CRTC CHAIRMAN IAN SCOTT is most assuredly correct in his request for more power over the placement of electronic equipment, in the light of the approach of 5G technologies.It is... Continue Reading
GEORGE SERENTSCHY WROTE an interesting piece in the Financial Post on Thursday, which I think is comprehensively mistaken. A former telecom regulator in Austria, Mr. Serentschy became dismayed with the... Continue Reading
THE PROPOSED REVIEW of our communications acts is about to proceed, but the problem is finding a significant issue that legislative change would solve.Of course, some improvements are possible, but... Continue Reading
Quebec’s TV lords are upsetI RECALL THE DELEGATION of the Quebec media production types appearing before us – a panel of CRTC commissioners – when we were considering the extension... Continue Reading
THE CRTC’S DECISION ON differential pricing practices will be praised or blamed according to one’s inclinations: whether to trust the innovative tendencies of carriers or the capacity of regulators to... Continue Reading
Thoughts on why Canadian prices are so highTHE CRTC'S RECENT REPORT on Canadian telecom prices (prepared by Nordicity) shows that we pay some of the highest rates in the world.According... Continue Reading
LEST YOU BE IN DOUBT that the CRTC believes it has authority over video delivered across the Internet, I refer you to the transcript of the hearing currently underway in... Continue Reading
PETER MILLER'S ARTICLE last week seeks to make it look reasonable that the government should regulate the right of people to upload video to the Internet. His proposal – or... Continue Reading
THE QUEBEC GOVERNMENT intends to interfere in commerce on the Internet, the free choice of Quebecers to choose with whom to do business, and to require ISPs to establish an... Continue Reading
SOMETIMES A QUESTION can send you back to first principles. Last Wednesday I heard one, and it kept me awake while I pondered it.The question was asked by a commissioner... Continue Reading
