would go a long way toward creating a more informed debate.
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