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Big Telecom Tries to Flip Last Month’s Public Interest Decision From the CRTC
November 19, 2012 – Big telecom company Bell is once again trying to take over Astral…
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Big Telecom Tries to Flip Last Month’s Public Interest Decision From the CRTC
November 19, 2012 – Big telecom company Bell is once again trying to take over Astral…
HorrorStory-Halloween_PriceGouging.jpg October 31, 2012 – OpenMedia.ca knows that Canadians find their cell phone providers ghoulish; now the grassroots group is trying to determine which type of cell phone horror haunts our nation the most. Is it long-term contracts with terrifying termination fees? Ghastly customer service? Or is it blood-sucking, price-gouging
Continue readingTariffs_100x100_120117.png Pro-Internet community lauds CRTC decision to open up Big Telecom’s costing process October 26, 2012 – The CRTC announced today that Big Telecom will have to make more of its costing process public. Much of the “confidential” information submitted by Big Telecom to establish wholesale rates will now be
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Continue readingTakeover_210x150_120816.png WHO: Steve Anderson, Executive Director, OpenMedia.ca Lindsey Pinto, Communications Manager, OpenMedia.ca Janet Lo, Legal Counsel, Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) John Lawford, Executive Director and General Counsel, PIAC WHAT: Telecom giant Bell is trying to unilaterally change Canada’s broadcasting rules so it can take over Astral Media, one of
Continue readingThe beginning It started with Stop The Meter. The CRTC’s 2011 decision to allow Big Telecom to impose punitive extra fees across the entire Internet service market was the breaking point for hundreds of thousands of Canadians who have been price-gouged and bullied by their ISPs. In a short time,
Continue readingTakeover_210x150_120816.png CRTC denies Bell’s bid to take over Astral; finds deal to be counter to public interest October 18, 2012 – Today the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) listened to Canadians and denied Bell’s proposed Bell’s takeover over of Astral. The Commission announced at a stakeholder lock-up today that
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Continue readingHorrorStory_100x100-2_121016.jpg Public interest group asks citizens to show the human side of a broken cell phone market October 17, 2012 – In response to the CRTC’s recent call for citizen comments about national standards to protect cell phone users, grassroots group OpenMedia.ca is calling on Canadians for their cell phone
Continue readingHave you ever been overcharged, put on hold for an unconscionable amount of time, or otherwise treated unfairly by a cell phone company? …That means you have a cell phone horror story. Tell us what happened at http://CellPhoneHorrorStory.ca, and we’ll use it to push for new rules ensuring cell phone
Continue readingopenmedia_logo.jpg Grassroots group lauds announcement of public consultation for national rules for wireless October 11, 2012 – Today, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) announced today they will hold a public hearing to develop measures to protect cell phone users. Grassroots group OpenMedia.ca is welcomes this consultation, noting that
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Continue readingTPPp2_100X100_120904.png October 9, 2012 – Canada became an official signatory to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement today, as citizens express concerns about the deal’s negative implications for Internet openness and affordability. Over 100,000 people and several organizations have spoken out against the agreement through the petition at http://StopTheTrap.net, with hundreds
Continue readingThis year’s Report on Internet Freedom shows that there are a lot of threats to our open Internet popping up around the world. And Canada’s not quite in the clear: for one, we may still face warrantless online spying through Bill C-30. Let’s push back against these threats, so we
Continue readingA few months ago we posted about the threat the Canada-EU Trade Agreement, or CETA poses to Internet freedom, and explained why it could be bad for Canadians—it’s a secretive and binding international agreement like the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP). The Internet freedom community loudly voiced its concern when a
Continue readingCanada’s federal Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart took an opportunity to remind the government where she stands on warrantless online spying (Bill C-30). If you haven’t already, join thousands of Canadians in doing the same at http://StopSpying.ca/. Article by Murray Brewster for the Canadian Press: An RCMP and House of Commons
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Continue readingThe CRTC announced yesterday that two positions will soon be opening up: Vice-Chairperson, Telecommunications (replacing outgoing vice-chair Len Katz) and Regional Member. In addition to those vacancies, five (out of thirteen) CRTC Commissioners’ terms will expire this coming spring/summer: Marc Patrone on March 18, Stephen Simpson on June 22, Suzanne
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