CBC is running some in-depth coverage of the telecom industry in Canada. Good to see this being picked up as a major story of its own, as the state of our telecom industry is sorely lacking in a number of respects. Did someone say wireless pricing? Or was it too few CLECs in anything but the biggest markets?
Michael Geist writes on The High Cost of Canadian Wireless which in comparison to US costs is staggering. Looks like we’re being gouged pretty badly…
Tom Purves observes that Canada [is] Worse than 3rd World Countries when it comes to Mobile Data Access. Although globally Canada has one of the higher percentages of people online and one of the higher percentages of broadband users, those who access the Internet using a PDA or cell phone are paying through the nose... to the tune of $1,600 to transfer 500MB of data.