{"id":13030,"date":"2017-06-01T15:38:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-01T15:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.dream.press\/news\/?post_type=announcement&#038;p=13030"},"modified":"2025-10-10T13:07:31","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T20:07:31","slug":"canada-rules-net-neutrality","status":"publish","type":"announcement","link":"https:\/\/news.dream.press\/news\/announcements\/canada-rules-net-neutrality\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada RULES: Net Neutrality"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Canada is the best!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Who would have thought that our neighbor to the north\u2019s humble origins as a dumping ground for people angry about elections would have such a rich and varied culture?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Canada has given the world so much!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I refer, of course, to things like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.degrassi.tv\/\">Degrassi<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tablotv.com\/\">Tablo<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Quebec_French\">a version of French<\/a> that straight-up enrages French people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All of these incredible inventions were created in Canada, America\u2019s warm and friendly hat.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dreamhost.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13034\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.dream.press\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-1.png 600w, https:\/\/news.dream.press\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/news.dream.press\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/news.dream.press\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-1-96x96.png 96w, https:\/\/news.dream.press\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-1-192x192.png 192w, https:\/\/news.dream.press\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-1-512x512.png 512w, https:\/\/news.dream.press\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-1-540x540.png 540w, https:\/\/news.dream.press\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-1-460x460.png 460w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Introducing the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The CRTC is sort of like Canada\u2019s FCC. The difference is that the FCC is currently run by a man with rocks in his head who will stop at nothing to ignore an overwhelming majority of public comments that don\u2019t align with his own vision of the future, and CRTC is a mysterious, yet highly awesome, organization that I barely know anything about.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"424\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dreamhost.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13036\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.dream.press\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-2.png 600w, https:\/\/news.dream.press\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-2-300x212.png 300w, https:\/\/news.dream.press\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-2-96x68.png 96w, https:\/\/news.dream.press\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-2-192x136.png 192w, https:\/\/news.dream.press\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-2-512x362.png 512w, https:\/\/news.dream.press\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-2-540x382.png 540w, https:\/\/news.dream.press\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-2-460x325.png 460w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The CRTC has long been a supporter of net neutrality, and last month they <a href=\"http:\/\/crtc.gc.ca\/eng\/archive\/2017\/2017-104.htm\">laid down the law<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zero-rating\">zero rating<\/a> in Canada. In short: you can\u2019t do it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/technology\/crtc-zero-rating-differential-pricing-decision-videtron-net-neutrality-2017-1.4077717\">CBC<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2017\/04\/21\/canada_net_neutrality\/\">The Register<\/a> break it down pretty well if you\u2019re looking for more info.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a result of the ruling, Canadian ISPs aren\u2019t permitted to offer specific services that are exempt from a subscriber\u2019s data usage, nor are they allowed to block or slow down specific traffic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreamhost.com\/\">DreamHost<\/a> has always been in favor of net neutrality, and we are strongly opposed to zero rating, so this is music to our ears. But . . . it\u2019s also really sad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who\u2019s Working for Whom?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s inspiring to see the people making decisions on the \u201cother\u201d side of Niagara Falls building policies that keep the best interests of their citizens front and center. It\u2019s equally disheartening to see the people living in America (Canada\u2019s underpants) subjected to such consumer-hostile policies from the very same regulatory body that\u2019s supposed to protect them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How could two countries, which agreed to establish the Great Lakes International Joint Commission in 1909 to help prevent and resolve disputes relating to the use and quality of boundary waters, be so very far away from each other in their ideas about how to regulate and protect one of the greatest shared resources of all?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why do Canadians barely have to lift a finger to get their internet traffic treated fairly, while Americans have to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.battleforthenet.com\/\">beg and plead with the FCC and Congress<\/a> regularly only to be ignored?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We may never know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Last Issue Standing: Data Caps<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Things aren\u2019t all rosy in Canada, though. For example, data caps are still a thing up there. I get that Rome wasn\u2019t built in a day so it\u2019s probably only a matter of time until that wrong gets righted, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once Canada decides to kill data caps, man . . . we can pretend like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sheknows.com\/parenting\/articles\/1115863\/hate-calliou\">Caillou<\/a> never happened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>DreamHost supports a free and open internet. \u00a0If you\u2019re in the U.S. and you want to help keep it that way, you can <\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.battleforthenet.com\/\"><strong><em>write to the FCC and Congress now<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canada is the best!&nbsp; Who would have thought that our neighbor to the north\u2019s humble origins as a dumping ground for people angry about elections would have such a rich and varied culture? Canada has given the world so much! 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