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Vertical Integration, PIAC recommends skinny service packages In its final comments filed this month to the CRTC Broadcasting panel examining Vertical Integration, PIAC recommended the adoption of a much reduced (“skinny”) basic service for cable and satellite services that would be costed and capped. PIAC noted that basic service rates have doubled since deregulation (CRTC transcripts) […]
Public Interest News, Vertical integration, Reserve spectrum, Québec s'attaque au sur endettement
Vertical integration, We need rules PIAC says “Canada’s telecommunications regulator needs to set rules to prevent possible “cartel-like behaviour” from telecommunications companies such as Bell and Rogers that also own content such as TV shows that competitors would like to be able to offer online, said Chris Peirce, chief corporate officer for MTS Allstream,” CBC […]
Public Interest News: Telcom complaints / Bell Canada rebate hustle / Whitelisting / Le courtage hypothécaire
All telcos must fund the Commissioner for Complaints (PIAC 7/Dec/2010) “For the first time, the CRTC has issued a ruling from the bench at the end of a regulatory hearing, rather than after the usual 120 days, mandating that all telecom providers in Canada must become members of the Commissioner for Complaints for Telecommunications Services […]
Public Interest News: G20 consumer protection / Le taux de pauvreté / ROE Ontario utilities / Digital locks / Canadian Payments Association / Aug. 31, 2011 / Recall unsafe products
PIAC Annual Dinner, Nov. 5: Featured Speaker, Ellen Roseman (PIAC 19/Oct/2010) The Public Interest Advocacy Centre cordially invites friends and colleagues to the PIAC Annual Dinner 2010. This year’s featured speaker is Ellen Roseman, the Toronto Star columnist for personal finance and consumer issues. Roseman is also the first public representative on the board of […]
Public Interest News: Rogers regulation / Mauvais service chez Bell Canada / Is your teen on Nexopia / Credit cards / La loi 60 / Globalive / Net neutrality
Rogers asks CRTC for regulations to help collect unpaid bills (PIAC 27/Jan/2010) “Customers porting out mid-contract with unpaid balances are costing Rogers, and most probably other wireless carriers as well, millions of dollars each year,” the company said in its letter. “The task of collecting these unpaid balances is made much more difficult once a […]
