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Conservatives and NDP united for enforcement of wholesale rates
telecom | 05/05/2020 5:27 pm EDT
Opposition parties that normally hold differing views on any given issue are finding themselves agreeing on some telecom-adjacent files in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, with both the Conservatives and NDP calling for the government to support lower wholesale internet...
Cogeco to bring back overage fees as of May 1
telecom | 04/30/2020 2:10 pm EDT
Cogeco Inc. will again start charging overage fees to its home internet customers who exceed their data limits as of Friday, with the company instead focusing on other measures it considers to “be more essential” to its customers. It’s the first internet service provider to confirm its suspension of data overage charges will end. A Cogeco spokesperson told The Wire Report that its suspension of data overage charges — introduced in response to the COVID-19 pandemic on Mar. 20 — would end on Thursday as it prioritized other temporary measures. “We have decided to focus...
Retroactive payments for wholesale rates are not a tax: CNOC
telecom | 04/29/2020 5:45 pm EDT
In a Tuesday filing with the Federal Court of Appeal, the Canadian Network Operators Consortium (CNOC) said that the appeal of the CRTC's August wholesale rate decision by some six companies should be...
‘Work together,’ CRTC tells wholesale-based ISPs, incumbents
telecom | 04/23/2020 1:21 pm EDT
The CRTC has responded to a letter from The Canadian Network Operators...
TekSavvy also calls for lower, emergency wholesale rates
telecom | 04/14/2020 6:42 pm EDT
TekSavvy Solutions Inc. is joining a call made last week by Conservative...
Incumbents using COVID-19 to tamper with procedures, CNOC, TekSavvy claim
telecom | 04/09/2020 8:07 pm EDT
The Canadian Network Operators Consortium (CNOC) and TekSavvy Solutions Inc. are alleging that the incumbent telecoms from whom they purchase wholesale high-speed internet access are making changes to...
Rempel Garner calls on Bains, CRTC to enforce wholesale rates
telecom | 04/09/2020 5:15 pm EDT
Conservative industry critic Michelle Rempel Garner has called on Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains and the CRTC to issue an emergency directive forcing the big telecom companies to abide by the terms of the regulator's August 2019 decision on wholesale rates.
Referencing...
Teksavvy lays off staff, increases internet bills
telecom | 03/26/2020 6:39 pm EDT
Teksavvy Solutions Inc. has laid off 130 staff and will implement a flat $5 bill increase for its...
COVID-19 prompts multiple ISPs to suspend data caps
telecom | 03/13/2020 5:46 pm EDT
Multiple Canadian internet providers have suspended caps on data usage as they prepare for a huge...
Site-blocking further expanded in GoldTV case
Media | 03/13/2020 4:28 pm EDT
BCE Inc., Quebecor Inc.'s Groupe TVA, and Rogers Communications Inc. — the trio of companies behind Canada's first ever website-blocking order — have submitted a draft order adding new domains to the Federal Court. In a...
Canadian prices will ‘always be higher’: Bragg
telecom | 02/21/2020 7:40 pm EST
GATINEAU, Que. — According to Lee Bragg, CEO of Bragg Communications Inc.’s Eastlink, it is “really...
Teksavvy asks Competition Bureau to investigate Rogers, Bell
telecom | 02/20/2020 6:42 pm EST
The Competition Bureau has been asked to investigate a “pattern of anti-competitive activities” in wholesale and retail internet markets by BCE Inc. and Rogers Communications, in a complaint filed...
CIPPIC, CIRA to challenge court authority in site-blocking case
telecom | 02/07/2020 3:54 pm EST
Both the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) and the Canadian...
VMedia blasts ‘regressive’ BTLR recommendation
telecom | 02/05/2020 4:38 pm EST
VMedia Inc. says a recommendation from the Broadcasting and Telecommunications Legislative Review...
Teksavvy calls for public support in wholesale rates battle
telecom | 01/20/2020 3:47 pm EST
TekSavvy Solutions Inc. has launched a public campaign urging the federal government to reject petitions filed by the major telecommunications providers, calling on it to reverse a CRTC decision that...
Incumbents, small telecoms pan Competition Bureau MVNO proposal
telecom | 01/14/2020 5:54 pm EST
Telecom providers both big and small have unanimously rejected a Competition Bureau proposal to allow strictly-regulated mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) access to the Big Three’s networks for five years, but for vastly different reasons.
The bureau endorsed a...
