by Monica Auer | Jun 24, 2018 | Research
On June 13, 2018 the Forum filed comments on the CRTC proceeding for lower-cost data-only plans for mobile wireless. The Forum made a number of evidence-based conclusions: Price drives adoption, and thus high prices in Canada likely suppress demand for data Lack of...
by Monica Auer | Jun 13, 2018 | Research
12 June 2018 “In brief, transparency at the CRTC is at best, superficial – in that the people of Canada are able to learn who has been appointed to the CRTC, but not how the CRTC’s decision-making process works, who is making or has made decisions on behalf of the...
by Monica Auer | May 24, 2018 | Research
The Forum (FRPC) filed comments on May 17, 2018, in support of the procedural request submitted by the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) on 16 May 2018 with respect to the reply and new evidence submitted on 14 May 2018 by ATN in relation to its Part 1...
by Monica Auer | Mar 30, 2018 | Telecommunications
The Forum submitted its intervention – “What’s the worst that could happen?”: The worst that could happen – to the CRTC on March 29, 2018. FRPC opposed the application’s request made by application 8663-A182-201800467 that the CRTC...
by Monica Auer | Feb 17, 2018 | Research
The Forum filed its Phase 2 submission on February 13, 2018, with respect to the call for comments on the Governor in Council’s request for a report on future programming distribution models, BNoC CRTC 2017-359 (Ottawa, Ottawa, 12 October 2017). In addition to...
by Monica Auer | Feb 17, 2018 | Research
Calgary asked the CRTC to clarify the law that applies to telecommunications carriers’ access to and use of its rights of way, and to approve a by-law passed by the City in this regard.