---
title: "Canada’s Mobile Internet Failure"
author: "Colin Smillie"
date: "2007-04-10"
url: "https://colinsmillie.com/2007/04/10/canadas-mobile-internet-failure/"
description: "Tom Purves compared Canadian mobile data rates against the rest of the world. The results are grim and the CRTC has questions to answer."
type: "post"
tags: []
categories: ["Technology"]
---

# Canada’s Mobile Internet Failure

![](/DOCUME%7E1/csmillie/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot.jpg)![Canadian Data Rates](http://farm1.static.flickr.com/250/452679328_ad5e1b98b0_o.gif)

[Tom Purves](http://www.thomaspurves.com/) has done a great comparison of the data rates in Canada compared with the rest of the world.  The CRTC has a done a horrible job with mobile services and data service in particular.

The mobile internet was intended to be the great equalizer since many people don’t have access to a computer + internet connection.  At this rate the mobile internet is going to be another technology divide…