Canada

Residents 'Own' Last-Mile in Canadian Broadband Trial

Stevie Converse — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 08:17:32 -0700

Meanwhile, Up North, a Newspaper Chain Actually Flourishes

Holiday Shapiro — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:01:31 -0700

Internet Throttling Ruling Due by End of October

Holiday Shapiro — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:47:42 -0700

Canada Says It Will Not Interfere with Telecom Firms

Stevie Converse — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 07:53:02 -0700

What If You Could Own Your Internet Connection?

Stevie Converse — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 07:08:02 -0700

Death of Free Internet is Imminent

Stevie Converse — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:45:59 -0700

Rogers Latest ISP to 'Help' Customers with DNS Redirects

Stevie Converse — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 08:26:49 -0700

Business Takes Sides in Net Neutrality Debate

Holiday Shapiro — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 07:25:03 -0700

Bell's Internet Throttling Illegal, Google Says

Stevie Converse — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:28:53 -0700

Google Inc. says Bell Canada Inc. is breaking Canadian telecommunications law by slowing certain internet traffic, and is urging the CRTC to take action against the company.

New Tool Would Help Internet Providers Thwart File-Sharing

Stevie Converse — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 07:13:17 -0700

Internet providers who selectively slow certain kinds of traffic on their networks, such as file-sharing, could soon have a new tool at their disposal to prevent savvy users from evading the speed controls.

Research by Italian engineers shows how providers like Bell and Rogers can use statistical methods to curb internet traffic even when the content is encrypted.

Bell Canada Defends Shaping Internet Traffic

Stevie Converse — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 07:59:00 -0700

Bell Canada Inc. has submitted detailed information to regulators in support of its controversial practice of "throttling" certain types of Internet traffic, a move the phone company argues is necessary to relieve congestion on its network.

CIPPIC Files Privacy Complaint Against Facebook

Stevie Converse — Fri, 30 May 2008 11:07:45 -0700

The Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC), based at the University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law, has asked the Privacy Commissioner of Canada to investigate alleged violations of Canadian privacy law by the popular social networking site, Facebook.

Canadian Punk Rocker-Turned-MP Submits Net Neutrality Bill

Stevie Converse — Thu, 29 May 2008 10:37:13 -0700

The network neutrality fight, which has absolutely exploded in Canada in recent months, now has even more ammo after a punk rocker-turned-MP introduced his own network neutrality bill at the House of Commons.

Canadians Rally for Net Neutrality

Stevie Converse — Thu, 29 May 2008 10:29:51 -0700

As a few hundred scruffy protesters gathered in Ottawa yesterday to support Net Neutrality, busloads of teenagers on school trips to visit Canada’s seat of government walked past them, blissfully unaware that the fight to keep Facebook free was happening right next to them.

Canadian Net Neutrality Bill About Fairness to Consumers

Stevie Converse — Thu, 29 May 2008 10:17:12 -0700

“This bill is about fairness to consumers,” Charlie Angus, NDP digital culture spokesman, told the House of Commons today.

“The internet is a critical piece of infrastructure not just for Canada but for the world … this bill protects the innovation agenda of Canada.”

Bell Canada Takeover Is Blocked

Stevie Converse — Thu, 22 May 2008 09:00:42 -0700

An appeals court quashed approval for the $51.8 billion leveraged buyout of Bell Canada on Wednesday after siding with angry bondholders in a ruling.

While the unanticipated decision may not be the final ruling on the buyout, the largest leveraged deal in history, it puts its future in legal jeopardy.

Bell Canada Accused of Privacy Violations

Stevie Converse — Wed, 14 May 2008 05:45:54 -0700

A public interest group in Canada has filed a complaint asking the country's privacy commissioner to investigate Bell Canada for allegedly managing Internet traffic in a way that violates users' privacy.

Rogers to Limit 'Free' Internet

Holiday Shapiro — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 06:35:18 -0700

Some of Rogers' heaviest Internet users could soon be reaching for their wallets before they download "free" movies or video games from file-sharing websites such as BitTorrent.

P2P Throttling Leading to Net Neutrality Showdown in Canada

Stevie Converse — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 06:44:23 -0700

Wireless Nomad, the small Canadian ISP that we profiled last year, has now stepped into the network neutrality debate (and we would expect nothing less from an ISP that was co-founded by a former EFF activist).

Independent Internet Providers Take Bell to Task

Stevie Converse — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 07:35:33 -0700

Call it 'traffic shaping' 'throttling' or just plain 'slowing things down', Canada's Internet Service Providers are not buying the arguments of Bell Canada concerning its network management techniques.