Court docs detail expansion of Canadian website-blocking order
Media | 01/08/2020 4:58 pm EST
Fresh documents are shedding light on how Canada’s first piracy case...
Bell says CRTC used bad costing process in wholesale rate decision
telecom | 01/03/2020 5:28 pm EST
In yet another appeal of the CRTC’s decision lowering wholesale internet rates, BCE Inc. filed a fresh review-and-vary application to the regulator the week before Christmas, arguing that that the...
Videotron ‘diving’ like a soccer player over gigabit internet: TekSavvy
telecom | 11/27/2019 4:15 pm EST
Quebecor Inc.’s cancellation of its gigabit internet service is akin to a soccer player diving, or feigning injury to draw a penalty, TekSavvy Solutions Inc. is arguing in an intervention to the...
TekSavvy files appeal against site-blocking order
telecom | 11/25/2019 4:19 pm EST
Internet service provider TekSavvy Solutions Inc. has appealed a Federal Court order requiring ISPs to...
Court orders Canadian ISPs to block pirate website for the first time
Media | 11/15/2019 6:35 pm EST
In a precedent-setting decision, a Federal Court judge has ordered internet service providers to block specific websites hosting copyright-infringing TV content.
In a Nov....
Large telecoms say small ISPs should be subject to Internet Code too
telecom | 11/08/2019 5:20 pm EST
A few months ahead of the introduction of the CRTC’s Internet Code, scheduled for Jan. 31,, a grouping of the largest telecom companies in the country are asking the regulator to make the code apply...
TekSavvy sticking to lower internet prices despite wholesale rate stay
telecom | 09/30/2019 12:13 pm EDT
The temporary nature of the decision by the Federal Court of Appeal to...
CRTC has no jurisdiction over site-blocking request, big telecoms argue
Media | 09/26/2019 5:31 pm EDT
BCE Inc., Quebecor Inc. and Rogers Communications Inc. are arguing in...
Federal Court could hold wholesale rate hearing on Friday
telecom | 09/25/2019 4:33 pm EDT
A Federal Court judge is asking BCE Inc. to explain why it should hold an oral hearing about whether it should review and freeze a CRTC decision that slashed wholesale internet rates big telecoms...
Site-blocking is domain of CRTC, TekSavvy tells court
telecom | 09/24/2019 9:16 pm EDT
Even if the large telecoms satisfy the court’s threshold to move forward with forcing internet service...
Distributel asks court for ability to challenge future site-blocking
Media | 09/19/2019 7:22 pm EDT
In the event Federal Court allows a site-blocking application brought by...
Telecoms say CRTC wholesale decision violates Harper-era directive
telecom | 09/17/2019 5:13 pm EDT
In their Friday appeal of the CRTC decision on wholesale internet rates, the affected cable companies are asking the Federal Court of Appeal to defer to a 2006 Harper-era directive that advised the...
Telecoms ‘caught off guard’ by allegations piracy promoted at retailers: Super Channel
Media | 09/16/2019 6:38 pm EDT
Allarco Entertainment 2008 Inc.’s Super Channel...
Ordering pirate site blocking would ‘leapfrog’ BTLR: TekSavvy lawyer
Media | 09/13/2019 3:42 pm EDT
OTTAWA — On the second and final day of a potentially precedent-setting court hearing on site-blocking, a Federal Court judge gave the parties until Wednesday to negotiate a revised draft site blocking motion. The original motion from the plaintiffs in the case — BCE Inc., Rogers Communications Inc., and Quebecor Inc. — would require seven third-party internet service providers (ISPs) to block GoldTV.ca and GoldTV.biz, two pirate “IPTV” websites the plaintiffs are suing. ...
Telecoms’ site-blocking court request ‘draconian,’ TekSavvy argues
Media | 09/11/2019 6:10 pm EDT
OTTAWA — Lawyers representing BCE Inc., Quebecor Inc.’s Groupe TVA, and Rogers Communications Inc. asked a Federal Court judge this morning for a court order that would force a number of internet...
New aggregated wholesale rates ‘fair,’ ‘reasonable’: smaller ISPs
telecom | 08/15/2019 6:16 pm EDT
Wholesale-based ISPs are praising a decision by the CRTC to lower the rates...
Federal Court rules Rogers entitled to $35 per hour for subscriber disclosure
Media | 08/08/2019 6:22 pm EDT
The Federal Court is setting at $35 the hourly rate that Rogers...
