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Today, Nora interviewed Tim Wu. Tim is a law professor at Columbia University in New York, and is best known perhaps, for having coined the term Net Neutrality. His new book The Master Switch argues that there’s a cycle in information industries that takes them from open, innovative platforms to closed-down, oligopolistic or monopolistic entities. A shorter version of this interview will air on an upcoming episode of Spark, but you can hear the full, uncut interview below, or download the MP3. [Runs 17:36]
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Shaw is using UBB as a method to prevent us from accessing their competitors (Netflix, Hulu, etc) by making their competition cost prohibitive to use.
Due to UBB, our internet bills will go from $60 per month to $120 per month, and therefore, we will no longer be able to afford internet access. We will have to cancel Netflix as well, which is exactly what Shaw wants.
Shaw also (quietly) lowered our bandwidth caps by 33%, at the SAME time that they began charging overage fees. Isn't that convenient for Shaw.
I'm disgusted that the CRTC is allowing this to happen. Canadians need to stand-up and fight UBB, and the ISPs who are using UBB as an excuse to be anti-competitive, and prevent our accessing their competitors. This is one good reason that a Cable TV company should not also be an ISP. Please be sure to visit http://openmedia.ca/meter to sign the petition and send it to your friends, family, and co-workers. Shaw, and other ISPs want to keep this situation quiet, untli the CRTC appeals process has ended, and this is written in stone.
Great interview. Wish is was longer with regards to talking about the net neutrality attitudes and lobbying players in the CRTC and FCC. And what about Google's about face with net neutrality not extending to wireless?
Eric Shmidt's statement 2006 http://www.google.com/help/netneutrality_letter.h…
CNET: Net neutrality crusaders slam Verizon, Google (Aug. 9th, 2010)
Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-20013118-266.ht…
Aside: wondering what would Graham Spry have done today considering the CBC is also a contending tax-funded monopolist, however appraised as publicly benign?