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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
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
Canada
Privacy
Office of the Privacy Commissioner
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
canadacanada
Papers
Canadian Peering Panel , NANOG 55 June 2012 (video archive)
How Competitive is the Canadian Residentail Broadband Market?: A Study of Canadian Internet Service Providers and their Regulatory Environment- 
Catherine Middleton, Anneminjn Van Gorp: Ryerson University TPRC 2009
News
Canadian Government To Overturn Usage-Billing Rules - New Pricing 'Not In The Best Interest Of Consumers,' Says Official, dslreports 2/3/2011
Unpacking The Policy Issues Behind Bandwidth Caps & Usage Based Billing, Geist 2/3/2011
Three Cents Per Gigabyte, Geist 2/3/2011
CRTC keeps hands off Internet, Globe and Mail 6/5/2009
Time to regulate online content, cultural groups tell CRTC, Globe and Mail 2/18/2009
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
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)
haitihaiti Haiti
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
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)
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)
Nicaragua
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)
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