CRTC Internet Ruling To Be Reversed

[Walter Dnes]

On Thu, Feb 03, 2011 at 01:04:01PM -0500, William Muriithi wrote

> It will be the second decision CRTC has made just to see it overturned
> within an year from each other. The good news is if they keep doing
> this, CRTC will become irrelevant, or at least make them shy of
> pushing the telcom interest too much at the expense of the consumer.

  If the Conservatives want a majority government, abolishing the
the CRTC and letting in US satellite for legal subscriptions in Canada
would just about guarantee it.

> Anyway, no decision yet so lets wait and see what will be born

  Comcast in the US with 250 gigs/month is a good start.  And bandwidth
costs the Bell/Rogers more like a dime a gigabyte, not two dollars.

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