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Voltage’s choice of defendant made ‘difference’ in class action failure: expert

The movie studio that has for years sought to sue alleged copyright infringers in Canada has been denied by the Federal Court the ability to sue thousands of Canadians at once, in a case that one expert said may have rested on who the plaintiffs chose as the lead defendant. 

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CRTC speeches preview 2019 CMR numbers 

Canadians are continuing to consume media from traditional broadcasters, while the percentage of households who have access to basic service standard speeds has increased slightly, according to figures from the 2019 edition of the Communications Monitoring Report (CMR) cited by a CRTC representatives.

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Hydro pole rates a problem for rural connectivity: CCSA vice-chair

NORTH BAY, Ont. — Higher rates telecom providers must pay to connect to hydro poles in Ontario are especially onerous in rural areas, Angela Lawrence, vice-chair at Canadian Communication Systems Alliance (CCSA) and general manager at Hay Communications Co-operative Ltd., said at a rural broadband conference this week.

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Not enough money for rural broadband, conference hears

NORTH BAY Ont. — The CRTC announced on Wednesday that it is now accepting a second round of applications for its Broadband Fund, as those in attendance at a conference focusing on rural connectivity heard about the need for more funding and more intergovernmental cooperation to ease bureaucratic barriers.

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Fibre company Beanfield acquired

U.S.-based investment company Digital Colony has made another major purchase of Canadian telecom-owned assets this year, announcing on Wednesday the acquisition of fibre internet provider Beanfield Technologies Inc. 

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Cablecos, Telus join Bell in petition to government on wholesale rate cut

Wednesday saw a flurry of legal moves to overturn a CRTC decision that cut the rates wholesale internet resellers pay for bandwidth from the incumbents, as  BCE Inc., Telus Corp. and the country’s major cable companies filed three separate petitions to the governor-in-council asking it to reverse the decision, and Telus doubled up by also filing a review-and-vary application with the regulator. 

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CRTC has sole jurisdiction over in-building wire: Ontario court

The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has ruled against BCE Inc. in favour of Internet service provider CloudWifi Inc. in a dispute over whether the issue of the ISP accessing Bell wires in multi-dwelling units is a property dispute or a regulatory matter.

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BDUs appeal new distant signal tariffs

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The country’s largest TV service providers are appealing an increase in the over-the-air distant signal retransmission tariff imposed by the Copyright Board in December, in part because they argue the decision doesn’t take into consideration the new realities of modern viewing. 

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Internet code will make it too hard to cut off non-payers: Xplornet 

The forthcoming Internet code from the CRTC would make it far too hard for Xplornet Communications Inc. to disconnect customers that haven’t paid, the company argues in a filing to the regulator from October 29. 

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Privacy commissioners call for updated privacy law

In a joint resolution, passed in Prince Edward Island last month and announced in Gatineau last week, federal, provincial and territorial information and privacy commissioners are calling on their respective governments to “modernize” various pieces of privacy legislation currently on the books. 

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