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Competition Won’t Fix Canada’s Telecom Woes (Tech Won't Save Us ep130)


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On a new episode of Tech Won't Save Us' monthly series focusing on technology in Canada, Paris Marx is joined by Fenwick McKelvey to discuss how the massive outage at Rogers has challenged the narrative that more competition will fix Canada’s telecom sector, why we need better regulations and how consumers would benefit from public ownership.

Fenwick McKelvey is the author of Internet Daemons: Digital Communications Possessed. He’s also an associate professor in the Department of Communication Studies at Concordia University and a director of Machine Agencies at the Milieu Institute. Follow Fenwick on Twitter at @mckelveyf.

Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Follow the podcast (@techwontsaveus) and host Paris Marx (@parismarx) on Twitter, support the show on Patreon, and sign up for the weekly newsletter.
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