With all that’s been happening around the secrecy of the TPP and the explosive situation in the U.S. around the looming Internet slow lane, your OpenMedia team thought it might be time to take a step back and give our community a quick update about the state of play in
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OpenMedia.ca: Guest Blog from Barry Shell – Is this the most ridiculous example of Big Telecom price-gouging yet?
Here’s a guest blog from OpenMedia friend and ally Barry Shell, highlighting how Big Telecom even charges Canadians who want to suspend their service while on holiday. Is this the most ridiculous example of Big Telecom price-gouging yet – or have you an even better example? Let us know in
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Guest blog by Canada’s mobile Internet hero Ben Klass: Don’t let Big Telecom turn your smartphone into a dumb TV
Chances are you have a love-hate relationship with your wireless provider: you love being able to use your smartphone wherever you go, but hate the high prices that Big Telecom charge for service. If you’re like many Canadians, you use your smartphone or tablet to access the Internet. In fact,
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: ConCalls: Who Did The Domestic Calls? #RoboCon #elxnfraud
Some behind the scenes numbers about Elections Canada’s impotent investigation into illegal robocalls… [note Prime Contact, which came up in the blogosphere earlier this week.] 81. At the national level, the Conservative Party, using data from its Constituent Information Management System (CIMS) database, called through two primary telemarketing companies: Responsive
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: CBC: Cord-cutting continues as Canadians ditch TV & landlines
More and more Canadians are ditching Big Telecom’s price gouging on phone and TV services. What about you? Article from The CBC More Canadians are abandoning traditional telephones and TV services, reflecting a growing trend prompted by changing lifestyles, according to a new study. read more
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Words by Nowak: Canadians deserve independent, world-class service at affordable rates
Compared to other industrialized countries, Canadian telecom giants reap far higher rewards while offering slow and expensive service. Last Friday’s Digital Canada 150 announcement by Industry Minister James Moore contained next to nothing to address that gap. Think Canadians deserve better? Demand choice in our wireless market at http://DemandChoice.ca Article
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: April Fools Prank in Class
If you watch this, turn down the sound a bit, read the captions, and prepare to laugh loudly.
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Province of Ontario: Ontario creates powerful protections for wireless consumers
It’s a win for Canadians and for our community! The Ontario government has enshrined consumer protections for wireless customers in law, introducing caps on contract cancellation fees and requiring Telecoms to advertise their prices more accurately. This significant decision was made possible by our monthly allies, who helped us work
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Yahoo Finance: Canadian online video consumption, premium pricing on a collision course
Canadians want lower prices and more data from their wireless providers, but price-gouging Big Telecom giants have other ideas. Something’s got to give – speak out: http://DemandChoice.ca Article by Carmi Levy for Yahoo Finance Canadian wireless consumers could be headed toward a digital collision. read more
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Globe and Mail: Telus’s decision to shut Public Mobile angers consumers
280,000 customers are being forced to pay a hefty fee to upgrade their phones following the Telus takeover of former indie provider Public Mobile.. Help us demand choice in our wireless market by going to http://DemandChoice.ca Article by Rita Trichur and Steven Chase for The Globe and Mail Telus Corp.
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Top 5 things you need to know about the government’s long-awaited digital economy strategy
We were starting to worry this day would never come. But, lo and behold, here it is: the government has finally announced its long-awaited digital economy strategy, Digital Canada 150. So, what’s the good news? While there are a few positive measures in the strategy, they amount to little more
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Government’s digital strategy leaves Canada stuck in the slow lane – fails to tackle stark digital divide and national digital deficit
OpenMedia_Sidebar_Image.png Canadians deserve so much more than just warmed-up leftovers from previous government announcements: new strategy means Canada will likely fall even further behind its global counterparts on Internet affordability, access, and speed April 4, 2014 – The government’s long-awaited new digital strategy announced this morning will disappoint Canadians who
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Android Headlines: three is NOT the magic number for wireless carriers
This piece on a high-profile U.S. website shows that word is spreading fast about Canada’s broken wireless market. Canadians are tired of the high prices and lack of choice that are holding back our digital economy. Tell Industry Minister Moore its time to rein in our telecom giants at https://openmedia.ca/gatekeepers.
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: ConCalls: Satire and Analysis Becomes Reality in #RoboCon
Ever wonder why Elec Canada didn't raid CPC hq. On robocalls? I know I do. See ipolitics @HarrisAuthor #cdnpoli— Michael Harris (@HarrisAuthor) March 24, 2014 In early March 2012, I asked the same, putting the question to major political parties and Elections Canada. “Why doesn’t Elections Canada just check the
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: CBC: Canadian upload speeds among worst in industrialized world
Canada is falling further and further behind our global counterparts when it comes to high-speed Internet. Tell decision-makers to drop the Big Telecom deadweight that’s holding our country back: https://openmedia.ca/deadweight Article by Peter Nowak for CBC News In a busy week, Jeremy Phan might do 10 photo shoots for various
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Wireless price-hikes! OK who’s running the show here: Big Telecom or the government?
In February, Industry Minister James Moore announced that the government has heard our voices, and promised that everyday Canadians would soon experience lower costs and greater choice in our broken mobile phone and Internet market. In March, less than a month later, Canada’s Big Telecom cartel jacks up prices across
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Wireless price hike underlines government’s failure to deliver its promise to lower rates and rein in high-cost Big Telecom giants
BT-price-gouge_v2.png Urgent government action required to open networks to ensure Canadians have affordable alternatives to the Big Three providers MARCH 18, 2014 – Canadians will be paying even more for wireless service, following a hefty $5 price increase that was quietly announced by telecom giants Bell and Rogers over the
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Rogers may be pulling out of the CWTA
It looks like Big Telecom’s lobby group is in deep trouble. Last week Telus pulled out of the CWTA – now Rogers could be poised to do the same. Will you be shedding tears over its demise? http://bit.ly/NVDvuc Article by Gary Ng for iPhone in Canada Last week in a
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Financial Post: Industry Minister Moore blocks Bell and Rogers from obtaining Nextwave’s wireless spectrum
Ottawa has blocked telecom giants Bell and Rogers from gobbling up even more scarce and valuable wireless spectrum. Let’s keep up the pressure on Industry Minister Moore to rein in Big Telecom at https://openmedia.ca/gatekeepers Article by Christine Dobby for Financial Post TORONTO – Ottawa has blocked a bid by two
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Ben Klass complaint against Bell prompts CRTC to review mobile Internet rules
Several months ago, we let you know that Manitoba resident and OpenMedia community member Ben Klass had filed a complaint with Canada’s telecom policymaker, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC). Ben’s complaint claimed that telecom giant Bell was unfairly stifling certain types of mobile content over their wireless networks
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