Independent internet providers prepare to raise prices in wake of CRTC decision
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By David Paddon, The Canadian Press on May 28, 2021.
A woman uses her computer key board to type while surfing the internet in North Vancovuer, B.C., on Wednesday, December, 19, 2012. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
TORONTO – Several independent internet providers said Friday they will raise prices or eliminate some services after an unexpected regulator setback this week, with at least one company calling for the head of the CRTC to resign.
The telecommunications regulator on Thursday reversed a 2019 decision that lowered the rates smaller providers like TekSavvy pay to piggyback on the networks of larger cable and phone companies. Now, the higher rates set in 2016 will apply.
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OTTAWA, May 26, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) This morning the Federal Court of Appeal ruled to uphold Canada’s first-ever website blocking framework in the case of
TekSavvy Solutions v. Bell Media Inc. et al. In 2019, a lower court granted a request by three television distributors affiliated with major telcos to order internet service providers (ISPs) to block access to online streaming services doing business as “GoldTV,” including sites associated with GoldTV.ca. In late March, the Federal Court of Appeal heard oral arguments in the case, including CIRA’s, and today affirmed the lower court’s decision.
“Many Canadians will be disappointed by today’s ruling,” said CIRA president and CEO, Byron Holland. “While it is important to underline that the court did not open the door for ISPs to block of their own volition, we believe fundamentally that there are more proportionate responses to copyright infringement than the