Daily Digital Digest for Wednesday October 2, 2013
Here are your daily news links: Canada must build routing infrastructure to skirt US snooping, CIRA says (IT Business) Anti-TPP lawmakers call on the TPP member governments to disclose information…
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Daily Digital Digest for Tuesday October 1, 2013
Here are your daily news links: I’ll be doing a long-planned “Ask Me Anything” on Reddit today at 1 pm ET (@ggreenwald) Income levels and the high price of telecom…
Daily Digital Digest for Monday September 30, 2013
Here are your daily news links: Glenn Greenwald, Jeremy Scahill Working On New NSA Revelations (Huffington Post) Did anyone notice their offered plans simultaneously get worse AND more expensive this…
Daily Digital Digest for Friday September 27, 2013
Here are your daily news links: The Agenda with Steve Paikin: Standing Up to Telecom Giants (TVO) CRTC issues annual report on the state of the Canadian communication system (CRTC)…
Daily Digital Digest for Thursday September 26, 2013
Here are your daily news links: Wireless War: Industry Canada Website Hits At Big Three’s Claims (Huffington Post) How Canada Can Put Digital Consumers First (Michael Geist) Greater cooperation between…
Canadians call on Harper to say no to extreme U.S.-driven Internet censorship proposals at final TPP talks next week
September 26, 2013 – Led by citizen-backed OpenMedia.ca, Canadians are calling on Prime Minister Stephen Harper to make a firm commitment to reject extreme U.S.-driven Internet censorship proposals when he…
This could be our last chance
This could be it. For the first time, the Presidents and Prime Ministers of 12 powerful countries — including Canada’s Stephen Harper — will meet behind closed doors to seal…
Canadians call on Harper to say no to extreme U.S.-driven Internet censorship proposals at final TPP talks next week
OpenMedia_Logo.png Led by citizen-backed OpenMedia.ca, Canadians are speaking out against secretive U.S. plans to censor the Internet and restrict free expression online September 26, 2013 – Led by citizen-backed OpenMedia.ca,…
Daily Digital Digest for Wednesday September 25, 2013
Here are your daily news links: Why Canada has ‘Third World access to the Internet’ (National Post) Elephant in the Room (Ben Klass) CRTC letters show public’s displeasure with Bell,…
Daily Digital Digest for Tuesday 24 September, 2013
Here are your daily news links: Back to the Drawing Board: What Wireless Policies Might the Government Now “Aggressively Pursue”? (Michael Geist) As wireless spectrum battle heats up, Ottawa takes…
Daily Digital Digest for Monday 23 September 2013
Here are your daily news links: JPMorgan initiates coverage of Big Three telcos as U.S. threat fades (Financial Post) Here’s the list of bidders for the upcoming 700 MHz spectrum…
Big Three poised to take majority of wireless spectrum – govt action needed now to stop telecoms from blocking Canadians’ access to new providers, says OpenMedia.ca
OpenMedia_Logo.png Spectrum Auction registrations show that Big Three will likely continue to act like gatekeepers and price-gouge Canadians unless the government takes action to open networks to more affordable providers…
Daily Digital Digest for Friday 20 September 2013
Here are your daily news links: Rogers Tries to Distance Itself From Spectrum Battle But It Can’t Run From its Record (Michael Geist) Sprint, T-Mobile join Verizon in snub of…
Daily Digital Digest for Thursday 19 September 2013
Here are your daily news links: ‘Fair for Canada’ was fear of Verizon: Industry Minister (Globe & Mail) Industry Canada mum on how many deposits received for wireless spectrum auction…
Guest post by Barry Shell – the land where cell phone service costs just $13.50 a month
Barry Shell, one of OpenMedia.ca’s Allies, sent us this and we wanted to share it with the broader community. I just got the following letter from my friend and technology…
The Internet Insider | Choice and Democracy for Canadians
Hello, A leading Canadian innovator, Phillip Djwa, was recently interviewed by global news to demand more choice and innovative opportunity for Canadians. Canada needs to open its wireless networks if…
Daily Digital Digest for Wednesday 18 September 2013
Here are your daily news links for Wednesday 18 September 2013: Canada Complicit in Undermining Internet Privacy (Michael Geist) Video Clip of Michael Geist on CSEC handing over encryption codes…
He promised he’d fix this
Dear friend, Canada’s Big Telecom giants are out of control and we are literally paying the price.1 As you can see below, we can’t let them mislead Canadians and hold our…
Daily Digital Digest for Tuesday, September 17, 2013
Here are your daily news links for Tuesday, September 17, 2013: WIND and Eastlink to participate in the upcoming 700 Mhz spectrum auction (Mobile Syrup) TekSavvy turns to WIND Mobile…