Industry Minister Christian Paradis appears to be feeling the heat – he’s announcing that the government will have new wireless infrastructure rules soon. This is a good sign. Paradis has…
We saw Canadians’ efforts lead to the defeat of bill C-30 and now we need to remain vigilant. With a 40% rise in privacy complaints the government has private industry…
Today on the online forum Reddit, a Rogers Wireless Customer Care Representative publicly stated that Rogers “is a terrible cell phone company”. Canadians pay some of the highest cell phone…
Canadians experience some of the highest prices and slowest speeds for Internet service – and these prices and speeds vary widely across the country. Canada’s telecom market is dominated by…
UBB_Meter_101101.png CRTC responds to Canadians after big telecom companies attempt a “backdoor price hike” using their control of digital infrastructure February 21, 2013 – The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission…
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Do you love paying through the nose for your cell phone bills? David Fuller, the Chief Marketing Officer for Telus, seems to think so. At the CRTC hearing last week…
As many of you will know, Rogers has been playing fast and loose with Canada’s Internet rules for some time. Now the company has been caught preventing independent ISPs from…
Mobile data use continues to increase, yet our telecom market, which provides that data, is broken. Canadians experience some of the highest mobile phone prices and continue to lack options.…
Check out some highlights from Lindsey’s presentation at the CRTC cell phone rules hearing last week as she amplifies your voices using your stories. read more
It’s the end of a week of CRTC hearings, where a draft code of conduct to protect cell phone users was broken down, debated, and negotiated. Up for discussion were…
In this volunteer-made video Steve Anderson, the Executive Director and founder of OpenMedia, explains why he stands with citizens to fight for an open Internet. read more
Today, February 16, 2013 marks the one-year anniversary of the #TellVicEverything Twitter campaign, which went viral and saw thousands of Canadians creatively and successfully voicing their opposition to the government’s…
HorrorStory_100x100-1_121016.jpg Public interest group faced off against Big Three at week-long CRTC hearing WHO: Lindsey Pinto, Communications Manager, OpenMedia.ca WHAT: Canadians are hopeful that a CRTC hearing this week will…
On Monday the CRTC, Canada’s telecom authority, kicked off a week-long hearing that could change the future of cell phone service in Canada. Their plan is to develop a national…
We did it! The Conservative government has killed online spying legislation Bill C-30! If passed, the bill would have provided access to your private online information without a warrant, and…
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Your efforts pushed the government to kill Bill C-30. And “this is a victory for each and every Canadian and it’s pretty inspiring to see what we can do when…
Rogers and Telus say limiting roaming fees would be “very disruptive” and “enormously expensive” for them. Our own Lindsey pushed back against the telecom giants at the CRTC cell phone…
Earlier this year you sent us your cell phone horror stories. Today, using your stories, we brought a citizen-oriented perspective, grounded in Canadians’ lived realities, to the CRTC national cell…
