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Save Our Surfing

Photo by Galvatron from the Torontoist Flickr Pool. For a year now, several of Canada’s ISPs, including Bell, Rogers, Cogeco, Shaw, and a few others, have been throttling BitTorrent transfers, frustrating subscribers and internet wholesalers like TekSavvy. Two weeks ago, we noted that the CRTC was investigating the throttling practices of Canada’s ISPs, and while [...]

Our Digital Squalor

Last week, Google and Measurement Lab introduced a new web application called Glasnost that allows users to test the extent to which their ISP throttles or blocks their BitTorrent traffic. According to the statistics currently available on their site, Canada is one of the worst throttlers in the world—Canada ranks fourth for blocked hosts and [...]

Strike Still Looming, Housing Not Booming, Bell Web Users Not Zooming

Latest transit update from the Torontoist Action News Team Live Info Centre, Your Only Source For All TTC Strike News: if you’re a regular TTC rider, GO Transit doesn’t want you. A spokesperson for GO has advised that that they’re already operating at capacity with their regular passenger load, and don’t plan to run any [...]