British Columbia wants CRTC to make public granular ISP data

By Ahmad Hathout The province of British Columbia wants the CRTC to stop treating with confidence granular broadband mapping information not designated as such by internet service providers. The province filed a Part 1 application this month asking the CRTC to stop treating connectivity coverage data down to the 250-meter road segment as confidential if ISPs don’t treat it such. That information includes who services those areas and with what technology and speed. It is asking that this information cease being deemed confidential and be made public or allowed to be made public in a way that can be searchable...