9 h. ago Two Canadian airlines were just named for having some of the best internet

If you travel for work or just want to binge your fave show, good internet speed is probably an essential in-flight service for you.Internet connectivity data company Ookla has released its ranking of airline Wi-Fi performance, which may help frequent flyers determine which carriers offer the best internet access."Just as hotels have progressively integrated Wi-Fi connectivity as a standard amenity for their guests, in-flight Wi-Fi is transitioning from a novelty to a convenience to an expected service," reads the report released on Monday.Ookla says this increased expectation led the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) to incorporate "Quality of in-flight Wi-Fi" into its benchmarks for the airline industry.The company assessed airlines' internet performance by analyzing its Speedtest data collected during Q1 of 2025. It examined performance for individual airlines and for in-flight connectivity service providers.Two Cana...

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17 h. ago Internet service providers fear feds will side with CRTC on ruling boosting competitor access to fibre networks

According to the regulator, 'several thousand Canadian households' are already benefitting from new plans

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5 d. ago Supreme Court OKs fee that subsidizes phone, internet services in schools, libraries and rural areas

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the fee that is added to phone bills to provide billions of dollars a year in subsidized phone and internet services in schools, libraries and rural areas. The justices, by a 6-3 vote, reversed an appeals court ruling that had struck down as unconstitutional the Universal […]

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1 week ago CRTC says its wholesale internet rules balance need for competition and investment

Canada’s telecommunications regulator has once again determined the country’s largest internet companies should be able to provide service to customers using fibre networks built by their rivals — as long as they are doing so outside their core regions. It marks the CRTC’s final decision on the contentious matter _ which has pitted Telus Corp. […]

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1 week ago Montreal transit agency reinstates ‘move along’ rule to boost sense of security

The Société de transport de Montréal says the measure helped decrease assaults on staff and increased users’ sense of security when it was implemented as a pilot project.

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2 w. ago Massive Google Cloud outage disrupts popular internet services

NEW YORK — Popular online services across the globe were disrupted Thursday due to ongoing issues at Google Cloud. Tens of thousands of users of Spotify, Discord and other platforms began noticing issues with their services early in the afternoon, according to Downdetector, which tracks outages. Outage reports for music streamer Spotify in particular, peaked […]

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2 w. ago Internet ‘nutrition labels’ would boost consumer literacy when comparing plans: prof

The CRTC should move forward with implementing its proposed “nutrition label” requirement to help shoppers compare home internet plans, despite opposition from some providers, an internet researcher says. The change would make it mandatory for internet service providers to list certain metrics — such as those describing price and speed — for plans they offer […]

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3 w. ago Musk’s Starlink gets key license to launch satellite internet services in India

NEW DELHI (AP) — India has granted a key license to Elon Musk’s Starlink, bringing the satellite provider a step closer to launching its commercial internet services in the country, a top Indian government official said on Friday. “Yes. License has been granted,” said the official with direct knowledge of the matter at the department […]

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3 w. ago Musk threatens to decommission a key space station link for NASA

As President Donald Trump and Elon Musk argued on social media on Thursday, the world’s richest man threatened to decommission a space capsule used to take astronauts and supplies to the International Space Station. After Trump threatened to cut government contracts given to Musk’s SpaceX rocket company and his Starlink internet satellite services, Musk responded […]

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