Federal Court grants injunction against GoldTV
telecom | 08/07/2019 6:51 pm EDT
OTTAWA — A Federal Court judge has granted an interim ban on what the big telecom companies are...
Some consumers uncertain about wholesale competitor quality: Comp Bureau
telecom | 08/07/2019 11:00 am EDT
Despite being “impressed” by the competitive presence of wholesale-based internet competitors, the Competition Bureau said there’s still a bit of uncertainty about how...
CRTC asks wireless providers to justify post-data cap throttling
telecom | 07/04/2019 4:52 pm EDT
The CRTC has asked several telecoms to explain how their throttling of wireless speeds once customers exceed their data allotments doesn’t violate the commission’s regulatory policy on internet...
Shaw says patience, not regulation, required to see organic MVNO market
telecom | 05/17/2019 4:55 pm EDT
Shaw Communications Inc.’s Freedom, the country’s major fourth wireless player, says it is most susceptible to harm if the CRTC decides to mandate MVNO access to incumbent facilities, and that...
Long-time TekSavvy lawyer appointed to Federal Court
Media | 05/06/2019 4:25 pm EDT
Nicholas McHaffie, who served as counsel to TekSavvy Solutions Inc. in its long-running legal saga against movie studios looking to get the personal information of Canadians in copyright cases, has been appointed to the Federal...
Telus appealing CRTC speed cap relief
telecom | 04/18/2019 5:00 pm EDT
Telus Corp. is going to court over the CRTC’s decision last month to grant smaller internet providers a...
Small telecoms call for more forceful language in policy direction
telecom | 04/16/2019 6:19 pm EDT
The CRTC’s new, consumer-focused policy direction doesn’t go far...
CanWISP asks BTLR for help solving disagreements with incumbents
telecom | 03/29/2019 3:19 pm EDT
There should be a mechanism in place to help resolve disputes between small ISPs and incumbents, an organization representing wireless internet service providers told the panel in charge of reviewing...
CRTC lifts 100 Mbps wholesale internet speed cap – for now
telecom | 03/21/2019 5:39 pm EDT
The CRTC has quietly informed wholesale-based internet service providers...
TekSavvy to lobby feds on speed caps in disaggregated regime
telecom | 03/15/2019 5:14 pm EDT
TekSavvy Solutions Inc. has hired a new consultant lobbyist to raise...
CRTC defends CMR practices in letter to TekSavvy
telecom | 03/07/2019 4:56 pm EST
The CRTC said it has improved the timely release of data it siphons through its communications monitoring report (CMR) and will continue to pursue shortening those timelines, according to a letter addressed to TekSavvy Solutions Inc. Last month, the Chatham, Ont.-based telecom filed a complaint to the CRTC about some of its CMR release practices, suggesting the regulator’s report lacks comparable data, doesn’t factor certain data found in its datasets and its release times have been failing industry requirements. The broadcasting portion of the CMR was released late last month. But...
‘Competition’ definition key to impact of new CRTC directive: experts
telecom | 02/27/2019 6:08 pm EST
The new policy direction for the CRTC announced by the federal government...
Federal Court says disclosure motions need ‘best available evidence’
Media | 02/22/2019 6:13 pm EST
Key evidence relied upon by movie studios in a substantial chunk of copyright infringement cases that have yielded vast sums of money from settlements has been ruled insufficient by a Federal Court...
Lack of clear CRTC industry data is an obstacle: small ISPs
telecom | 02/13/2019 8:47 pm EST
TekSavvy Solutions Inc. has filed a complaint with the CRTC flagging a concern that the regulator’s latest data report doesn’t provide a clear picture of the industry, which could make it more...
TekSavvy launches IPTV service
Media | 02/01/2019 5:11 pm EST
TekSavvy Solutions Inc. is now offering IPTV in Chatham, Ont., and the service will become available in...
‘Many’ ISPs could shut down due to wholesale regime: CNOC
telecom | 01/17/2019 4:34 pm EST
Small, wholesale-based internet service providers could be forced out of business within the next few years due to the CRTC’s disaggregated wholesale regime, the Canadian Network Operators’ Consortium (CNOC) is telling the panel in charge of reviewing Canada’s...
ISPs can resell wholesale service to other providers: CRTC
telecom | 12/11/2018 5:59 pm EST
The CRTC has sided with a small telecom that was reselling wholesale...
