FC: Canada considers regulating Net access as "essential" service

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

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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
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> And here's some background on the high speed Net access debate in the U.S.:
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> http://www.handsofftheinternet.org/NewsAction.asp?FormMode=Articles&ID=1742541301
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> http://www.pacificresearch.org/issues/tech/00-03forcedaccess.htm
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> CRTC eyes gripes over high-speed Net service
> Regulator could deem connection essential service
> Tyler Hamilton
> Technology Reporter
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> 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.
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