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Joint letter questions why government is avoiding debate on ‘chilling’ legislation
August 9, 2011 – A group of academics and public interest organizations released a joint lett…
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Joint letter questions why government is avoiding debate on ‘chilling’ legislation
August 9, 2011 – A group of academics and public interest organizations released a joint lett…
By Amy Chung for Postmedia News
One-fifth of Canadians polled in a new survey said they would turn down a million dollars in order to keep their Internet access – a possible sign that our reliance on the World Wide Web is slowly catching up to the tele…
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It looks like Big Telecom is getting in close with the government. Today Telus has announced that former Conservative Public Safety Minister (also former Minister of International Trade and Treasury Board President) Stockw…
Thanks to the hard work of the pro-Internet community and the Stop Online Spying Coalition, word is really starting to get out about the government’s costly and poorly thought-out online spying scheme.
Jesse Klein’s article in the National Post notes …
There is big money to be made on the Internet, no breaking news there, but have you noticed the huge increase in online advertisements?
Currently, the Internet is the fastest growing recipient of advertising dollars; in 2010 alone, Internet ad sales gr…
A net neutrality (Internet openness) tool has been developed, which lets you know when your ISP is slowing you down.
Bigger changes need to be made, though, before we can say we’ve beat unjust throttling. We’ve recently seen that the CRTC doesn’t do mu…
Living under a telecom oligopoly is no easy thing. Canadians can attest to that as they face high mobile roaming charges from major telecom companies. Recently, the OECD released a report that reveals that Canada has the highest roaming prices among al…
Continue readingBy Jason Koblovsky of the Canadian Gamers Organization
A few months ago, a few Canadian gamers sent in a complaint to the CRTC that suspected Rogers’ throttling practices were affecting connectivity to the World of Warcraft (WoW) game. The CRTC ha…
Continue readingCanadian small businesses thrive when given the opportunity to compete on a level playing field with the big guys. Punitive pricing for Internet “overuse” could threaten the Montreal-based start-ups described in this article & many more Canadian ve…
Continue readingThe half-a-million Canadians who stood up for the Internet by signing and sharing the Stop the Meter petition received some support from the Liberal Party today.
Hon. Geoff Regan, Industry and Consumer Affairs critic and MP for Halifax West, sent out a…
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If you watch television, you’ve likely seen those public services announcements (or lightly disguised commercials, in some cases) explaining that over-the-air (OTA) television transmissions in 30 Canadian cities…
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Written by Stefanie Lee and Carla Cristoffanini
The CRTC recently released its annual Communications Monitoring Report, which shows that numbers of broadband Internet and wireless service subscribers in Canada a…
By Peter Nowak
The CRTC released its annual Communications Monitoring Report last week and, as usual, the document shows Canada to have a very healthy – and wealthy – telecom and broadcast industry. Revenues and subscribers are up pretty much acros…
From CBC News
One Bell Mobility cell phone customer in B.C.’s Okanagan is warning others to double-check their phone bills after she was charged upwards of $30 a month for long distance calls from cities she has never visited.
Since May, Kelowna reside…
By Ellen Roseman for Moneyville
Bell Canada is known for poor customer service, a long-standing problem that shows no signs of improvement.
The biggest problem is trying to get Bell’s customer service staff to resolve an issue, says Wendy Buckner.
By Phillip Dampier for Stop The Cap
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WHO:
Michael Byers — Canada Research Chair in Global Politics and International Law
Christopher Parsons — Department of Political Science, University of Victoria
Michael Vonn…
By Phillip Dampier for Stop The Cap
Rogers Communications has announced usage cap and speed adjustments for many of its Internet service plans — changes that will bring increased allowances for some of the company’s most premium customers.
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It appears that Bell is expecting rough regulatory waters ahead. Following their faltering, and rather unpopular proposal for aggregated volume pricing (AVP) at this month’s UBB hearings, Bell has recruited political top brass, Jim Prentice, to …
Continue readingIn a letter sent today, Vancouver East MP Libby Davies encouraged her constituents to join her in signing the Stop The Meter petition. The Deputy Leader for the NDP writes:
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