📢 Today, TekSavvy published a **Quarterly Transparency Report** about requests we got from police and how we handled them. Last week, we published the report on Jan to Mar, 2025 and as usual, I’m summarizing that report here 🧵👇🏼 #privacy #transparency #transparencyreport #telecom #teksavvy 1/9

RE: https://mstdn.ca/@andykm/115447121450011845 btw, I think this is my first graph using data from TekSavvy's transparency reports. I've compiled all the data from the reports from 2017 to now -- might see if I can extract any other interesting data from it!

📢 Today, TekSavvy published a **Quarterly Transparency Report** about requests we got from police and how we handled them. Last week, we published the report on Jan to Mar, 2025 and as usual, I’m summarizing that report here 🧵👇🏼 #privacy #transparency #transparencyreport #telecom #teksavvy 1/9

We had a Telus outage from 1:30-2:30 this morning but you wouldn't have noticed because we failed over to TekSavvy. :) #mstdnca #mastoadmin

From Peter Nowak's Do Not Pass Go podcast: "The Canadian SHIELD Institute: A rad, not radical think tank" https://donotpassgo.substack.com/p/the-canadian-shield-institute-a-rad

There's a new must-read/listen substack reporting on competition in Canada by reporter Peter Nowak. It's called Do Not Pass Go, and it promises to fill the void in competition journalism. https://donotpassgo.substack.com/ #cdnpoli #competition

Fascinating read: "The 40-Year Con Nicholas Rockefeller—Yalie, Davos man, member of multiple boards—died a pillar of the West Coast establishment. Then the truth came out", by Jonathan Alter: https://journa.host/@mathewi/115287944090902776

I wish Canadians were more familiar with the Amazon Antitrust Paradox and the Curse of Bigness. Allowing Bell, Rogers, and Telus to enter new markets is market dominance disguised as competition. N.S.-based internet provider cries foul over federal regulations | CBC News […]

Back in June, I posted here about a pair of site blocking orders from a court in Quebec targeting two crypto exchanges, xt-dot-com and coinex. As of today, TekSavvy is blocking those sites, as required by the orders. If you try to visit them on TekSavvy (or any of the other named ISPs), you'll […]

My family went on an epic roadtrip across #Canada in a 2011 Mini Countryman, and I wanted to share this animation I made from it. We put a rooftop tent on our manual Mini (named Manuel), starting in Ottawa, we drove out to the west coast and back, visiting and […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

My family went on an epic roadtrip across #Canada in a 2011 Mini Countryman, and I wanted to share this animation I made from it. We put a rooftop tent on our manual Mini (named Manuel), starting in Ottawa, we drove out to the west coast and back, visiting and […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

Opinion from Andrew Coyne: If Bell doesn’t like competing with Telus on its own broadband network, it really won’t like the alternatives Gift link: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-bell-telus-competition-network-fibre-optic/

Opinion: Ottawa should reverse the CRTC’s decision on wholesale internet access https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/commentary/article-crtc-wholesale-internet-access-ottawa-should-reverse/

This is a very good explainer about how the insufficient funding from the government, particularly around spec Ed funding, has forced all school boards to overspend & end up in deficit. How one school board ended up w/$7.1M deficit www.thetrillium.ca/news/educati... #topoli #onpoli #onted

📢 Today, TekSavvy published a **Quarterly Transparency Report** about requests we got from police and how we handled them. Today, we’re reporting on October to December, 2024 and as usual, I’m summarizing that report here 🧵👇🏼 #privacy #transparency #transparencyreport #telecom 1/9

My backyard is available https://ottawacitizen.com/news/capital-ribfest-ottawa-cancelled

> "True sovereignty requires rewriting the rules, not just negotiating better terms within someone else's game." Thinking and reading about Canada's retreat on the Digital Services Tax today. Lots of food for thought in this guest article by Barry Appleton on Vass Bednar's substack: 🇺🇸 trump's […]

Both downtown #ocdsb #ottawa school board trustees have now resigned each at least in part citing a toxic environment at the Board. https://pub-ocdsb.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=e1df6b03-0c5f-4946-ba73-c3154f656dc2&Agenda=Agenda&lang=English&Item=26&Tab=attachments #ottpoli

The #CRTC decision in their own review of last year's wholesale decision is out: The CRTC is _not_ changing the decision. In short, they say the evidence in the appeals did not convince them that they got the decision last year wrong […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

We expect the #crtc to release a major Internet competition decision on Friday morning: We think this will be their decision in the various appeals ("review & varies" in CRTC lingo) of their August wholesale competition decision. Okay, there's a lot going on there, so I'll break it down: 🧵👇🏼 1/8

There's a significant development in the saga of website blocking in Canada: Quebec's agency that regulates financial markets is banning cryptoexchanges XT and CoinEx, and to enforce it they got a court order forcing listed ISPs to block the sites […]

