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FC: Canada considers regulating Net access as "essential" service
From: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 11:27:45 -0800
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From: Sonia Arrison <sarrison () pacificresearch org> To: "'canucks () canadiansintheus com'" <canucks () canadiansintheus com> Subject: CANUCKS: High speed Net access not an essential Canadian service - yet Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 11:16:33 -0800 X-URL: Canucks is at http://www.canadiansintheus.com/ And here's some background on the high speed Net access debate in the U.S.: http://www.handsofftheinternet.org/NewsAction.asp?FormMode=Articles&ID=1742541301 http://www.pacificresearch.org/issues/tech/00-03forcedaccess.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------
http://www.thestar.com/apps/AppLogic+FTContentServer?GXHC_gx_session_id_FutureTenseContentServer=d565d47d87474ca6&pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=974494446237&call_page=TS_Business&call_pageid=968350072197&call_pagepath=Business/News
CRTC eyes gripes over high-speed Net service Regulator could deem connection essential service Tyler Hamilton Technology Reporter Canada's telecommunications regulator says consumers who are fed up with poor high-speed Internet services have a reason to be concerned and he may have to look at the matter more closely. David Colville, vice-chairman of telecommunications of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, told The Star yesterday that the commission hasn't designated high-speed Internet service essential ``yet.'' ``But I recognize that among small businesses in particular it's becoming that,'' he said, adding that the CRTC is aware of the network and customer service problems related to high-speed products from Bell Canada and Rogers Cable. [...] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- CANUCKS -- the moderated mailing list for Canadians living in the U.S. For details, visit http://www.canadiansintheus.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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