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Internet too important for free-market economics4 comments

petenowak2000 wrote 2 weeks ago: An op-ed piece on broadband caps over on Ars Technica caught my attention over the weekend. In it, T … more →

Tags: Internet, Net Neutrality, Government

Economic Check List for Bandwidth Usage Enforcement

netequalizer wrote 2 months ago: I just got off the phone with a good friend of mine that contracts out IT support for about 40 resid … more →

Tags: Commentary and Editorials, Bandwidth Monitoring, bandwidth quota, data límit

Small Internet providers seek relief on pricing model

Jamie Sturgeon wrote 3 months ago: The country’s independent Internet providers are planning to ask federal regulators Friday to strike … more →

Tags: News, FP Tech Desk, Rogers, Bell Canada, bce, Videotron, Shaw, CRTC, ISPs

Tech in 2012: The end of unlimited Internet and the return of UBB

Jameson Berkow wrote 4 months ago: Get ready to start paying for your lunch with your smartphone and to welcome another tablet into you … more →

Tags: FP Tech Desk, Deloitte, UBB, near field communications, NFC, Deloitte & Touche

As bills climb for some, small Internet firms cry foul over CRTC ruling

Jamie Sturgeon wrote 5 months ago: The country’s independent Internet providers are challenging a regulatory ruling that allows l … more →

Tags: News, FP Tech Desk, Rogers, Bell, bce, CRTC, UBB, Telecom, Internet

How BitTorrent wants to save the Internet8 comments

Janko Roettgers wrote 6 months ago: This week’s talk about usage-based billing, spurred by the growing adoption of streaming services li … more →

Tags: Bandwidth Caps, Bittorrent, network congestion, P2P, UDP, UTP, µTP, tcp, QoS

Dead Horses and Internet Policy: the CRTC’s Usage-Based Billing and Vertical Integration Decisions as Lost Opportunities2 comments

Dwayne Winseck's Media Blog wrote 6 months ago: I wanted to write you a short blog post, but I postponed and pondered, and so wrote a long one inste … more →

Tags: Internet, media concentration, CRTC, vertical integration, Bell, internet policy

Usage-based billing (in)decision

Jameson Berkow wrote 6 months ago: Tuesday’s decision on usage-based billing (UBB) policies for Canadian Internet service was eit … more →

Tags: FP Tech Desk, CRTC, UBB, Internet

Bye Bye UBB1 comment

Laurel L. Russwurm wrote 6 months ago:   Yesterday the CRTC did an about face and reversed the terrible decision to allow Bell Canada … more →

Tags: Changing the world, Throttling, deep packet inspection, Rogers, Michael Geist, MTS Allstream, Bell, ISPs, huffington post

Usage-based billing decision: Reactions roll in

Jameson Berkow wrote 6 months ago: The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) handed down a compromise ruli … more →

Tags: FP Tech Desk, CRTC, UBB, Internet

CRTC offers compromise plan on usage-based billing

Jamie Sturgeon wrote 6 months ago: TORONTO — The country’s independent Internet service providers were hit Tuesday by a regulatory ruli … more →

Tags: FP Tech Desk, Canada, Bell, CRTC, ISPs, decision, UBB, Konrad von Finckenstein, TekSavvy

Today in tech: November 15

Jameson Berkow wrote 6 months ago: Tech firms making news this morning: Apple Inc., Cray Inc., International Business Machines (IBM) Co … more →

Tags: FP Tech Desk, Apple Inc, Apple, Google, twitter, Patents, Google Inc., Google Search, IBM

Post-PC era has arrived, report declares

Jameson Berkow wrote 7 months ago: For possibly the first time ever, the most popular online activity is being carried out on devices o … more →

Tags: FP Tech Desk, Google, Google Inc., YouTube, Netflix, Sandvine, Sandvine Corp., Netflix Inc., UBB

Bootup: Shaw poses 'no threat' to Netflix

Jameson Berkow wrote 10 months ago: Today in technology: Attempts by Shaw Communications Inc. to challenge video streaming giant Netflix … more →

Tags: FP Tech Desk, Netflix, Shaw, Netflix Inc., FP Tech Desk Morning Bootup, bootup, UBB, Shaw Communications Inc

Shaw clarifies position on Netflix rival, eases net neutrality concerns

Financial Post Staff wrote 10 months ago: By Matt Hartley and Jamie Sturgeon Shaw Communications Inc. subscribers who were hoping to sign up f … more →

Tags: FP Tech Desk, Shaw, CRTC, Shaw Communications Inc, Peter Bissonnette, Internet, over-the-top, media

Shaw launches Netflix rival, angers UBB critics

Matt Hartley wrote 10 months ago: UPDATE (Friday, July 15, 2011 3:35 p.m.) : Shaw has clarified its original position to state that mo … more →

Tags: FP Tech Desk, Rogers, BCE Inc, Rogers Communications Inc., Shaw, CRTC, Netflix Inc., UBB, Steve Anderson

Dream Bıg: Some Modest Reforms for the Telecom-Medıa-Internet (TMI) Industries in Canada

Dwayne Winseck's Media Blog wrote 10 months ago: I’m taking a break for a few weeks, but before here ıs a slightly extended versıon of my column ,ın … more →

Tags: Internet, media concentration, CRTC, UBB, Network Neutrality, broadband, Digital Media Industries, vertical integration

Podcast: The return of the UBB debate

Financial Post Staff wrote 10 months ago: Join Financial Post technology reporters Matt Hartley and Jameson Berkow every week as they break do … more →

Tags: FP Tech Desk, Rogers, Bell, CRTC, Michael Geist, isp, UBB, Internet

Rogers facing Internet throttling deadline

Jameson Berkow wrote 10 months ago: Are your online video games feeling a bit slow lately? Then you might be a Rogers Communications Inc … more →

Tags: FP Tech Desk, Rogers, internet throttling, Rogers Communications Inc., CRTC, Bittorrent, UBB, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commis, Peer-to-Peer


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