New rules from regulator ensures Canadians will have choices outside the Big Three leading to lower phone bills and more flexible offerings in the not-too-distant future. May 5, 2015 – A major ruling from the CRTC today signals a significant step toward providing Canadians with greater choice and affordability in
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Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Everything you always wanted to know about Bill C-51
Thanks to a lot of hard work from our friends at CIPPIC, and our friends at CJFE, we’ve pulled together a new Primer about the impacts of Bill C-51. It’s a really detailed and accessible resource that we can point people toward who want to learn more about how Bill
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Open letter to James Moore: Close the loophole that lets Big Media threaten Canadians
Four months. This is how long Big Media conglomerates have been using a legal loophole to abuse, confuse, and threaten Canadian downloaders with misleading letters. And the letters have been outrageous. Media giants have sent letters to the wrong people, threatened to sue some folks for $150,000 (BTW, this isn’t
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: We’re voting against secret police in Canada. Will you join us?
In the past few weeks, tens of thousands of Canadians have stood shoulder-to-shoulder to oppose the government’s “secret police” Bill C-51 at events across the country, while over 110,000 have spoken out online. Together, we’re making a huge difference. Before Canadians learned about the dangers posed by Bill C-51, only
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Canadians use social media and local gatherings to educate neighbours and MPs, as #StopC51 Week of Education kicks off
c51_WoE_fbshare.jpg With many MPs home in their ridings in advance of crucial vote, over 50 online and offline activities will take place right across Canada for #StopC51 Week of Education April 13, 2015 – With opposition to the government’s controversial Bill C-51 surging, Canadians across the country are coming together
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Tell Ron Wyden: Don’t Fast Track Internet Censorship
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Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Are Rogers and Fido planning to make competing mobile services more expensive for Canadians?
Your OpenMedia team recently got wind of new plans afoot by Rogers’ subsidiary Fido to make competing apps and services more expensive over their mobile networks, and it’s certainly cause for concern. Based on a recent article from Mobile Syrup, it appears that the carrier intends to create unfair incentives
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Bell president Kevin Crull should resign after being caught censoring CTV news coverage
bellpress.png March 25, 2015 – Responding to reports that Bell directly interfered with CTV News coverage of CRTC decisions promising Canadians more affordable and flexibility in telecom options, OpenMedia Campaigns Manager Josh Tabish had said this to say: “Sadly, we’re concerned with repeated reports that Bell’s President Kevin Crull is
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: In win for customers, Federal Court of Appeal denies Bell Mobility’s request to continue controversial Mobile TV service until court case is resolved
bell-costs.png Court rules that Bell must stop discriminating against competing apps and services as per CRTC order, allowing other content providers to operate on a level playing field. March 23, 2015 – The Federal Court of Appeal today dismissed Bell Mobility’s request to continue offering their controversial Mobile TV service
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Well, Internet, we did it. We stopped the Internet slow lane.
Well, Internet, we did it. Today, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission announced the strongest Net Neutrality rules possible. Experts everywhere agree that the new rules will entrench net neutrality and prevent telecom conglomerates from creating ‘slow lanes’ on the Internet. Here’s the bottom line: This is a historic victory for
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Canadian group plays pivotal role in Historic Win for Internet, as U.S. FCC announces strong new rules to save Net Neutrality
FCC_Victory_fbshare_smalltext (1).png Year-long campaign ends in victory, after massive global coalition unites to stop telecom conglomerates’ plan to force millions of websites into an Internet slow lane. February 26, 2015 – The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has just announced strong new Net Neutrality rules. Experts say the new rules will entrench net neutrality and
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: The pro-Internet Jumbotron is LIVE at FCC Headquarters in Washington, D.C.
You know that old expression, “A picture is worth 30,000 people submitting images, videos, and messages to an 11’ x 17’ JUMBOTRON in Washington, D.C.”? OK, it’s not really a saying… yet. But it might be after today! THE PRO-INTERNET JUMBOTRON IS LIVE AT FCC HEADQUARTERS IN WASHINGTON, D.C. And
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Bell’s dragging a university student, single mother, and seniors’ org to court to make the Internet more like cable TV. Yuck.
Bell Mobility is taking Canadians to court so they can continue inflating the cost of competing apps like Netflix by up to 800%. If they win, they’ve asked that a university student, single mom, and seniors’ organization (among others) should be forced to pay their legal costs. You can’t make
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Bell Mobility is taking Canadians to court so it can keep artificially inflating the price of competing apps and services
bell-mobileTV-appeal.png In an effort to make Internet services more like cable TV, Bell is trying to overturn a CRTC decision forcing the company to treat other video services fairly on their network February 23, 2015 – Over the weekend, OpenMedia learned that Bell Mobility filed a motion with the Federal
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: The web is putting a giant JUMBOTRON in Washington D.C. as part of #InternetCountdown – Here’s how you can help.
The clock is ticking down fast to the U.S. FCC’s crucial decision about whether to allow Big Telecom to install slow lanes on our Internet. We have just over a week left to make our voices heard before they vote on a plan to stop Internet slow lanes – setting
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: OpenMedia joins 31 groups from 5 continents to deliver letter urging FCC to stop Big Telecom’s slow lane plan
Today, 31 organizations from five continents around the globe (including OpenMedia) delivered a letter to key FCC decision-makers in the U.S. asking them to stop Big Telecom’s Internet slow lane plan – preserving so-called “net neutrality” rules. Given that the U.S. could set a strong global standard for what net
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: How Canada’s net neutrality rules are some of the best in the world
This article was originally published on the Huffington Post. Yesterday, U.S. FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler announced his agency’s commitment to the strongest possible rules to prevent telecommunications companies from forcing certain websites and services into a slow lane online. At issue here are so-called “net neutrality” rules – rules which dictate
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: OpenMedia is crowdsourcing a Jumbotron at the FCC for the final Net Neutrality push
FCC Chair Tom Wheeler has just revealed key details about upcoming rules to stop Big Telecom’s Internet slow lane plan. Decision-makers are on the right path but we know telecom lobbyists are pulling out all the stops to stuff the rules full of loopholes before the FCC’s final vote on
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: In big win for Internet users, CRTC finds Bell Mobility unlawfully made competing mobile video apps and services more expensive
10418983_10152770578749759_4936705458735744107_n_0.png Following case taken by concerned Canadians and public interest groups, CRTC says mobile providers cannot markup independent services like Netflix to give their own content an unfair advantage January 29, 2015 – A landmark decision from the CRTC today has determined that Bell Mobility unlawfully made competing mobile apps
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