Daily Digital Digest for Friday October 4, 2013
Here are your daily news links: Telecom firms urge CRTC not to regulate fees (Globe & Mail) Oppose The Transpacific Partnership And Defend Internet Freedom! (On The Brink) Obama cancels…
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Big Telecom is officially taking Canada to court
We have just received word that the federal Court of Appeal has officially granted Big Telecom permission to take Canada to court over new customer-friendly rules laid out in June…
Over 100,000 tell TPP leaders to reject Internet censorship at Bali summit starting Monday
SayNo200x200_240913.png Online campaign goes viral, spurred on by citizen outrage at secretive and extreme Trans-Pacific Partnership proposals, says OpenMedia October 3, 2013 – Citizens across the trans-Pacific region are speaking…
Huffington Post Canada: Even NHL stars are having issues with Big Telecom
Even hockey stars can’t catch a break with Big Telecom. Tell Industry Minister Moore to rein in these telecom gatekeepers: https://OpenMedia.ca/Gatekeepers From The Huffington Post Canada: Ottawa Senators star defenceman…
Daily Digital Digest for Thursday October 3, 2013
Here are your daily news links: Erik Karlsson, Senators Defenceman, Complains About Bell Service, Bill (Huffington Post) CRTC struggling with online TV (Canada.com) Anti-TPP lawmakers call on the TPP member…
What are they up to in Bali?
In less than a week nearly 100,000 people have signed on to our letter to Stephen Harper and other leaders telling them not to ram through an Internet censorship plan…
INFOGRAPHIC: Fixing Canada’s broken wireless market – together
We want to thank the 60,000 citizens who have spoken out for authentic choice in our broken cell phone market. Here’s an infographic about how we got here – and…
It’s time for Canadians ISPs to lessen their dependence on U.S. infrastructure
As new revelations about NSA spying come to light, it is imperative that Canadian Internet service providers move away from relying on U.S. infrastructure. We deserve information about the full…
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…
We’ve never seen anything like it
What an incredible response! It’s been just a few days since we launched our ‘No to Internet Censorship’ letter calling on world leaders not to sign away our fundamental digital…
Canadian Blogger Ben Klass on Big Telecom’s misleading PR campaign and the need for authentic choice
Canadian blogger Ben Klass talks about the elephant in the room – and no matter how hard Big Telecom executives push out expensive, misleading PR spin to convince us otherwise,…
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…
We are taking your voice to decision makers
On July 24, 2013, the Our Fair Deal Coalition launched its Internet Voice tool at OpenMedia.org/DigitalFuture, and asked citizens in countries affected by the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) to speak out…
Inquistr: TPP discussion to censor the Internet underway
We’ve won before by stopping legislation aimed at restricting Internet access – and as more and more people speak out against the ultra-secretive Trans-Pacific Partnership’s (TPP) Internet Censorship plan, we…
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…
Canada is going mobile – but you may be surprised by how much
Canada is going mobile. According to recent forecasts, mobile Internet traffic in Canada will reach a whopping 154 petabytes per month in 2017, up from 16 petabytes in 2012. Source:…
Over 65,000 people have spoken out against Internet Censorship
Thank you to everyone who has spoken out against the TPP’s extreme Internet censorship plan. As of today, over 65,000 people have spoken out for our collective digital future! We’re…
Video: OpenMedia’s Steve Anderson speaks out against Internet censorship
OpenMedia’s Executive Director Steve Anderson has been home sick this week – but when Global TV News called to see if he would speak out on behalf of Canadians and…
WOW! Almost 60,000 people have said NO to Internet Censorship
WOW! We are so inspired! Nearly 60,000 people said NO to the #TPP’s extreme Internet Censorship plan – and that number keeps growing! Thank you to our wonderful community for…
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)…