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In a major #crtc decision today on local news funding, Commissioner Bram Abramson—in a dissent—writes he would have mandated Creative Commons licensing for funded news content: Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2025-133 https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2025/2025-133.htm #creativecommons

Statement by Prime Minister Carney on the recovery of Judih Weinstein’s remains by Israel https://www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/statements/2025/06/05/statement-prime-minister-carney-recovery-judih-weinsteins-remains

#teksavvy TV is now on some Samsung and LG tvs, depending on the age and operating system. https://www.teksavvy.com/services/television/

This evening, Nili Kaplan-Myrth resigned as a trustee on the #OCDSB. I'm so proud of her for everything she accomplished, from winning her first campaign to the great work she did on the board representing her constituents and advancing the many causes that are […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

New government-speak just dropped (new to me, at least): "outreach" as a verb, as in, "We intend to outreach every participating organization, so if you know somebody who has not yet been outreached, please let me know.

In a recent decision in an Ontario criminal court, a judge identified fake cases cited in defence submissions, apparently generated by AI. The judge gave defence counsel a chance to try again, but with strict rules to keep things above-board, including links to the cases in CanLII and pinpoint […]

"Because Mr. Poilievre lost his Ottawa-area riding and plans to run again in an Alberta by-election, Martha and the Muffins is taking steps to prevent him from once again using Echo Beach at events. Crucially, the band is asserting its moral rights to not be associated with Mr. Poilievre’s […]

A new ISO standard has been published for AI system impact assessments: “ISO/IEC 42005 provides guidance for organisations conducting AI system impact assessments. These assessments focus on understanding how AI systems — and their foreseeable applications — may affect individuals, groups, or […]

On this week’s Law Bytes podcast, @mgeist has Abdi Aidid talking about AI in legal practice. It’s a thoughtful discussion about risks and opportunities. They don’t talk about in house counsel specifically, but it feels like a timely discussion about many of the same things I’m thinking about at […]

Aujourd'hui, #teksavvy a publié la traduction française de son « Guide relatif à l'application de la loi ». Ce guide présente les politiques et pratiques de TekSavvy lorsque des policiers nous demandent des informations sur nos clients […]

PETRI should be a valid scrabble word, if UT is. So bogus

If you're willing to pay the ransom to extortionists, don't be surprised if they don't delete the data like they promised to. School boards hit with ransom demands linked to PowerSchool cyberattack | CBC News https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/powerschool-ransom-extortion-demands-1.7529277

📢 Today, TekSavvy published another **Quarterly Transparency Report** #TekSavvy is the only ISP in #Canada (AFAIK) to publish a quarterly Transparency Report documenting the requests we got from law enforcement agencies, how we handled them, and what we disclosed […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

📢 Today, TekSavvy published another **Quarterly Transparency Report** #TekSavvy is the only ISP in #Canada (AFAIK) to publish a quarterly Transparency Report documenting the requests we got from law enforcement agencies, how we handled them, and what we disclosed […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

Update: The Supreme Court dismissed TekSavvy's application for leave to appeal. That means we can't appeal, and the 2021 decision stands, where the CRTC froze the inflated wholesale rates. This ends the last route available to us to review that decision […]

📢 We're expecting a decision from the Supreme Court tomorrow that's related to wholesale Internet rates. It's either the end of the road, or a chance to keep fighting. It takes a bit to unpack what this decision is about, so bear with me for a short thread 🧵👇🏼 TL […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

I changed back to my summer tires today, and now it’s snowing out. Because of course it is.

The best time for Ontario not to have a contract with Starlink was before they entered into it. The next best time is now. We need solutions to get broadband service to the most remote areas of the country without relying on hostile oligarchs.

Just as conservative governments in Canada have reshaped how the Notwihstanding Clause is used, you can bet they're looking at the pardons in the US and thinking about how to reshape clemency here. Anything protected by legal convention will be easy to abuse.

Back in December, I posted about a new site blocking order that targets sites like #soap2day. Today, the court published the written reasons for that order. Since the Federal Court requires decisions to be written in English and French now, it took a little while for the court to send them out […]

Back in December, I posted about a new site blocking order that targets sites like #soap2day. Today, the court published the written reasons for that order. Since the Federal Court requires decisions to be written in English and French now, it took a little while for the court to send them out […]

©📢 A new site blocking order is coming into force, targeting copyright infringement sites called Soap2day. Several Canadian ISPs (includng TekSavvy) are required to block it under a new court order; here is TekSavvy's information about it […]

📢 It's time for another **Quarterly Transparency Report** from your friendly independent ISP, TekSavvy ;-) #TekSavvy is the only ISP in #Canada (AFAIK) to publish a quarterly Transparency Report documenting the requests we got from law enforcement agencies, how […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

Happy new year!

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©📢 A new site blocking order is coming into force, targeting copyright infringement sites called Soap2day. Several Canadian ISPs (includng TekSavvy) are required to block it under a new court order; here is TekSavvy's information about it […]