Appeared in the Toronto Star on January 19, 2009 as Flaherty Budget Could Put Tech Back on Track Finance Minister Jim Flaherty will rise in the House of Commons next week to deliver the most anticipated federal budget in years. The subject of town hall meetings, corporate consultations, and political […]
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CRTC Orders Telcos To Match Broadband Speeds for Independent ISPs
The CBC reports that the CRTC has ordered Canadian telecommunications companies to offer the same Internet speeds to smaller wholesale customers as they themselves sell on a retail basis. The case arises from a complaint by Cybersurf, which argued that the DSL service it was able to offer its retail […]
UK ISPs Agree To Greater Speed Transparency
The BBC reports that UK ISPs have agreed to support a regulator-backed code of practice that will give customers more information about broadband speeds.
CRTC Decision Not the Final Word On Net Neutrality
My weekly technology law column (Toronto Star version, homepage version) discusses last week's CRTC decision in the CAIP v. Bell case. Echoing my remarks immediately after the decision, I argue in the column that the decision is not the final word on net neutrality in Canada, but rather the first […]
CRTC Decision Not the Final Word on Net Neutrality
Appeared in the Toronto Star on November 24, 2008 as CRTC Decision Not the Last Word on Net Neutrality The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission last week issued its much-anticipated ruling on the legality of Internet throttling, a controversial practice employed by some Internet service providers that reduces speeds for […]
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