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Net neutrality debate is a struggle against non-existent violations

[Originally Appearing on the National Post / Financial Post website] Hype aside, network neutrality violations haven’t happened, and aren’t likely to -Network Neutrality- has become a headline-grabbing subject of late.…
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Smothering the Internet with Net Neutrality

[Originally Appearing on the Financial Post website] In The Evolution of Everything, British scientist Matt Ridley observes that many of our large and defining systems ” the economy, technology, the…
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What Canadians will lose out on as the US deregulates the Internet while we’re stuck on ‘net neutrality’

[Originally Appearing on the National Post / Financial Post website] Is the U.S. about to kill the open Internet and will Canada save it? The new chair of the U.S.…
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Why Concerns About Net Neutrality Are Overblown

[Originally Appearing on the New York Times website] TORONTO – The Federal Communications Commission is planning to jettison its network neutrality rules, and many Americans are distraught. Such a move,…
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Why Net Neutrality Fanatics Were Wrong

Two years ago, in another op-ed, I made an unpopular prediction. I guessed that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)’s plan to scrap network neutrality rules in the United States would…
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