The first couple days of our Stop Online Spying public education campaign have seen some wonderful media attention. Thank you, Canadians, for spreading the word about the proposed warrantless online spying bills—it’s working! The government has kept …
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OpenMedia.ca: CRTC Takes First Step to Force Big Telecom Giant to Play Fair
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CRTC stands up to Rogers and demands Internet openness
September 16, 2011 – Today’s events marked a small victory for Internet openness: the CRTC, Canada’s telecom regula…
OpenMedia.ca: Postmedia: CRTC responds to gamers, comes down on Rogers
By Sarah Schmidt for Postmedia News
Canada’s telecommunications regulator on Friday told Rogers Communications Inc. to come up with plan before the end of the month to stop slowing down the speed of online games.
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OpenMedia.ca: Green Party joins the Stop Online Spying Campaign
OpenMedia.ca is proud of the Green Party of Canada’s latest demonstration of support for the Stop Online Spying campaign. Comparing the “Lawful Access” legislation to a CCTV camera in the privacy of the home, the Green Party is joining OpenMedia.ca in…
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Stop Online Spying goes viral
The government has failed to inform Canadians about the privacy and data security implications of this scheme, but Canadians are stepping up to the plate. Share these important citizen-made videos with everyone you know, then sign the petition at http:…
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: NDP Wants an End to the "Lawful Access" Legislation
OpenMedia.ca is excited about the New Democratic Party’s announcement that they are “gearing up to fight the Conservative’s proposed snooping law at every level this fall”. It’s great that the NDP is on board to stop the warrantless online spying l…
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Canadians Fight Government Proposal to Spy on Private Internet Use
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As Parliament prepares to resume Canadians launch three online videos to let Canadians know about the government’s plan.
Proposed bill will allow authorities to access private …
OpenMedia.ca: Macleans: Cell phone providers cutting data speeds & sucking power
By Jesse Brown for Macleans
A study has shown that wireless providers may be cutting data speeds in half and needlessly sucking juice from their customer’s cellphones (pdf). A team at the University of Michigan and Microsoft Research studied 107 cell…
OpenMedia.ca: CBC: Rogers BANK?
Big Telecom just gets bigger and bigger, and more intertwined with our everyday lives. Pushing back against Rogers and other giants is getting more challenging every day, but your engagement and support means that we can still fight for openness and af…
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: The Mark News: If a New Tax on Streaming Sites are Approved by the CRTC, Where Will the Money Go?
By François Caron for Outlet Name
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OpenMedia.ca: Nowak: ISPs Proving to be Obstacles for Gaming Industry Advancements
By Peter Nowak for The Huffington Post
It’s not just Internet users who are angry over their service providers’ usage-based billing and throttling policies. The man in charge of developing the biggest video game franchise in the world is pretty steamed…
OpenMedia.ca: The Globe and Mail: Small Wireless Companies Providing Competitive Prices
By Hugh Thompson for The Globe and Mail
While we certainly hope that this doesn’t represent the peak of wireless competition in Canada, this article makes a good point: it’s the small companies and new market entrants that have to provide a competitiv…
OpenMedia.ca: Debunking Rogers’ LTE
Another day, another shorthanded spin on the truth.
Rogers, the source behind this week’s telecom misstatement, has gone one step further in the wily unveiling of their new Long Term Evolution (LTE) wireless network. Claiming that any government ov…
OpenMedia.ca: Will the CRTC become a pro-Internet regulator?
The news of the day at the CRTC is that nothing has changed—a decision was made to keep Internet billing practices as-is in all Canadian markets. Billing transparency rules will apply to the 20% of markets that the CRTC recognizes as uncompetitive, a…
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Arctic Canada: A Telecommunications Backwater
From The Windsor Star
A group of public safety officials have released a study indicating that the Canadian Arctic is the most underdeveloped region in terms of communications infrastructure and it is at a high risk of falling further behind. As Canadi…
OpenMedia.ca: OpenMedia.ca will bring Canadian voices to Ottawa (again)
OpenMedia.ca will be meeting with Industry Minister Christian Paradis via teleconference on September 8, 2011, and we want to know what you would like discussed.
Please fill out our survey if you haven’t already, as we’ll be analyzing the results in a …
OpenMedia.ca: Nowak: Google launches YouTube movie rentals, fans UBB flames
By Peter Nowak
Just when all was quiet on the usage-based internet billing front, here comes Google to stir the pot again. The company on Wednesday launched YouTube movie rentals in Canada, which should make a nation of already prodigious online video …
OpenMedia.ca: Video: unLawful Access
Check out this video from the community, and don’t forget to sign the petition at http://StopSpying.ca
Sign the Stop Online Spying petition now: http://StopSpying.ca
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