We have seen Canada falling behind the world in Internet speeds, while increasing in prices. We need the government to prioritize accessible, affordable, and excellent Internet for Canadians. Call on your MP to prioritize a digital strategy that makes this possible. Help spread the word and share this image: read
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OpenMedia.ca: Tired of being price-gouged?
We recently asked Canadians what frustrated them about their cell phone provider and service. We received responses ranging from high prices, to customer service, to bad coverage, and more. Help spread the word and share this image: read more
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Have you seen this honest Internet company?
A satirical video from Extremely Decent Films about “honesty” in the telecommunications industry went viral this weekend. A number of our community members took a stand and shared the video in order to help spread the word about our lack of choice for Internet, cell phones, and cable. ***Disclaimer: The
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Larger web page sizes = more data eaten = higher prices for Canadians.
With limited data allowances and high data prices from Big Telecom, we are seeing a “user unfriendly” increase in the amount of data required to load mobile web pages. Canadians need choices that will reflect the true cost and use of these cell phone services. Article by The Canadian Press:
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: How do you feel when you get your cell phone bill?
Big Telecom have been telling us that Canadians are happy with the prices and services being offered. Your stories however, have shown us a very different reality. Share this image if you want choice in Canada’s cell phone market. read more
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Rules to protect Canadian cell phone users coming soon
The CRTC is currently reviewing the national cell phone rules draft, and we should be seeing results within the coming months. Provincial cell phone rules are in place, but to offer Canadians better options, our national rules should co-exist, rather than override, these provincial rules. We need choice in our
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Supreme Court of Canada makes pro-citizen privacy decision.
Canadians have been successfully pushing back hard against warrantless access to our private information. Now, in a recent decision, the Supreme Court of Canada has made a pro-citizen decision – police are now required to meet a higher standard of justification to attain a warrant to gain access your text
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Planning for a bolder Internet future
The EU has released a goal of increasing their minimum Internet speeds by 2020, something Canada will not see happen soon without a proper digital strategy in place. With Canada’s Internet speeds falling in yearly reports, we need a bold digital strategy to prioritize fast, affordable, and accessible Internet. Demand
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Push Back in the Media | Weekly News Update from OpenMedia.ca
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Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: With the government’s poor data privacy track record, we need a pro-privacy commitment
The loss of Canadians’ student loan data earlier this year was one of the various demonstrations that the government does not have sufficient safeguards in place to protect our private data. That they might have known about it earlier shows a definite need for transparency in this process. With such
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: A consumer battle guide to cell phone mistreatment.
Canadians sent us their cell phone horror stories, and with them, we’ve created a road map to fix our cell phone market and helped to create a tool kit to fix your individual cell phone horror stories. We’ve seen stories where Canadians have been price-gouged with incredibly high roaming and
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Canadians Go Back to the Days of the Phone Booth to Demand Choice
This week we got the chance to interact with our supporters, when cell phone customers gathered at an old red telephone booth on Commercial Drive in Vancouver to demonstrate how the archaic price gouging practices of Big Telecom are keeping Canada’s communications trapped in the past. In a light-hearted public
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Will one of Canada’s few independent cell phone providers be gobbled up by Big Telecom?
WIND Mobile, Canada’s largest independent cell phone provider, is being put up for sale. This could very well mean less choice in Canada’s cell phone market – especially if WIND is bought by one of the Big Three cell phone giants. This is the sort of thing that happens when
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Big Telecom continues to say the Canadian cell phone market is just fine – experts disagree.
There are things wrong in Canada’s cell phone market, and our report—using your lived experiences and the most recent and available data—is our effort to show what exactly is wrong in order to push decision-makers to create change that benefits Canadians. Big Telecom, knowing some of those things threaten their
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Canadians’ top 3 complaints about the cell phone market are … [drum roll, please]
The top 3 grievances Canadians have with the cell phone market are: price-gouging, restrictive contracts, and disrespectful customer service. Clearly it’s time to fix our broken telecom market, and we have an action plan to do it. read more
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Peter Nowak once more takes on myths of the wireless market.
Big Telecom continues to insist that the market is fine and Canadians are not paying some of the highest cell phone prices. Peter Nowak once again took on these claims and found more data showing that “Canadians are indeed paying high prices”. Our cell phone market is a lemon and
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: What the media is missing: Government privacy breaches
Guest blog by Tyler Morgestern, Program Director at the BC Freedom of Information and Privacy Association. In the so-called “era of big data,” it’s no secret that more of our personal information than ever is ending up in the hands of powerful organizations, including transnational private corporations, national governments, and
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Let’s come up with a plan to stop international agreements from restricting Internet freedom
Dear Internet community, New Internet restrictions are currently being developed through multiple international "trade" agreements that could significantly restrict and potentially even criminalize your everyday use of the Internet. We know from past campaigns that we win when the Internet community reaches out and engages a critical mass of citizens
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Spying software linked to Canadian servers
While it’s unclear whether the government is using the FinFisher spy software, the government should either come clean and tell Canadians they are using this technology as this report suggests, or clearly state that they are not. Demand transparency and accountability for your privacy: http://stopspying.ca Article by The Canadian Press
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Peter Nowak takes on 10 myths of the wireless market
Article by Peter Nowak: A report last week from Scotia Capital on Canada’s wireless sector caused a commotion, seeking as it did to dispel certain myths with facts. With both the government and regulators recently turning their attention to the wireless market, analyst Jeff Fan sought to tackle some of
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