http://myownpirateradio.com/2006/03/23/computing-as-a-utility-no-regs-please/ Oshoma Momoh's personal blog Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:51:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 http://myownpirateradio.com/2006/03/23/computing-as-a-utility-no-regs-please/#comment-153 My Own Pirate Radio » Maybe there’s hope for Canadian telecom after all Fri, 24 Mar 2006 16:50:32 +0000 http://myownpirateradio.com/2006/03/23/computing-as-a-utility-no-regs-please/#comment-153 [...] Yesterday I wrote a short paranoid whinge about excessive government regulation of services, especially telecom. Well, maybe there is hope after all. Mark Evans says Canada’s Telecommunications Policy Review Panel, which has been reviewing the government’s role in telecommunications, is sending encouraging signals: After an extensive 11-month exercise, the three-person panel has made it clear the CRTC shouldn’t be actively involved in shaping the competitive landscape. … Rather than letting the CRTC regulate specific markets until it is proven there is sufficient competition, the TPR suggests markets be regarded as competitive unless proven otherwise. [...] [...] Yesterday I wrote a short paranoid whinge about excessive government regulation of services, especially telecom. Well, maybe there is hope after all. Mark Evans says Canada’s Telecommunications Policy Review Panel, which has been reviewing the government’s role in telecommunications, is sending encouraging signals: After an extensive 11-month exercise, the three-person panel has made it clear the CRTC shouldn’t be actively involved in shaping the competitive landscape. … Rather than letting the CRTC regulate specific markets until it is proven there is sufficient competition, the TPR suggests markets be regarded as competitive unless proven otherwise. [...]

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