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It’s been almost a year since I signed up for the Bell Entertainment Service. During that time, I’ve been writing about the service and sharing my experiences with people I know. Given the popularity of my “How Bell’s IPTV Service Works” and subsequent post detailing the Internet speed test performance results one can expect, I [...]

This is a follow-up to an earlier post regarding how Bell’s new Entertainment Service works. Specifically, this post will discuss the overall bandwidth expectations a subscriber can expect.

Bell Canada has finally launched their super cool IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) service. As a technology guy, when a new product or service arrives, I feel it is my duty to sign up for it.

A few months ago, I was contacted by Steve Andersen who asked me if I would donate my domain name, SaveOurNet.ca to a coalition he’s been working on with a mandate to educate consumers and businesses on the importance of Net Neutrality and to force the Canadian government to realize that we need a plan [...]

Michael Geist, ever the source for relevant and timely news on the net neutrality debate in Canada has a great post this morning discussing the specifics surrounding a Part VII request filed with the CRTC yesterday by the Canadian Association of Internet Providers lawyers.  With the ball in the CRTC court, there will be no [...]

Timmins-James Bay MP Charlie Angus brought the issue of net neutrality and the throttling of network access front and center recently when suggested that Industry Minister Jim Prentice’s “Hands off approach to hands on interference is bad news for the development of the Canadian innovation agenda.” [vid]r5UvAKcxTGE[/vid] In the video above, he went on to [...]

From the Globe and Mail article, Comcast to stop hampering file-sharing: PHILADELPHIA — Comcast Corp., an Internet service provider under investigation for hampering online file-sharing by its subscribers, announced Thursday an about-face in its stance and said it will treat all types of Internet traffic equally. Since user reports of interference with file-sharing traffic were [...]

I had a number of very interesting conversations yesterday with some of Toronto’s independent wholesale ISPs and also with a couple of my Bell friends on the inside. There’s a lot of information coming from both sides about the net neutrality / bandwidth shaping / throttling issue and hopefully I’ll have some time later today [...]