{"id":11298,"date":"2017-05-04T06:32:38","date_gmt":"2017-05-04T10:32:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=11298"},"modified":"2019-03-25T09:47:47","modified_gmt":"2019-03-25T13:47:47","slug":"will-canadians-see-greener-internet-pastures-in-the-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=11298","title":{"rendered":"Will Canadians see greener Internet pastures in the USA?"},"content":{"rendered":"

This commentary appears on CARTT.ca<\/a><\/p>\n

It is almost a defining characteristic for Canadians to distinguish ourselves from our neighbors to the south. The untrained ear may think we speak English somewhat similarly, but Canadians emphatically define ourselves as \u201cnot American\u201d while we roll-up-the-rim-to-win.<\/p>\n

That doesn\u2019t keep us from wishing we had American prices for gasoline, milk, eggs, airfares, clothing and alcohol. It is springtime, and it is natural for us to look wistfully at greener grass growing on the other side of the border. We can add the USA\u2019s unlimited mobile data plans to the list, prompted by one of the first acts by Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chair Ajit Pai of dropping an investigation into zero rating practices<\/strong><\/a> by US carriers. The removal of that regulation resulted in every major carrier launching an offering of unlimited data plans.<\/p>\n

Now, Chairman Pai has teed up the restoration of the free and open internet<\/strong><\/a> as he recently announced his plan to restore the light touch regulatory approach that helped make the Internet great.\u00a0 Not a moment too soon. New research<\/strong><\/a> indicates that the misguided Title II regulation in the United States and the general pro-regulatory black cloud that has hung over the FCC in recent years, has deterred some $30-40 billion of internet investment annually in the US.<\/p>\n

Canada\u2019s current regulatory environment is reminiscent of the Obama administration\u2019s FCC in which the Orwellian euphemisms of \u201copenness\u201d and \u201cchoice\u201d characterized greater government control. Currently, there is an official telecom policy direction<\/strong><\/a> requiring the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to \u201crely on market forces to the maximum extent feasible\u201d and \u201cwhen relying on regulation, use measures that are efficient and proportionate to their purpose and that interfere with the operation of competitive market forces to the minimum extent necessary.\u201d\u00a0 Still, a growing number of CRTC regulations (including price controls<\/strong><\/a> on internet access and regulating the internet<\/strong><\/a>) have served to reduce differentiation between service providers, such as with mobile video services, such as NFL Mobile<\/strong><\/a> and Bell Mobility<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

The CRTC claims that its increasingly heavy hand \u201crelies on market forces to the maximum extent feasible, seeks to remove barriers to entry, and is a measure that is efficient and proportionate to its purpose.\u201d But it is unclear that the CRTC\u2019s policy would survive an independent audit of compliance to certify whether its direction<\/strong><\/a> is consistent with market-based policy. I have written before about the cost of regulation in Canada [here<\/strong><\/a> and here<\/strong><\/a>] and have often asked, how will we measure success<\/strong><\/a>? We don\u2019t know. The CRTC offers no measurement.<\/p>\n

As one long-time observer of the Canadian regulatory scene<\/strong><\/a> recently asked, should we expect capital to migrate to Canada because of our improved rules? If we look at the rate of startups in Canada versus the rate in the US, should we expect that rate improve in Canada relative to US? I think not. Investment is pouring into the US as a result of a return to its pro-competition and pro-consumer approach. In spite of the net neutrality policies meant to improve innovation in Canada, Canadian entrepreneurs continue to flock the US.<\/p>\n

In general, the world is siding with the US, not Canada, on this issue. Courts in Netherlands, Sweden, and Slovenia have struck down heavy handed net neutrality regulation and price controls that restrict zero-rating and free data policies. With any luck, the bold and much-needed moves from the FCC in the US will provide the needed example to the CRTC in Canada and help us restore internet freedom again.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Internet Freedom is certain to be among the topics discussed\u00a0at The 2017 Canadian Telecom Summit<\/strong><\/a> on June 5-7 in Toronto.<\/p>\n

Join in the discussion. <\/p>\n

Have you registered<\/a> yet?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This commentary appears on CARTT.ca It is almost a defining characteristic for Canadians to distinguish ourselves from our neighbors to the south. The untrained ear may think we speak English somewhat similarly, but Canadians emphatically define ourselves as \u201cnot American\u201d while we roll-up-the-rim-to-win. That doesn\u2019t keep us from wishing we had American prices for gasoline, …<\/p>\n

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