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By Morgan Campbell for the Toronto Star A grassroots organization is planning the biggest online petition in Canadian history, hoping to encourage the one thing they think can keep cellphone charges in check. Competition among mobile phone providers. When a new swathe of ultra-high frequency (UHF) spectrum goes up for

Since the launch of the Stop The Squeeze campaign, we’ve seen an amazing level of support! Most recently, indie cell phone provider WIND Mobile has shown their support in a post on their website. We’re very excited to have their enthusiastic endorsement! WIND is one of the companies that was

Many people who have travelled outside the country have told us, and the statistics confirm: Canada is falling behind the rest of the industrialized world, and unless we take action, our digital future is looking dim. Whether it’s the lack of affordable access to high-speed Internet or to cell phones,

I looked at the stats, took a moment to mentally process what I was seeing, then promptly choked on my tea. The Stop The Squeeze kickoff was by far our most successful campaign launch ever.1 Before I write anything else, I have to say thank you. Pro-Internet community, you really

By Sarah Schmidt for Postmedia News Complaints against Internet providers deliberately slowing down online traffic are way up in Canada, according to the telecommunications regulator. Fifty-two complaints have been filed since last fall, when the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission issued a public reminder to Internet service providers about the

The Liberal Party’s Industry Critic Geoff Regan is the first parliamentarian to express support for the Stop The Cell Phone Squeeze campaign. This is a great step forward, and we’re glad to have the Liberals on board so early in the campaign. In an open letter posted to his website,

More and more, Canadians are relying on cell phones to communicate and to access the Internet—but affordable cell phone access is under siege. Yesterday, we at OpenMedia.ca wrote to Canadians, warning that the Big Three cell phone companies are about to take up even more of the crucial infrastructure that

Happy New Year pro-Internet community! Here’s Lindsey with your first update of 2012: read more

Pro-Internet community, We’re hearing a lot about the Big Three cell phone giants’ terrible treatment of customers, and about their plans to take more control of the market. We’re getting more active on this file as result: We at OpenMedia.ca are preparing a response to Big Telecom’s stranglehold on the

When the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives came out with its report on the 100 highest-paid CEOs in Canada, the pro-Internet community saw some familiar names from Rogers, Bell, and Telus. This hammers it home: these are *big* companies we’re dealing with, with high-paid execs and armies of lobbyists working

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The government’s Lawful Access bills are poised to drastically change the state of privacy and telecommunications in Canada as we know it… and not for better. If this invasive and costly legislation passes, it will make online spying the norm in Canada and seriously threaten the privacy and security of

Picture 2.png In November, many in the pro-Internet community rightly celebrated the CRTC’s decision on usage-based billing (Internet metering)—it was a major milestone. The Internet metering decision was fundamentally a step forward towards an open an affordable Internet in Canada.. The structure and policy both make sense: the CRTC clearly

In November, many in the pro-Internet community rightly celebrated the CRTC’s decision on usage-based billing (Internet metering)—it was a major milestone. The Internet metering decision was fundamentally a step forward towards an open an affordable Internet in Canada.. The structure and policy both make sense: the CRTC clearly made an

In 2011 we took big steps toward allowing more competition in the Internet service market, which we know will lead to a more open and affordable Internet, but we’re nowhere near done yet. Most Canadians are still stuck with Big Telecom, and Big Telecom will do just about anything to