TekSavvy tells CRTC about incumbents trying to ‘poach’ customers
telecom | 10/24/2018 6:17 pm EDT
GATINEAU — TekSavvy Solutions Inc. told the CRTC Wednesday that a sales...
Allow ISPs to apply notice-forwarding costs to deter abuse: Telus
Media | 10/02/2018 8:21 am EDT
OTTAWA -- Fraudulent copyright infringement claims made through Canada’s...
Big telecoms ask MPs for beefed up anti-piracy measures
Media | 09/27/2018 12:37 pm EDT
Some of the battles taking place before the CRTC related to site-blocking...
SCC denies Voltage appeal in costs case
Media | 08/10/2018 12:54 pm EDT
The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) will not hear an appeal from an American movie studio challenging a Canadian court’s decision forcing it to pay court costs upfront for a defendant it is looking to sue for copyright...
TekSavvy gets fewer info requests
telecom | 07/26/2018 5:46 pm EDT
TekSavvy Solutions Inc. saw a declining number of government requests for its subscriber information over...
TekSavvy FTTP facilities construction underway
telecom | 07/24/2018 5:26 pm EDT
TekSavvy Solutions Inc. will invest up to $26 million over a year and a half to build out an open access...
CRTC to hold sales practices hearing in October
telecom | 07/16/2018 1:57 pm EDT
The CRTC will question telecoms about their sales practices at an October hearing in Gatineau, Que., the regulator said Monday as it launched a consultation. The proceeding is in response to an order by the federal government...
Bains says spectrum auction dates to give industry predictability
telecom | 06/06/2018 6:51 pm EDT
TORONTO — Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains announced Wednesday the timing of the next three spectrum auctions — including the much talked-about 3.5 GHz — as well as a...
Making net neutrality law redundant: telecom execs
Media | 06/05/2018 9:37 pm EDT
TORONTO — If there was a single point of agreement among panelists representing both small and big...
It’s not ‘notice-and-Norwich,’ SCC to hear in disclosure costs case
Media | 04/20/2018 11:33 am EDT
The notice-and-notice regime requires internet service providers (ISPs) to...
High fees, lack of understanding limit personal info access: Citizen Lab
telecom | 02/12/2018 5:38 pm EST
Financial barriers and complex responses still deter individuals from...
TekSavvy offering near 1 GB speeds
telecom | 01/29/2018 2:25 pm EST
TekSavvy Solutions Inc. has become the “first independent Canadian telecom service provider” to offer...
CRTC declines review request on internet affordability
telecom | 01/25/2018 5:14 pm EST
In a Thursday decision, the CRTC denied an effort by a collection of public advocacy groups that sought to have the regulatory body take a firmer stance on affordability of internet access.
The coalition, comprised of five advocacy groups — the Public Interest Advocacy...
TekSavvy appealing disclosure order involving 13 ISPs
telecom | 11/23/2017 5:03 pm EST
TekSavvy Solutions Inc. is appealing a Federal Court order to disclose the identities of some of its...
TekSavvy releases quarterly transparency report
telecom | 11/10/2017 5:52 pm EST
TekSavvy Solutions Inc. released the first edition of a quarterly transparency report on Friday, which...
Telus leads in end-of-summer lobbying activity
Media | 09/25/2017 5:31 pm EDT
Telus Corp. was far and away the busiest industry stakeholder when it came to...
Bram Abramson leaving TekSavvy
telecom | 09/11/2017 5:09 pm EDT
Bram Abramson, chief legal and regulatory officer at TekSavvy Solutions Inc., is leaving the company....
Small ISPs welcome rollout of disaggregated wholesale regime
telecom | 08/29/2017 6:17 pm EDT
The CRTC kickstarted the industry’s move to a disaggregated wholesale...
Telecom, broadcasting lobbying hits July lag
Media | 08/16/2017 3:41 pm EDT
July lobbying activity was affected by the expected summer slowdown that comes with Parliament not...
U.S. broadcasters look to resume retransmission row
Media | 07/21/2017 2:52 pm EDT
A group of American TV stations seems to be renewing its efforts to put compensation for signals...
FCC’s net neutrality changes could affect Canada, some experts say
telecom | 07/12/2017 4:37 pm EDT
On Wednesday, major internet and tech companies teamed up to rally against...
