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The poster child for the last showdown over the open Internet in Canada was the online gamer. This time it could be a much broader swath of the population as the battleground turns to anyone who streams YouTube videos or catches up on Netflix shows on their smartphone.

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Applications that allow existing television customers to watch certain content on the web or mobile devices abound but a Canadian competitor to the free-standing streaming video service — and one that that doesn’t require a cable, satellite or IPTV subscription — has yet to materialize.

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As U.S. authorities prepare to rewrite laws around net neutrality – the principle that a byte is a byte and all content should be treated equally – Canada’s own rules on Internet traffic are facing a crucial test.