The complaint comes a month after TekSavvy appealed to Canadian consumers, which it says has resulted in support for the CRTC's decision by more than 150,000 Canadians.

The cabinet has set Feb. 14 as the deadline for receiving comments on the issue and TekSavvy says it will collect comments through the website Paylesstoconnect.ca.

According to a maintenance and outage map on the TekSavvy website, it outage began at around 6:45 p.m.

“All services are back up and running now, and we sincerely apologize for any inconvenience.”

Canada's broadcast regulator has denied an appeal by small Internet providers to require major telecommunications companies to provide access to their wireless networks.

Canadians who illegally download movies may be risking a far bigger fine than the presumed $5,000 statutory limit.

Martin Scorsese’s 'The Wolf of Wall Street' and Disney's smash hit 'Frozen' have topped the list of the most pirated movies of 2014.

Major Internet companies continue to call for the reform of government surveillance programs, which they say undermine users' right to freedom online.

A Canadian Internet service provider has been ordered to hand over the names and addresses of about 2,000 customers who are alleged to have downloaded movies online.