politicians and lobbyists combine to make a mess. trying to subsidize bell and rogers backfires but sadly hurts small, local media even worse. @CRTCeng static1.squarespace.com/stat…
In the next episode of competition theatre.........au.finance.yahoo.com/news/cr… @CRTCeng @mgeist and these are the rates that only "facilities-based carriers" have access to. Not real MVNOs like us *shrug*
competition theatre continues in Canada. amazing how the CRTC can let this joke continue. I look forward to Quebecor launching and being able to save $5/month on the most expensive phone rates in the world so we can move from worst to.......worst! @CRTCeng itworldcanada.com/article/be…
this is government-backed extortion. amazing what the @CRTCeng will do for ROBELUS arstechnica.com/tech-policy/…
This is WRONG. Threat from disinfo actors (🇨🇳,🇷🇺,🇮🇷, etc.) is MUCH greater than from Western state actors. Limits talked of here are correct, but the MUCH greater threat, which signatories are often used as tools by, is misinfo. #Westminsterdeclaration michaelnayna.com/p/the-westm…
The Canadian government is successful in having Canadians consume less news, particularly domestic news. 🤷♂️ reuters.com/technology/metas… Regulators, please get your heads out of the ass of Bell/Rogers. you subsidize them while we pay highest telecom prices in the world
I am no policy fan of meta but....."meta demands canada drop stupid law with obvious negative consequences" reuters.com/technology/canad…
@PascaleStOnge_ @pablorodriguez
Canadian competition theatre continues commsupdate.com/articles/202… . "Please negotiate with our hand-picked insiders so we can all claim we have introduced competition". As US mobile prices continue to tumble it is just more and more ridiculous. @CRTCeng
Canadian telecom policy = "wave arms around and make pronouncements" feel good about it and then have ZERO enforcement. What a joke @CRTCeng
here we go again. I can book my hotel room for ottawa for 18 months from now and get the suit out of the mothballs so I can say the same things and have the same result "MVNOs are great! But not quite and not yet......". What a joke @CRTCeng ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/fe…
What a perfect way to appear to generate competition while ensuring that the Canadian telecom oligopoly remains intact. highest prices in the world for the win! YUCK @CRTCeng quebecor.com/en/-/rogers-sha…
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You know that free-floating sense that multinational corporations are above the law, able to buy their way out of consequences for even the most blatant, heinous crimes?
There's a (nearly) unbelievable, highly concrete example of it underway right at this moment.
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Josh Hawley is "censored" but somehow Alexei Navalny can use the Open Internet and have a HUGE platform. It must be that lack of censorship in Russia! youtube.com/watch?v=ipAnwilM…