If you've been following by blog, you'll know that equal access for all telecommunications providers to participate in the SHAKEN/STIR call authentication framework has been one of the causes I have been most passionate about. In late August, smaller
The Canadian PSTN needs Next Generation Routing
Last week wasn't great for the Canadian Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN). Two of Canada's largest competitive carriers suffered outages - Iristel was victim of a DDoS attack that lasted over 24 hours, between November 15th and 16th. At the
The Federal Court just killed Section 36 of the Telecom Act
Today the Federal Court of Appeal issued its ruling [https://thoughtfireconsultinginc-my.sharepoint.com/:b:/g/personal/mgamble_egate_net1/EeFLgFRtXhBJomMZyjn6XVsBZ0ZnUco6ALjeIwlgQpmRBw?e=adIyVu] in the GoldTV case. For those not familiar with the GoldTV case, it was a federal court case
Canada's CRTC - Regulation at Sloth Speed
Almost one year ago today (357 days ago to be exact), Tim Denton [https://tmdenton.com/] and I participated in the CRTC review of mobile wireless services on behalf of the Internet Society, Canada Chapter [https://www.cpac.ca/en/
Certificates for me, but not for thee
Today the Internet Society, Canada Chapter intervened in a Part One application by Mitel Cloud Services Inc [https://services.crtc.gc.ca/pub/ListeInterventionList/Documents.aspx?ID=296917&en=2020-0895-3&dt=i&lang=e&S=O&PA=T&PT=PT1&
Hey CRTC - Don't issue a "Call for Comment" if we can't.
This week I did something I have never had to do before - I filed an intervention with the CRTC [https://services.crtc.gc.ca/pub/ListeInterventionList/Documents.aspx?ID=295886&en=2020-187&dt=i&lang=e&S=C&PA=
We’ve been here before, and no, the sky wasn't falling.
The sky is falling, or is it?Over the weekend, the Governor in Council issued an order responding to petitions to the Governor in Council concerning Telecom Order CRTC 2019-288 [https://www.canada.ca/en/innovation-science-economic-development/news/2020/08/order-in-council-responding-to-petitions-to-the-governor-in-council-concerning-telecom-order-crtc-2019-288.
Mouthwatering Grilled Pork Chops
Pork - the "other" white meatAfter a long day at work, the last thing I want to do is be stuck in the kitchen making dinner - I want to be outside, enjoying what little summer Canada has. That's why