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Canadian Regulator Says No To New Internet Regs
An anonymous reader writes "After months of fears that the Canadian broadcast regulator would try
to regulate the Internet, the CRTC has come to its senses. Its new media
decision today takes a hands off approach — no new regulation — and
even adopts a rule against undue preferences for wireless providers."
To bad this wasn't a Europe thing. Since most of the US politicians get their "new" ideas from the EU maybe they would try to borrow this one as well.
https://www.speakservers.com/
Blame Canada!
Fascism starts when the efficiency of the government becomes more important than the rights of the people.
As a canuck, sure, the CRTC hands-off approach makes sense, but it still doesn't help address internet throttling by ISP which I think is shoddy. If I pay for a service, and wish to use a technology to download a game patch like Torrent, my ISP WILL throttle my internet connection.
However, no regulation still means NO regulation which isn't a bad thing. And I do have the ability to switch service providers as a consumer and inquire about throttling before I move.
Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things. - Peter F. Drucker
beavers
Bald, hairy, or trimmed?
why bother regulating them? all Canadians use the internet for is to search for hockey scores, maple syrup, beavers, learning how to become a mountie, and learning how to best serve as America's hat.
Wow, you deserve a comedy award for that one.
Hi there
I think Canada and Mexico should agree on the new regulations and then force the US to comply with them under NAFTA.
And restore copyright to the original 17 years with renewals until the literal person (not corporation) dies and no renewals after that.
Canada has twice the bandwidth at half the price we suckers in the USA pay for.
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why bother regulating them? all Canadians use the internet for is to search for hockey scores, maple syrup, beavers, learning how to become a mountie, and learning how to best serve as America's hat.
No, they also use them to find the nearest donut place and when the curling match is on.
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That's ridiculous. Where would the US get its newscasters, comedians, and singer/songwriters from if not for Canada?
"Trolls they were, but filled with the evil will of their master: a fell race..." -- J.R.R. Tolkien on Olog-hai
Nearest Donut place. You're obviously not Canadian. It's "doughnut." Also, it's "Tim Horton's" and fuck the rest of the places. And I will defend curling as a wonderful pass-time. Not quite sure if it actually qualifies as a sport...
Canada: The US's more awesome sibling.
If only Timmies was as good as it was a few years ago when they actually made their products instore, rather than in factories and shipped frozen.
Sigh.
You forgot studying to become America's heroes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiefer_Sutherland http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shatner
Nearest Donut place. You're obviously not Canadian. It's "doughnut." Also, it's "Tim Horton's" and fuck the rest of the places. And I will defend curling as a wonderful pass-time. Not quite sure if it actually qualifies as a sport...
I'm a dual citizen and ex-Army Sergeant in the CAF.
I spell things in 12 dialects of English, five dialects of French, 2 dialects of German, and sometimes throw in some Spanish and Latin for good measure.
It's an Olympic Sport.
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you forgot lacrosse scores, and Igloo building instructions.
Oh wait...you also left out "how to run a banking system that doesn't collapse under its own incompetence."
Skot Nelson music is my saviour / i was maimed by rock and roll
And I will defend curling as a wonderful pass-time.
This is the second time I've seen someone use the non-word "passtime", so I'm going Spelling Nazi on your ass. "Passtime" or "pass-time" is not a word. The word you're looking for is "pastime."
Before you mod me off-topic, please note I am just as off-topic as the parent and just as informative. :D
...and learning how to best serve as America's hat.
I guess you weren't given the memo concerning our new motto:
Yaz.
Admittedly, I haven't been putting this issue under a microscope. But, I had the distinct impression that it wasn't the CRTC that was attempting regulation, but rather the politicians that were trying to push that through. History supports this as the CRTC has always been reasonable (with few exceptions) overall.
So, in reality, what this more than likely was, was a bunch of corps/etc and politicians trying to do something unreasonable. Then the CRTC went and looked into it (because they would have to) and decided to uphold the reality that the internet cannot be regulated (yes, this has come up before).
Good on the CRTC.
Don't we *want* regulation in order to ensure net neutrality?
Who are we rooting for right now?
I know it's an Olympic Sport. My cousin was on Canada's team. But there's something in me that just can't bring myself to call people screaming "harder" at guys with brooms a sport.
Canada: The US's more awesome sibling.
Ah, thanks. I knew it wasn't "passedtime," but never used it in a formal setting, so never bothered to look it up. I shall now update my internal dictionary.
Canada: The US's more awesome sibling.
So you don't like the women's teams then ...
By the way, people in BC and Alberta don't say aboot.
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+1 pwned!
Why can't all fpga/microcontroller manufacturers just release free optimizing compilers???
Being from Alberta, I knew that one too. It's the most annoying thing ever. Every person from the US I talk to wants to hear me say "aboot." It'd be like my asking someone from Texas to say the Minnesotan "Don'tcha know?" I pronounce it "ab-ow-t." Not "aboot."
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaand now I'm flashing back to the old "My name is Joe, and I am Canadian" commercial.
Canada: The US's more awesome sibling.
There are other places that sell doughnuts? I heard there was some Crispy Creme place that everyone was worried about, but they didn't last long.
Curling is much more of a sport when you throw rocks from both ends at the same time.
And how to be lumberjacks.
And I will defend curling as a wonderful pass-time.
This is the second time I've seen someone use the non-word "passtime", so I'm going Spelling Nazi on your ass. "Passtime" or "pass-time" is not a word. The word you're looking for is "pastime."
Past time someone passed time parsing 'pastime'.
Crumb's Corollary: Never bring a knife to a bun fight.
And how to be lumberjacks.
So? I'm a lumberjack and I'm okay with that.
[Enter plaid chorus...]
Crumb's Corollary: Never bring a knife to a bun fight.
That's ridiculous. Where would the US get its newscasters, comedians, and singer/songwriters from if not for Canada?
Heh, you've got the emphasis all wrong:
Who would Canada foist all its second-rate newscasters, comedians, and singer/songwriters on if not the US?
You're welcome. 8^)
Crumb's Corollary: Never bring a knife to a bun fight.
Even better... out here, we call them "Timmy Ho's".
Curling turns into a sport after the 7th beer
There is no Fair Use for example in the UK. "Fair Dealing" isn't as extensive. Ergo, the UK law WITHOUT a DMCA law enacted was more strict than the US.
LOL HA! Like the US has always complied with NAFTA?
NAFTA is only accepted by the US when it is convenient to do so. They will do whatever they bloody well want.
Seems like Microsoft has bought out Sympatico. www.sympatico.ca redirects to sympatico.msn.ca now. Not sure when that happened, but I'm sure I don't like it.
When our name is on the back of your car, we're behind you all the way!
Nobody says "a-boot", except the guys on South Park.
Atheism is a religion to the same extent that not collecting stamps is a hobby.
and people from new brunswick and nova scotia
Well, given that in Curling, Beer is a performance enhancing drug, it's my kind of sport!
...si hoc legere nimium eruditionis habes...