No wholesale obligations for new broadband fund projects: telcos
telecom | 07/04/2017 5:17 pm EDT
Mandating wholesale access as a condition of funding for projects under the CRTC’s new broadband funding regime will increase costs while effectively discouraging investment, two of the country’s largest telcos said. “While we recognize that the Commission has historically required wholesale access as a condition of receiving subsidies, there should be no obligation to provide wholesale access services under this program,” BCE Inc. said in an intervention in a consultation on the new regime. The CRTC issued a call in April for input on the $750-million fund for improving...
CCSA leads lobbying after Hill visit
Media | 06/26/2017 2:55 pm EDT
Last month’s deluge of Canadian Cable Systems Alliance (CCSA) members on Parliament Hill for the...
Rightsholders ask court for I.D. of customers of 13 ISPs
Media | 06/08/2017 1:55 pm EDT
Three movie studios have gone through the Canadian court system to identify...
Incumbents defend wireless prices after Bains criticism
telecom | 06/06/2017 7:59 pm EDT
TORONTO — Representatives from the big three were on the defense a day...
Appeal court rules ISPs can’t charge for disclosing customer info
Media | 05/11/2017 4:15 pm EDT
The Federal Court of Appeal has granted Voltage Pictures LLC its appeal challenging the costs Rogers Communications Inc. was asking for to disclose customer information in...
Cable sufficient alternative in wholesale service area gaps: incumbents
telecom | 05/05/2017 5:59 pm EDT
There is little evidence to suggest there is a lack of competition in so-called wholesale wireline service area gaps, given that cable facilities already exist in those areas, incumbents argued in comments to the CRTC. The companies responded this week to a Part 1 application from the Canadian Network Operators Consortium (CNOC), which is asking the regulator to allow small providers to get wholesale access to fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) infrastructure under the current aggregated regime...
CNOC asks for CRTC action on growing wholesale wireline ‘service gaps’
telecom | 03/30/2017 8:54 pm EDT
As large Internet Service Providers (ISPs) push on with the build of fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) networks, small providers say they are encountering an increasing number of areas where they have no...
Notice-and-notice effect on piracy unclear ahead of copyright review
Media | 03/13/2017 8:39 pm EDT
As the federal government gears up to review the Copyright Act later this year, information about the rate of piracy in Canada remains elusive, two full years since the implementation of the...
Trump raising concerns about Internet traffic passing U.S.: advocates
telecom | 01/30/2017 9:21 pm EST
In November 2016, a group of Internet experts met in Toronto to discuss how to address the issue of Canadian Internet traffic travelling to the United States, which some say raises data privacy...
Canadian tech, telecom community offers support in wake of U.S. travel ban
Media | 01/30/2017 4:08 pm EST
More than 1,700 people representing a variety of tech and telecom companies have signed on to an open letter opposing U.S. President Donald Trump’s weekend executive order blocking entry of...
Bell set to increase Internet and TV prices
telecom | 01/19/2017 5:55 pm EST
BCE Inc. will increase monthly prices for some of its residential services as of Feb. 1, a move it says is needed to support higher traffic on its network. On its website, the company said it spends $3.5 billion each...
Impact of wholesale rates, pick-and-pay will be felt in 2017: Canaccord
Media | 01/05/2017 10:09 pm EST
The initial pinch of the CRTC’s decisions on two important issues in 2016 — wholesale rates and pick-and-pay — will be felt in the new year, according to Canaccord...
50 Mbps speeds, LTE part of CRTC’s new basic service requirements
telecom | 12/21/2016 9:14 pm EST
GATINEAU, Que. — Advocates are calling the CRTC’s new basic service requirements — which include a minimum of 50 Mbps download and 10 Mbps upload speeds and LTE coverage —...
Hold consultation on IMSI catcher use, Rogers tells gov’t
telecom | 12/20/2016 10:21 pm EST
The government should consult industry, privacy experts and Canadians on the use of IMSI catchers in Canada, Rogers Communications Inc. said in its submission to the federal...
TekSavvy campaign pushes for continuation of interim HSA rates
telecom | 12/20/2016 5:52 pm EST
TekSavvy Solutions Inc. is lowering its Internet prices next month, and asking its customers to help press for the continuation of interim wholesale access rates. Using the hashtag #ThanksAgainCRTC, TekSavvy customers took to Twitter to react to emails received about price reductions ranging from $1 to $16 per month. In a post on its website, TekSavvy said its “re-pricing started with an important CRTC decision,” namely the October setting of interim wholesale rates for high-speed access services, that recognized that “without fair rates for wholesale network...
