Cybertelecom Federal Internet Law & Policy An Educational Project

International: Americas

Antigua

Permit and license Internet gambling operations.  -- Statement of Kevin V. Di Gregory, Deputy Assistanct Attorney Gen., Criminal Division, US Department of Justice, Hearing on HR 2380 Before the Subcommittee on Crime, Committee on the Judiciary, 105th Cong. 77-91 (1998)

Argentina

Year Regulator Established: 1990 | Approval Required for ISP to Start Operations: Formal. | ISP Price Regulation: No. | Subscribers (2000): 2.5 m | Hosts (2000): 175 k Source: Scott Wallsten, Regulation and Internet Use in Developing Countries (Draft Dec. 2002)

Aruba

• Aruba Highest In Caribbean Net Penetration, Cyberatlas 5/9/03

Bahamas

Bahamian govt indicated that it would prohibit Internet gambling in Bahamas.  -- Statement of Kevin V. Di Gregory, Deputy Assistanct Attorney Gen., Criminal Division, US Department of Justice, Hearing on HR 2380 Before the Subcommittee on Crime, Committee on the Judiciary, 105th Cong. 77-91 (1998)

Barbados

• Green Paper on Telecom Sector Policy Govt of Barbados Dec 2000
• Barbados the Information Society
• Internet in Barbados "There are five (5) known Internet service providers (ISPs) in Barbados offering dial-up access to customers.  At least two(2) of these also offer wireless access. All of the ISPs gain access to the worldwide Internet network through dedicated links into Cable & Wireless which then provides connectivity to the sophisticated internet backbone in the USA."
• "All ISPs will be licenced for administrative purposes" Sec. 2
• Year Regulator Established: 2001 | Approval Required for ISP to Start Operations: Formal. | ISP Price Regulation: No. | Subscribers (2000): 10 k | Hosts (2000): 79 Source: Scott Wallsten, Regulation and Internet Use in Developing Countries, Table 1 (Draft Dec. 2002)

Belize

Year Regulator Established: 1987 | Approval Required for ISP to Start Operations: n/a. | ISP Price Regulation: Yes. | Source: Scott Wallsten, Regulation and Internet Use in Developing Countries, Table 1 (Draft Dec. 2002)

Bolivia

Year Regulator Established: 1995 | Approval Required for ISP to Start Operations: Notification. | ISP Price Regulation: No. | Source: Scott Wallsten, Regulation and Internet Use in Developing Countries, Table 1 (Draft Dec. 2002)

Brazil

• Anatel (govt regulator)
• Year Regulator Established: 1997 | Approval Required for ISP to Start Operations: None. | ISP Price Regulation: no. | Source: Scott Wallsten, Regulation and Internet Use in Developing Countries, Table 1 (Draft Dec. 2002)
• Dot Com IT Training for Disadvantaged Brazilian Youth: dot-ORG
• First Private NAP On Tap For Brazil , ISPWorld 3/14/01

Canada

• Broadband
  • 2006: 83% adoption of broadband due to ubiquitious Internet over cable.
• Municipal Broadband
  • Community Wireless Infrastruction Research Project Canada
    • OneZone
    • Toronto Hydro Telecom
      • Capital investment: $2 M first phase. $46 M full coverage . Rate: $29/mo ($10/day or $5/hour). Competitors: Bell Sympatico (DSL), Rogers (cable). Payback period ~1 year with 1% adoption. [This works out to an average annual household cost of ~$50-60 per year or <$5/month - begging the question of why not treating this like a utility).
    • Montreal Wireless Island
• Open Access
  • Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
  • Order CRTC 2000-788 Ottawa, 18 August 2000 CRTC orders Vidéotron to offer resellers lower rates for high-speed Internet services
  • Order CRTC 2000-789 Ottawa, 21 August 2000  Terms and rates approved for large cable carriers' higher speed access service
  • Cable firms must share high-speed lines: CRTC Montreal Gazette 9/15/99
  • Press Release OpenNet on Canada's Open Access Ruling July 6 1999
  • Canada's Ruling:  REGULATION UNDER THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT OF CABLE CARRIERS' ACCESS  SERVICES July 6, 1999
  • Canada's ISPs Win Access to Cable Networks Industry Standard July 8 1999
• News
  • Canadian executives target on-line activity, Globe and Mail 8/19/2005
  • Canadian ISP Study: This study, (PDF), commissioned by the Canadian Ministry of Industry, provides an overview of the health and stability of the Canadian ISP sector. The report was completed in March 2002., NANOG 7/1/02
  • Canadian Association of Internet Providers.
    • Industry Framework of Internet Service Providers in Canada - 940 ISPs
  • Canada Nixes Internet Royalties, Wired 7/2/2004

Caribbean

• Internet Service Providers of the Caribbean

Cayman Islands

Permit and license Internet gambling operations.  -- Statement of Kevin V. Di Gregory, Deputy Assistanct Attorney Gen., Criminal Division, US Department of Justice, Hearing on HR 2380 Before the Subcommittee on Crime, Committee on the Judiciary, 105th Cong. 77-91 (1998)

Chile

Year Regulator Established: 1977 | Approval Required for ISP to Start Operations: None. | ISP Price Regulation: No. | Source: Scott Wallsten, Regulation and Internet Use in Developing Countries, Table 1 (Draft Dec. 2002)

Columbia

Year Regulator Established: 1994 | Approval Required for ISP to Start Operations: Formal. | ISP Price Regulation: No. | Source: Scott Wallsten, Regulation and Internet Use in Developing Countries, Table 1 (Draft Dec. 2002)

