By Howard Solomon for itWorldCanada
The telecom regulator begins a hearing to hone its unpopular decision on usage-based billing and set wholesale pricing for independent Internet providers so they can offer high-speed access equal to big carriers.
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OpenMedia.ca: Marlow: BCE put on hot seat at hearing on Web pricing
By Iain Marlow for Globe and Mail
The country’s telecom regulator has cast doubt on BCE Inc.’s (BCE-T38.240.491.30%)argument that fast-growing Web traffic requires new usage-based pricing measures, setting the tone for regulatory hearings that will…
OpenMedia.ca: Mediacaster: CRTC Hearings on Internet Pricing Begin in Ottawa
From Media Caster
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission’s public hearing into wholesale high-speed Internet access services began in Ottawa today.
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OpenMedia.ca: Circle ID: Hot Legal Action in Canada!
By Neil Schwartzman for Circle ID
The best part is … this isn’t one of those ‘now that I’ve got your attention’ tricks, like one of those old “free beer” posters; there really is a ton of stuff happening above the 49th parallel this summer.
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OpenMedia.ca: Toronto Sun: CRTC drills BCE on UBB
By Stefania Moretti for Toronto Sun
Regulators drilled BCE Inc. executives with questions Monday ahead of a decision on wholesale usage-based billing (UBB) amid criticism the whole process is a waste of time because it ignores the wider problem of reta…
OpenMedia.ca: 570 News: Internet usage-based billing hearings
From 570 News
The CRTC is holding hearings this week on internet usage-based billing, after the federal government forced the agency to go back to the drawing board on the issue.
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OpenMedia.ca: Marlow: Groups, regulators square off at CRTC hearings
By Iain Marlow for Globe and Mail
The second day of crucial CRTC hearings into the future of Internet pricing in Canada continued on Tuesday in Gatineau, Que., with a lively and at-times adversarial back-and-forth between two groups and the assembled r…
OpenMedia.ca: CBC: ‘Big telecom’ internet investment too low, consumer groups say
From CBC
Big telecommunications companies should tackle internet congestion by investing more in their networks, which would make usage-based billing unnecessary, consumer advocates say.
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OpenMedia.ca: Fierce Telecom: Canada’s CRTC to discuss usage based billing, broadband pricing
By Sean Buckley for Fierce Telecom
Canada’s telecom regulator, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), will hold discussions with incumbents, competitive service providers and industry groups on usage based billing (UBB)…
OpenMedia.ca: Global: CRTC scrutinizes internet pricing
By Rebecca Lindell for Global
GATINEAU, Que. – Bell Canada is asking Canada’s federal telecommunications regulator to adopt a new usage-based billing plan in a process set to change the way Canadians pay for the internet.
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OpenMedia.ca: Financial Post: Costly ‘Lawful Access’ Laws
By Jameson Berkow for Financial Post
Hidden deep within the federal government’s comprehensive bundle of crime legislation lies a bill that opponents claim will rob Canadians their right to online privacy as well as their cash.
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OpenMedia.ca: Petition against internet ‘lawful access’ bills
From CBC News
Advocates for internet users and civil liberties groups have launched a petition against proposed laws that would give police in new powers to monitor and intercept internet communications in Canada.
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