To help us counter a campaign by Big Telecom lobbyists to suppress our voices and paint a rosy picture of our dysfunctional telecom market, we asked the pro-Internet community to help us fund the development of a cutting-edge letter to the editor tool. Many of you responded by pitching in
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OpenMedia.ca: Stop Online Spying Heroes
The pro-Internet community has won some key battles in pushing for a more open, affordable, and surveillance-free Internet because of thousands of un-sung hereos like Connie Fournier and Quincy Lam. Just 100 days after the Conservative Government took office and announced that it would pass an invasive, warrantless, and costly
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: The Next Step To Stop High Cell Phone Bills
As you probably know by now, the Big Three cell phone giants are trying to shut independent competitors out from an upcoming wireless spectrum auction. Spectrum is crucial infrastructure for cell phone providers that want to compete in Canada, and if the Big Three succeed it will mean less choice
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Open Internet Supporters Fight Back
Connie Fournier and Quincy Lam aren’t what you would call conventional activists. When the Conservative Government promised to introduce invasive, costly, and warrantless online spying legislation they decided to fight back the best way they knew how: They opened up their computers and started programming. Volunteering on weekends and evenings
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Reporting Back From Parliament Hill
Late last week, OpenMedia.ca met with eight Members of Parliament in Ottawa to discuss legislative strategies that would make the Internet in Canada more open and affordable. This is part of our…
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Digital Action Team update: Unsung Pro-Internet Hero Jeremy Brown
Under intense pressure from the pro-Internet community, the government of Canada changed its tune last week, and omitted “Lawful Access” (warrantless online spying bills) from the larger omnibus crime legislation. This will allow us to debate the dange…
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: UBB Hearing Report from the Pro-Internet Community’s Andrew Moore
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Andrew Moore, long-time member of the pro-Internet community and OpenMedia.ca’s Digital Action Team, gives a video update on the usage-based billing hearings happening this week:
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Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Liberal Industry Critic Backs ISP Accountability
Today, in response to the release of hundreds of pages of unresolved Internet openness complaints, Liberal Industry and Consumer Affairs Critic, Hon. Geoff Regan, announced his support for CRTC audits of Canadian ISPs’ online traffic management practic…
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Taking The Open Internet Fight To Parliament Hill
Dear pro-Internet community,
OpenMedia.ca fights for open, accessible, and affordable Internet for all Canadians by bringing together the voices of hundreds of thousands of citizens frustrated with high Internet prices, slow speeds, warrantless online…
OpenMedia.ca: Casting an Open Net in Ottawa
OpenMedia.ca met with eleven pro-Internet Members of Parliament Wednesday and Thursday in Ottawa to discuss our community-crafted research report, Casting An Open Net, and to highlight to lawmakers that Canadians want open, accessible, and affordable I…
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