Federal Government’s hesitation to support fair wholesale rates could make internet less affordable for Canadians

August 19, 2020August 19, 2020 Comment

This past Saturday, August 15, federal minister Navdeep Bains issued a statement expressing concern about the CRTC’s August 2019 decision to cut wholesale [...]

Cybera’s response to CRTC consultation on barriers to deploying broadband

May 11, 2020May 11, 2020Imran Mohiuddin Comment

Last week, Cybera submitted a response to the CRTC’s Notice of Consultation 2019-406: Call for comments regarding potential barriers to the deployment of [...]

Cybera’s response to telco petition to increase wholesale internet rates

November 20, 2019November 20, 2019Imran Mohiuddin Comment

Last week, Canada’s largest telecommunications providers, including Bell, Rogers and Telus, petitioned the federal government to reverse the CRTC’s August 2019 decision to [...]

Cybera Supports SWIFT Call For Equal Access to the CRTC’s Broadband Fund

February 11, 2019February 11, 2019Imran Mohiuddin Comment

Bright/translucent lines: Areas where SWIFT estimates internet service provider offer service packages with speeds that meet or exceed CRTC’s 50/10 “basic service” target. [...]

Cybera’s Case to the Telecommunications Legislative Review

January 17, 2019January 17, 2019Imran Mohiuddin Comment

Last week, Cybera submitted a brief to the federal government’s Broadcasting and Telecommunications Legislative Review panel. The panel has been tasked with reviewing [...]

New Canadian data mining tool analyzes how public submissions affect regulatory decisions

February 26, 2018May 10, 2018 Comment

When the CRTC sought submissions to its 2015 consultation on “Basic Telecommunications Services,” thousands of people offered their opinions on what the future [...]

Delving Through 65,000 Pages of Government Submissions: The Challenges

January 25, 2018January 26, 2018Site Admin Comment

Authors: David Ackerman, Alyssa Moore, David Chan, Tatiana Meleshko, Byron Chu Last June, Cybera’s data scientists took on a monumental task: to create [...]

Cybera’s data science team to explore Canada’s internet regulatory process

June 19, 2017June 19, 2017 Comment

A year after launching its data science team, Cybera is now ready to take on external projects from stakeholders looking to discover the [...]

CRTC Declares Broadband Internet Access a Basic Telecommunications Service – How Communities Can Benefit

February 27, 2017February 27, 2017Cybera's Data Science Team Comment

Griping about a slow internet connection has become the unofficial pastime of rural Canadians. But a recent CRTC decision may improve this [...]

Internet Buying Group Sees 8th Major Price Decrease

January 5, 2017January 5, 2017

Following last month’s decision by the CRTC to declare that broadband is a basic service for all Canadians, Cybera is pleased to offer [...]