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Canada and UBB

Posted on February 4, 2011 by velocity7

I’m not fond of the way the UBB was proposed by the CRTC and its constituents, and I’m glad that Tony Clement has stamped down on the whole thing. Though you notice that the chairman has been trying to compare … Continue reading →

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Harvard: Canada’s Internet Sucks

Posted on October 16, 2009 by velocity7

Word: The 232-page study, commissioned by American regulators and released Wednesday evening, found that Canada rates poorly compared to peer countries when measures such as national broadband adoption, network capacity and prices are taken into account. Funny, a week ago, … Continue reading →

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CRTC Dissolution Petition

Posted on August 16, 2009 by velocity7

http://dissolvethecrtc.ca/node/1 Looks like this was created over the CRTC ruling that Bell can now charge all customers $0.75 per GB when they’re over 300 GB. This also includes customers classified under wholesale.

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This Must Be Illegal

Posted on August 2, 2008 by velocity7

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/07/31/tech-bell.html Bell Canada Inc. is moving to impose download limits on customers of independent internet providers… The limits would range from two gigabytes per month for customers with slower connections of 512 kilobits per second up to 60 GB for … Continue reading →

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Bell Traffic Shapes Everyone

Posted on April 23, 2008 by velocity7

Not just their customers, but the reseller ISPs now, and I’m under one of those reseller ISPs. News Link Bell claims they’re only slowing down torrents, but it’s also affecting network latency in Mabinogi, too! You tell me if I’m … Continue reading →

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