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April 3rd, 2008

Bell Canada doesn’t understand–Canadians want better Internet access

The ongoing saga of Bell Canada and their data throttling is getting even more interesting now as Bell has told the CRTC to, essentially, buzz off and let us do as we wish:
The CRTC on March 3 reiterated that third-party companies should continue to be able to rent telephone companies’ networks in order to provide […]

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March 27th, 2008

Is the tide turning on Bell Canada and Net Neutrality in Canada? Hope so.

The story about Bell Canada throttling traffic on its network is building steam.  I covered this a bit yesterday in my post, but Michael Geist adds a couple new wrinkles to this that I hadn’t considered:
Sources advise that the company was regularly asked about its intentions and that it consistently assured ISPs that throttling would […]

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March 26th, 2008

Michael Geist to discuss journalism, the Internet, and the law April 3 at UBC

Caught on Techvibes earlier today:
The Canadian Journalism Foundation (CJF) is hosting a presentation on April 3rd in Vancouver titled The Law and the Internet: What you can and cannot do. Source: Internet Law: What You Can and Cannot Do | Techvibes Blog
The speaker is the esteemed Michael Geist, who I met a couple years ago […]

By Tris Hussey -- 4 comments

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