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Canadian Regulator Says No To New Internet Regs

Posted by timothy on from the leaving-well-enough-alone dept.

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."

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  1. No regulation? by Mr.Fork · · Score: 4, Interesting

    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.

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  2. Re:ya know what i'm talk aboot eh? by harryandthehenderson · · Score: 4, Funny

    beavers

    Bald, hairy, or trimmed?

  3. Canada and Mexico should agree on regs by WillAffleckUW · · Score: 5, Interesting

    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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  4. Re:ya know what i'm talk aboot eh? by Red+Flayer · · Score: 4, Insightful

    That's ridiculous. Where would the US get its newscasters, comedians, and singer/songwriters from if not for Canada?

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  5. Re:ya know what i'm talk aboot eh? by twidarkling · · Score: 4, Informative

    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...

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  6. Re:ya know what i'm talk aboot eh? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    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.

  7. Re:ya know what i'm talk aboot eh? by Yaztromo · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...and learning how to best serve as America's hat.

    I guess you weren't given the memo concerning our new motto:

    Canada: We're on top, bitches!

    Yaz.

  8. Is this a good or a bad thing? by Arancaytar · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Don't we *want* regulation in order to ensure net neutrality?

    Who are we rooting for right now?

  9. Re:ya know what i'm talk aboot eh? by grcumb · · Score: 3, Funny

    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'.

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