Here’s another reason why protecting our digital future is so important: accessibility. Since we started out, we’ve been getting a lot of email from people with disabilities and elderly people who rely on the Internet, apps, and emerging technologies to improve their quality of life. They (many of you, really)
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OpenMedia.ca: Image: The Big Telecom price-gouging cycle
The cycle of telecom price-gouging. Take action: http://pricehike.ca/ Click to enlarge. read more
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Mercer Report: The Bell-Rogers anger continuum (Spoof)
Have you tried ConglomerMate? If you have, you and your loved one should also try making the switch from Big Telecom. read more
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Taking it in stride: Weekly Update from OpenMedia.ca
Hello! Here’s Lindsey with your update: read more
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Letter to Supporters: You’ve done something amazing
Earlier this year things looked pretty bleak for supporters of online privacy, affordability, and openness. From costly and warrantless online spying, to scary new Internet lockdown restrictions, to a hike in cell phone fees, it looked like those in government and Big Telecom had finally had enough of the Internet.
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Transparency kindling at the CRTC
The CRTC has been the site of some major changes as the pro-Internet community has gotten more and more active. From being a very industry-centric and closed-off regulator, they are slowly shifting toward a model that keeps the public interest in mind (though it’s still not first and foremost yet)
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: OpenMedia.ca Supports Call to Stop Internet Price Hike
openmedia_logo.jpg 500,000-strong group behind Stop The Meter campaign supports a reexamination of the costing in the usage-based billing decision March 2, 2012 – Today a group of independent ISPs, the Canadian Network Operators Consortium (CNOC), filed an appeal with the telecom regulator. Grassroots group OpenMedia.ca is glad to see support
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