Your Daily Digital Digest for Thursday, January 29, 2015
Your news links for today: CRTC supports Net Neutrality, bans Bell and Videotron from exempting streaming services from bandwidth caps – Mobile Syrup “No Fast Lanes and Slow Lanes”: CRTC…
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In big win for Internet users, CRTC finds Bell Mobility unlawfully made competing mobile video apps and services more expensive
10418983_10152770578749759_4936705458735744107_n_0.png Following case taken by concerned Canadians and public interest groups, CRTC says mobile providers cannot markup independent services like Netflix to give their own content an unfair advantage January…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Wednesday, January 21, 2015
Your news links for today: Canada Casts Global Surveillance Dragnet Over File Downloads – The Intercept CSE tracks millions of downloads daily: Snowden documents – CBC News Canada’s electronic spy…
Daily Dot: The Internet is crashing the TPP’s party
Internet activists got all up in TPP negotiators’ faces yesterday. Article by Dell Cameron for The Daily Dot Fed up with secret meetings that will decide the future of trade…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Tuesday, January 27, 2014
Your news links for today: Here’s the Harper Government’s Game Plan for the Next Four Months – VICE Canada The list Netflix doesn’t want you to see: how Canada really…
The Varsity: Student activism and the Internet
How young people can lead in the fight against Internet slow lanes. Article by Julien Balbontin for The Varsity Net neutrality is a guiding principle for Internet Service Providers (ISPs)…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Monday, January 26, 2015
Your news links for today: New security bill aimed at combating ‘lone wolf’ attacks coming this week – CBC News Harper’s anti-terror bill to criminalize the ‘promotion of terrorism’ –…
The Globe: Spectrum auction may bring some surprises
Could we finally see more choice in Canada’s wireless market this year? Article by Christine Dobby for the Globe and Mail Mobilicity says it has not yet secured the financial…
CBC: Cancel your TV, Internet, and phone whenever you want
Goodbye, 30-day cancellation notices! Don’t let the door hit you on the way out! Article by the CBC Canadians no longer have to give a 30-day notice to cancel or…
Time: The John Oliver effect: it’s officially real
After drumming up a huge amount of support to stop the Internet slow lane, find out how else the John Oliver effect is creating change. Article by Victor Luckerson for…
Medium: This is how you create change
Why the sudden turn-around on the Internet slow lane debate in the U.S.? It’s simple: Internet users spoke out. Article by Susan Crawford for Medium Five years ago, when the…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Friday, January 23, 2015
Your news links for today: Effective today! – CRTC bans 30-day notice for cancelling TV, phone, internet – CBC News Mobilicity still seeking financing for possible spectrum bid – The…
AlphaBeatic: Why we can’t have nice things?
The State of New York is now investing more in broadband then Canada’s federal government. Article by Peter Nowak for AlphaBeatic New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced a $1…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Thursday, January 22, 2015
Your news links for today: Google Plans To Offer Wireless Services – DSL Reports Google Reportedly On The Verge Of Launching ‘Nova,’ A Cellular Phone Service To Compete With Big…