Curacao

Permit and license Internet gambling operations.  -- Statement of Kevin V. Di Gregory, Deputy Assistanct Attorney Gen., Criminal Division, US Department of Justice, Hearing on HR 2380 Before the Subcommittee on Crime, Committee on the Judiciary, 105th Cong. 77-91 (1998)

Costa Rica

Year Regulator Established: 1996 | Approval Required for ISP to Start Operations: Formal. | ISP Price Regulation: n/a. | Source: Scott Wallsten, Regulation and Internet Use in Developing Countries, Table 1 (Draft Dec. 2002)

Cuba

• Cuban Official Defends Country's Internet Controls, Ecommerce Times 2/15/2007
• Cuban official defends Internet restrictions, blames U.S. for low number of Internet users, OpenNet 2/15/2007
• Media watchdog criticises Cuba for controlling Web, Reuters 10/20/2006
• Cuba tightens control over Internet, CNN 1/23/2004

Dominican Republic

• Year Regulator Established: 1998 | Approval Required for ISP to Start Operations: Formal. | ISP Price Regulation: No. | Source: Scott Wallsten, Regulation and Internet Use in Developing Countries, Table 1 (Draft Dec. 2002)
• Permit and license Internet gambling operations.  -- Statement of Kevin V. Di Gregory, Deputy Assistanct Attorney Gen., Criminal Division, US Department of Justice, Hearing on HR 2380 Before the Subcommittee on Crime, Committee on the Judiciary, 105th Cong. 77-91 (1998)

Ecudor

Year Regulator Established: 1995 | Approval Required for ISP to Start Operations: Formal. | ISP Price Regulation: No. | Source: Scott Wallsten, Regulation and Internet Use in Developing Countries, Table 1 (Draft Dec. 2002)

El Salvador

Year Regulator Established: 1996 | Approval Required for ISP to Start Operations: None. | ISP Price Regulation: No. | Source: Scott Wallsten, Regulation and Internet Use in Developing Countries, Table 1 (Draft Dec. 2002)

Grenada

Permit and license Internet gambling operations.  -- Statement of Kevin V. Di Gregory, Deputy Assistanct Attorney Gen., Criminal Division, US Department of Justice, Hearing on HR 2380 Before the Subcommittee on Crime, Committee on the Judiciary, 105th Cong. 77-91 (1998)

Guatemala

Year Regulator Established: 1996 | Approval Required for ISP to Start Operations: Formal. | ISP Price Regulation: No. | Source: Scott Wallsten, Regulation and Internet Use in Developing Countries, Table 1 (Draft Dec. 2002)

Hondoras

Year Regulator Established: 1995 | Approval Required for ISP to Start Operations: Formal. | ISP Price Regulation: No. | Source: Scott Wallsten, Regulation and Internet Use in Developing Countries, Table 1 (Draft Dec. 2002)

Jamaica

Office of Utilities Regulation
The Jamaica Internet ForumISPs
Cable and Wireless Jamaica
Jamaica Online Information Service
Info Channel | Alt Link |
Anngel.com
KasNet Online Communications Ltd.
Anbell Telecommunications Ltd.
Emoquad Internet Service
Cybervale

Year Regulator Established: 1997 | Approval Required for ISP to Start Operations: Formal. | ISP Price Regulation: No. | Source: Scott Wallsten, Regulation and Internet Use in Developing Countries, Table 1 (Draft Dec. 2002)

Latin America

Papers

• Information Technology in Latin America Martha García-Murillo, Syracuse University [PDF]

News
 

• AOL makes strides in key Latin America, USAToday 9/5/01
• Report: Internet a Growing Piece of Latin American Pie, Newsfactor 8/24/01
• LatAm Struggles To Bridge 'Digital Apartheid', Reuters 3/23/01
• PSINet Continues Latin America Expansion InternetNews 12/22/00
• Latin America Sees Net Explosion Internet Standard 12/17/99

Mexico

Year Regulator Established: 1996 | Approval Required for ISP to Start Operations: Notification. | ISP Price Regulation: No. | Source: Scott Wallsten, Regulation and Internet Use in Developing Countries, Table 1 (Draft Dec. 2002)

Papers

Resource Transfer in the Adoption of Electronic Commerce in Mexico Martha García-Murillo, Syracuse University

Netherland Antilles

Permit and license Internet gambling operations.  -- Statement of Kevin V. Di Gregory, Deputy Assistanct Attorney Gen., Criminal Division, US Department of Justice, Hearing on HR 2380 Before the Subcommittee on Crime, Committee on the Judiciary, 105th Cong. 77-91 (1998)

Panama

Year Regulator Established: 1996 | Approval Required for ISP to Start Operations: Formal. | ISP Price Regulation: No. | Source: Scott Wallsten, Regulation and Internet Use in Developing Countries, Table 1 (Draft Dec. 2002)

St Vincent

Permit and license Internet gambling operations.  -- Statement of Kevin V. Di Gregory, Deputy Assistanct Attorney Gen., Criminal Division, US Department of Justice, Hearing on HR 2380 Before the Subcommittee on Crime, Committee on the Judiciary, 105th Cong. 77-91 (1998)

Trinidad

Permit and license Internet gambling operations.  -- Statement of Kevin V. Di Gregory, Deputy Assistanct Attorney Gen., Criminal Division, US Department of Justice, Hearing on HR 2380 Before the Subcommittee on Crime, Committee on the Judiciary, 105th Cong. 77-91 (1998)

Venezuela

Year Regulator Established: 1991 | Approval Required for ISP to Start Operations: Formal. | ISP Price Regulation: No. | Source: Scott Wallsten, Regulation and Internet Use in Developing Countries, Table 1 (Draft Dec. 2002)