OTTAWA, January 25, 2017 — The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC), ACORN Canada (ACORN) and National Pensioners Federation (NPF) today reacted negatively to the Canadian Radio - television and Telecommunications Commission's (CRTC) rejection of their review of the CRTC's previous decision to deny creating a fund to ensure all Canadians, including lower - income Canadians, have
equal access to broadband and other telecommunications services.
The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC), ACORN Canada (ACORN) and National Pensioners Federation (NPF) today reacted negatively to the Canadian Radio - television and Telecommunications Commission's (CRTC) rejection of their review of the CRTC's previous decision to deny creating a fund to ensure all Canadians, including lower - income Canadians, have
equal access to broadband and other telecommunications services.
Not exact matches
At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas earlier this month, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler signaled that he would heed President Obama's call
to preserve net neutrality — that is, treat
broadband internet service providers as utilities (subject
to more rigorous regulation than previously)
to maintain
equal access for all
to the internet.
They were intended
to ensure a free and open internet, give consumers
equal access to web content and prevent
broadband service providers from favoring their own content.
«We recognize that
broadband service has become as essential as electricity and water and sewer for economic development and that if we want
to attract high - tech jobs, if we want
to provide students opportunities for education and provide
equal access to services
to people across the county, having high - speed
broadband is absolutely critical at this point.»