Avoid ISP tax, tweak CanCon rules, companies say in Heritage review
Media | 12/19/2016 6:10 pm EST
There isn’t much disagreement between some of the country’s biggest media and telecom service providers over whether foreign entities, such as over-the-top providers like Netflix...
Rogers ordered to keep serving new TekSavvy customers on FTTP
telecom | 11/09/2016 9:15 pm EST
The CRTC has told Rogers Communications Inc. it has to keep providing wholesale service for new customers of TekSavvy Solutions Inc. in a building with fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP)...
Indie ISPs have less restrictive data caps: OpenMedia report
telecom | 10/13/2016 7:05 pm EDT
A new report from OpenMedia says that when it comes to residential wireline Internet service, small Internet Service Providers (ISPs) “have less restrictive data caps and more regions with...
FTTH access plan ‘consistent’ but ‘disappointing’: indie ISPs
telecom | 09/20/2016 9:52 pm EDT
The CRTC has missed an opportunity to foster innovation among telecom competitors as it moves forward in the implementation of mandated wholesale access by smaller Internet service providers (ISPs) to...
Industry execs blast Quebec Internet-blocking, call for CRTC involvement
Media | 06/08/2016 12:29 am EDT
TORONTO — Executives from Canada’s telecom companies took aim at a new bill by the Quebec government that would force Internet service providers (ISPs) to block some gambling websites Tuesday, saying the CRTC should take action on the issue. During a panel discussion at the Canadian Telecom Summit Tuesday, Ted Woodhead, senior vice-president of regulatory affairs at Telus Corp., said the Bill 74 measure to block certain gambling websites is “about as offensive to the net...
VMedia sets sights on incumbents as it expands outside Ont.
telecom | 06/01/2016 10:11 pm EDT
Ontario Internet service and television provider VMedia Inc. will expand to Quebec, British Columbia, Manitoba and Alberta in the next two weeks — a move the company says will see its services...
Voltage asks court to force Rogers to I.D. file-sharing John Doe
Media | 05/27/2016 9:47 pm EDT
Voltage Pictures LLC is asking federal court to order Rogers Communications Inc. to disclose the identity of an individual who infringed its copyright of five movies. In a motion of...
Quebec online gambling law would have ‘huge’ costs for ISPs: CWTA
telecom | 05/26/2016 9:57 pm EDT
New Quebec legislation forcing Internet service providers (ISPs) to block certain online gambling websites from being accessed in the province could put smaller ISPs out of business, industry reps...
Small ISPs laud government denial of Bell’s FTTH appeal
telecom | 05/11/2016 1:23 pm EDT
Independent Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and advocacy groups said Wednesday they’re encouraged by the federal government’s rejection of BCE Inc.’s appeal of the CRTC...
Effect of zero-rating on competition under debate
Media | 05/06/2016 8:21 pm EDT
OTTAWA — A panel discussion on net neutrality Friday dug into whether zero-rating can help or harm market competition, with Ted Woodhead, senior vice-president of regulatory affairs at Telus Corp. taking issue with the...
Voltage launches class-action piracy lawsuit
Media | 04/28/2016 7:52 pm EDT
Voltage Pictures LLC is seeking certification in Federal Court for a class-action lawsuit against respondents who illegally file-shared its content. The document, filed Tuesday, asks the court to declare that the respondents...
Copyright infringement notices being used for advertising, ISPs say
Media | 04/27/2016 8:57 pm EDT
In recent weeks, BCE Inc. and HBO have begun using copyright infringement notices to steer recipients toward legal sources of TV content — but some of the Internet service providers...
Basic service should include wholesale rates: TekSavvy
Media | 04/11/2016 10:12 pm EDT
GATINEAU, Que. — On the first day of the CRTC’s hearing on what basic telecom services should be available to all Canadians, small ISP TekSavvy Solutions Inc. asked the CRTC to...
CRTC to reconsider current wholesale Internet rates
telecom | 03/31/2016 8:40 pm EDT
The CRTC issued Thursday a new approach to how the rates small companies pay large telecoms for wholesale Internet services are set, stating that “current wholesale [high-speed access] service rates are likely not just and reasonable.” It directed large telecoms to file new cost studies relating to the rates they charge for wholesale high-speed Internet access. The new prices that come out of that costing process will apply to all wholesale high-speed access (HAS) rates, which the CRTC made interim “as of the date of this decision.” That means any changes to the rates...