Appeared in the Toronto Star on August 10, 2009 as Internet Providers Fight Over High-Speed Claims Appeared in the Ottawa Citizen on August 11, 2009 as Bell and Rogers Square Off Over Internet Speed Claims As two of Canada's biggest Internet service providers, Bell Canada and Rogers Communications are fierce […]
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Bell Takes Fee-For-Carriage to the Federal Court of Appeal
The Globe reports that Bell has filed an action in the Federal Court of Appeal challenging the CRTC's recent decision on fee-for-carriage, arguing that the Commission overstepped its jurisdiction.
CRTC Releases Communications Monitoring Report
The CRTC has released the second annual Communications Monitoring Report 2009. The nearly-300 page report is filled with data and charts that will generate considerable study and commentary. Some of the points that jumped out at me: Do-Not-Call: As of May 19th, there were over 6.8 million registrations, 145,000 complaints, […]
Bell Redirecting Failed DNS Lookups
For the past week, many people have written to me about Bell's new policy of redirecting failed DNS lookups to a company-sponsored click-ad page. Slashdot now covers the issue. Unhappy users can switch to OpenDNS to avoid the policy.
CRTC Issues Questions for Federal Ct on ISPs and Broadcast Act
The CRTC has issued the question to the Federal Court of Appeal regarding the applicability of the Broadcasting Act to ISPs.
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