The Canadian Gamers Organization: A net neutrality complaint
Below is a copy of the complaint I sent in on Monday, August 22nd, 2011 to the Ontario Ministry of Consumer and Business services, along with the CRTC's Telecom Complaints…
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Stop The Cap: The Big 3 Cellphone Companies
By Phillip Dampier for Stop The Cap Next time you wonder why you are paying substantially higher cell phone bills than your neighbors abroad, take note: just three cell phone…
CRTC: Canadians cutting cords, going wireless
According to the CRTC's report Navigating Convergence II: Charting Canadian Communications Change and Regulatory Implications, the rate at which Canadians are cutting cords and opting for wireless devices is on…
CRTC: Canadians cutting cords, going wireless
According to the CRTC's report Navigating Convergence II: Charting Canadian Communications Change and Regulatory Implications, the rate at which Canadians are cutting cords and opting for wireless devices is on…
Ars Technica: Canada poised to say goodbye to online privacy & security
Privacy commissioners, academics, digital rights advocates, and former Conservative ministers have all voiced their concerns about Lawful Access. At the very least, oversight and caution must guide such sweeping, invasive…
Government Trust Broken? Breach of Abused Mother’s New Identity
After years of domestic abuse, there were high hopes for Jane Doe and her daughter to lead a normal life with new identities. With assistance from a secretive federal program,…
Security-surveillance states trending abroad and at home
Momentum against the government's online spying legislation continues to build. Here, Lawrence Martin places Lawful Access in socio-historical context, amidst the growing international trend of increased state security-surveillance measures. 9/11…
History Repeating: 130 years later and still stuck in "Telephonmania"
Interestingly, Arstechnica points to questions that were raised 130 years ago regarding the telephone industry and its implementation of metered billing. Sound familiar? Like those who protested in 1886, the…
Cogeco Hikes Rates to Pay for Failed Investment
By Phillip Dampier of Stop the Cap Cogeco Cable customers are about to pay for the company’s tragic financial results from its Portuguese operations in the form of broad-based price…
The Mark: What the "lawful access" bill might mean for Canadian’s online security
By Alexander Ly and Adam Webb for The Mark Canadian privacy online is about to be put at serious risk. As if internet malefactors and unruly privacy settings on major…
Letter to Supporters: What’s next for the Internet in Canada?
We're planning our next steps. We’re trying to learn more about the actions you want to take to defend the open, affordable, surveillance-free Internet. The Internet impacts every aspect of…
Security risks of increased digital surveillance call for a closer look
As this CBC commentary from Dan Misener describes, despite its "unfortunate name," the Conservative government's "Lawful Access" legislation is anything but boring. Indeed, this invasive set of electronic surveillance bills…
Hasiuk: Conservative "Lawful Access" bills would bring about unprecedented online powers
By Mark Hasiuk for Vancouver Courier Cyberspace. The final frontier. Back in 2003, Barrett Lyon, a computer scientist from California, embarked on the most ambitious cartography project since David Thompson.…
Vancouver Sun: One-fifth of Canadians would turn down a million dollars to stay online
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 -…
TechCrunch: New technology N00ter to bust ISPs that throttle
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…
Guest Blog: Canadian Gamers Fed Up With CRTC on Net Neutrality issues
By 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…
Gazette: Canadian online video start-ups could thrive
Canadian 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…
Nowak: Canadian broadband through rose-coloured glasses
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…
CBC: Many Bell customers have no idea they’re being erroneously charged
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…
Roseman: You can get better service from an indie ISP
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…