[ad_1] TORONTO — George Burger says his company VMedia Inc. can’t get internet service into customer buildings and homes the way it once did because copper wiring that the Toronto-based internet service provider uses to reach customers is being replaced, taking parts of his market with it. The problem is that fibre optics networks —…
[ad_1] Netflix Inc. has the largest primetime television audience in Canada. It has the most subscribers of any TV service provider. But apparently nothing tops its capacity to exasperate the entire broadcasting industry. The crux of their frustration is that the regulatory regime treats Netflix differently since it exempts digital media endeavours from the Canadian…
[ad_1] A telephone network owner can’t block the line if they don’t like what you’re about to say before placing a call across an old copper wire. This principle, called common carriage, is enshrined in telephone services as well as in railroads, airlines and, in countries such as Canada, the internet. It’s the backbone of…
[ad_1] GATINEAU, Que. — The country’s telecom regulator says Canadians are demanding more, and faster, Internet access, especially on mobile devices. But critics complain that broadband speeds are not keeping up with that demand and it’s getting much more expensive to go online. In its annual communications monitoring report, the CRTC says there were three…