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At Bell, Business is Good (short version)
It used to be that universal telephone service was achieved through a cross subsidy flowing from business to residential users. Businesses were heavy users of long distance services, which were provided above cost to ensure that all Canadians had access to local telephone service. That practice went out the window with the introduction of competition, […]
At Bell, Business is Good
In a bygone era of telecommunications policy, the Canadian state conferred regional monopoly privileges on companies such as Bell Canada and B.C. Tel (today Telus), and in return those companies were required to meet certain social goals, perhaps the most well known of which was universal service. Some might call this part of a “regulatory bargain.” […]
Putting the Common back into Common Carriage: Why Network Ownership Matters
What does it mean to think of the Internet as a commons? First and foremost, it means the freedom to participate: a commons must be broadly inclusive; access to the Internet must not be discriminatory, based on age, race, gender, political leaning and perhaps most importantly class; in this last aspect, one’s level of financial […]
Angelus Novus 
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