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How the CRTC Can Fix Wireless in Canada

J. David Ellis | Posted 02.02.2013 | Canada Business
Read More: Oecd, Social Media, Fcc, Education, Consumer Complaints, Online Consultation, Jean-Pierre Blais, Wireless, Smartphones, Affordability, Cellphones, Data Caps, Crtc, Canada Business News
J. David Ellis

Last time, I took the Commission to task for trying to build excitement over the level of cellphone penetration in Canada in their consultation video. Why? Because the only metric that really counts in 2012 is the takeup of smartphones: smartphones do data, feature phones don't. Let's consider penetration in a more meaningful context.

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What's the CRTC Trying to Pull?

J. David Ellis | Posted 01.24.2013 | Canada Business
Read More: Social Media, Broadband, Consumer Complaints, Online Consultation, Jean-Pierre Blais, Smartphones, Wireless, Youtube, Cellphones, Crtc, CRTC Wireless Code, CRTC Online Consultation, Canada Business News
J. David Ellis

Back in the summer of 2010, the CRTC decided to get the public's input online as part of its proceeding on the "obligation to serve." Big mistake. There's a habit that's getting entrenched at the Commission: treating online consultations as a substitute for both educating Canadian consumers and conducting real research.

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