Nationwide upload and download speeds generally exceed the maximum advertised rate, according to a new report from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC). (The Logic)

Talking point: Canadian companies have long offered faster internet than they advertise: a 2016 CRTC study found that 36 out of 41 internet packages did so. Today’s results, which are based off a study conducted in October 2019, similarly had five plans fall short (four from Bell, one from Shaw). Internet speed was not affected to a degree that would be noticeable at peak-hour usage—which bodes well for internet service providers’ ability to cope during the height of the pandemic, when usage on at least one major firm’s network increased by 50 per cent during the daytime.