Green Party joins the Stop Online Spying Campaign
OpenMedia.ca is proud of the Green Party of Canada's latest demonstration of support for the Stop Online Spying campaign. Comparing the "Lawful Access" legislation to a CCTV camera in the…
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Stop Online Spying goes viral
The government has failed to inform Canadians about the privacy and data security implications of this scheme, but Canadians are stepping up to the plate. Share these important citizen-made videos…
The SOS Coalition welcomes the Canadian Federation of Students
The Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) has joined the Stop Online Spying Coalition. The CFS unites the collective interests of Canadian college and university students, and represents them before the…
The SOS Coalition welcomes the Canadian Federation of Students
The Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) has joined the Stop Online Spying Coalition. The CFS unites the collective interests of Canadian college and university students, and represents them before the…
Looking through a funhouse mirror: The CRTC releases its Communications Monitoring Report
Image courtesy of Edenpictures on Flickr Written by Stefanie Lee and Carla Cristoffanini The CRTC recently released its annual Communications Monitoring Report, which shows that numbers of broadband Internet and…
Edmonton Journal: Internet providers slow speeds, researcher says
By Jason Magder for Edmonton Journal Canadian Internet providers have purposely or accidentally slowed down the speeds of its customers dozens of times in the last two years, and the…
iPolitics: Competing views on internet billing clash at CRTC
By Elizabeth Thompson for iPolitics Conflicting views over how Canadians should pay for internet usage clashed before the CRTC Monday, as the commission heard a new round of arguments over…
Telemanagement: CRTC begins usage-based billing hearings
By Anthony Gabryluk for Telemanagement Consumer advocates have told the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) that big telecommunications companies should address the issue of internet congestion by investing more…
ARS: Metered billing: it’s a lack of competition, not congestion
By Matthew Lasar for ARS Technica It looks like Canada's telecom regulators are showing some new-found skepticism about metered or "usage-based" billing (UBB). The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)…
Solomon: CRTC starts Internet wholesale pricing hearing
By Howard Solomon for itWorldCanada The telecom regulator begins a hearing to hone its unpopular decision on usage-based billing and set wholesale pricing for independent Internet providers so they can…
Marlow: BCE put on hot seat at hearing on Web pricing
By Iain Marlow for Globe and Mail The country’s telecom regulator has cast doubt on BCE Inc.’s (BCE-T38.240.491.30%)argument that fast-growing Web traffic requires new usage-based pricing measures, setting the tone…
Mediacaster: CRTC Hearings on Internet Pricing Begin in Ottawa
From Media Caster The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission's public hearing into wholesale high-speed Internet access services began in Ottawa today. read more
Circle ID: Hot Legal Action in Canada!
By Neil Schwartzman for Circle ID The best part is ... this isn't one of those 'now that I've got your attention' tricks, like one of those old "free beer"…
Toronto Sun: CRTC drills BCE on UBB
By Stefania Moretti for Toronto Sun Regulators drilled BCE Inc. executives with questions Monday ahead of a decision on wholesale usage-based billing (UBB) amid criticism the whole process is a…
570 News: Internet usage-based billing hearings
From 570 News The CRTC is holding hearings this week on internet usage-based billing, after the federal government forced the agency to go back to the drawing board on the…
Marlow: Groups, regulators square off at CRTC hearings
By Iain Marlow for Globe and Mail The second day of crucial CRTC hearings into the future of Internet pricing in Canada continued on Tuesday in Gatineau, Que., with a…
CBC: ‘Big telecom’ internet investment too low, consumer groups say
From CBC Big telecommunications companies should tackle internet congestion by investing more in their networks, which would make usage-based billing unnecessary, consumer advocates say. read more
Fierce Telecom: Canada’s CRTC to discuss usage based billing, broadband pricing
By Sean Buckley for Fierce Telecom Canada's telecom regulator, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), will hold discussions with incumbents, competitive service providers and industry groups on usage based…
Global: CRTC scrutinizes internet pricing
By Rebecca Lindell for Global GATINEAU, Que. – Bell Canada is asking Canada’s federal telecommunications regulator to adopt a new usage-based billing plan in a process set to change the…