Tag: affordability

When the inventor of the World Wide Web tells you to take to the streets to defend the Internet, you better listen up! Video from The Guardian read more

Late last night, Cynthia Khoo and I returned from our trip to the CRTC’s headquarters in Gatineau, Quebec, where we delivered the voices of over 30,000 Canadians directly to some of the country’s most powerful decision-makers. Right now, the Commission faces a choice: they can either listen to Canadians and

On Monday, our own Josh Tabish and Cynthia Khoo presented to the CRTC to save independent Canadian ISPs. It was pretty kick-ass, here are the best bits if you missed it. If you’d like to see the full presentation, you can watch it at http://youtu.be/8P7b-VCwT8M and add your voice at https://OpenMedia.org/PowerGrab

This piece originally appeared in the December 2014 edition of the CCPA Monitor Last December, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) began a year-long public consultation on the future of Canada’s Internet services. At the core of the consultation, known formally as CRTC 2013-551 Review of Wholesale Services and

How is the digital divide affecting Canadians? Find out in this awesome video by SFU students for the Media Democracy Project.   read more

Big Telecom is trying to kill independent access to the Internet – blocking your options for high-speed affordable services. Help #SaveIndieISPs by clicking on the link to tweet our message to the CRTC. http://bit.ly/1zZwg71 read more

Check out this great open letter by OpenMedia community member Ben Klass and others to the CRTC about what Internet users want the future of about the future of indie ISPs in Canada. Article by Benjamin Klass for The Huffington Post In the beginning of November, CRTC Chairman JP Blais

An upcoming CRTC hearing will decide the future of independent high-speed Internet in Canada. Learn more below, and find out how you can pitch in to save indie ISPs at https://OpenMedia.org/PowerGrab Article by Peter Nowak for AlphaBeatic read more

We Need Your Voice Right Now Next week, a crucial hearing begins that will determine how you are able to access the Internet – and whether or not Big Telecom will be given license to continue price-gouging you, and kill off what independent (i.e., non-Big Telecom) Internet services we have. read

I mean we don't like to brag, but… Article by Peter Nowak for the Daily Dot There’s something very Canadian about Barack Obama’s firm stance on net neutrality. read more

From OpenMedia International: Unlike what Big-Telecom lobbyists will tell you, preventing the Internet slow lane is uniting people across political divides. Let’s work together to keep the Internet open and innovative at https://BigTelecomVsTheWorld.org Article by Robinson Meyer for the Atlantic Everyone likes the Internet. read more

Big changes in the U.S. could impact Canadians’ everyday Internet use. Article by Kazi Stastna for the CBC The epic battle in the U.S. over who gets to shape the future of the internet got even more heated this week when President Barack Obama weighed in in favour of net

Thousands of Canadians joined in on the CRTC’s Let’s Talk TV hearings, and told the panel they want more choice and flexibility. Now we’re finally seeing some improvement. Article by Carmi Levy for Yahoo Finance The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission’s announcement Thursday it was ordering telecom carriers to abolish

It’s a win for choice and flexibility for Canadians, but does it go far enough? Article by the CBC Canadians no longer have to give a 30-day notice to cancel or change their television, internet or landline telephone service, the CRTC says. read more

The U.S. FCC just doesn’t get it. Article by Barbara van Schewik for CNN The results of the midterm election confirm Americans’ widespread discontent with Washington gridlock on a range of issues. read more