What Big Telecom is really afraid of
Canada’s Big Three telecom giants are sounding increasingly desperate these days – they’re running expensive ads, that you paid for, invoking the bogeyman of foreign investment in growing new Canadian…
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The Internet Insider from OpenMedia.ca | It’s Big Telecom vs Canadians
Hello! Here’s Arielle with your update! Arielle gives you the low-down on Big Telecom’s efforts to restrict your choice in this week’s Internet Insider. It’s shaping up to be Big…
Why is Canada-based Ting not available for cell phone users in Canada?
Access to new affordable Canadian startup telecom providers is what OpenMedia.ca and its supporters have been pushing for for years – and it’s what Big Telecom is afraid of. That’s…
The Amazing Big Telecom! Able to flip-flop in a single newspaper!
It’s a bird… It’s a plane… It’s Big Telecom flip-flopping on Canadian policy! In response to Telus taking the government to court to fight rules that would help independent cell…
Tool used by the NSA collects nearly every piece of information about Internet users
When whistleblower Edward Snowden claimed he could access anyone’s online information with no prior authorization through the U.S. NSA’s mass spying program, U.S. officials were quick to claim this was…
The Wire Report: Moore refuses to budge on wireless auction policy
According to reports, it looks like Industry Minister James Moore is standing behind his policy of reserving vital spectrum resources for new entrants to Canada’s wireless market, despite enormous pressure…
Canadians speak out for authentic choice in Canada’s wireless market as Big Telecom PR ramp up their efforts
Canadians are uniting against Big Telecom’s latest effort to stifle authentic choice in Canada’s broken wireless market. Article by Rita Trichur for The Globe and Mail: Some of this country’s…
Thousands are speaking out about their digital future. Have you?
Thousands have already spoken out for their digital future. Check out some of the great submissions we’ve been receiving here: http://OpenMedia.org/DigitalFuture Tell us: What does Your Digital Future look like?…
The government must not buckle in the face of unprecedented pressure from coddled cell phone giants, says OpenMedia.ca
big3_appeal.png Big Telecom is using legal action against the government and an expensive PR campaign to prevent startup Canadian wireless providers from operating on a level playing field July 30,…
CBC: Is Verizon the "bogeyman" Big Telecom claim it is?
Not sure what the big hoopla is about Verizon entering Canada’s #wireless market? Here’s your 101. Article by Amber Hildebrandt for the CBC: Canada’s three big mobile-phone providers have been…
Thousands speak out to shape our Digital Future
What does your digital future look like? Thousands of citizens are speaking out right now to shape the future of our Internet. They’re taking action to help prevent radical new…
EFF: Let’s create a copyright agenda by and for the users
Negotiators are rushing to close the ultra-secretive Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement – an agreement that would never pass with the world watching. It’s secretive, extreme, and it will break our…
TorrentFreak: Finland becomes first country to vote on a crowdsourced copyright law
Hey Canada, Finland just did something epic. Really epic. It’s time for us to do the same. Let’s start the discussion to shape our digital future. Make your voice heard…
They’re NOT in this home stretch
We now know that big industry and government bureaucracies want to censor and spy on our Internet 1. These initiatives would never pass with the world watching and that’s why…
Diverse International coalition launches alternative process to secretive Trans-Pacific Partnership talks
openmedia_logo.jpg Coalition to TPP negotiators: It’s time to move beyond secret meetings and join with the public to chart a better course for our digital future. July 24, 2013 –…
Big Telecom Against Canada – Who will win?
Big Telecom is at it again – Telus is now actually threatening the government with legal action if they follow through on their commitment to stop the Big Three cell…