Our own Chris Malmo explains why rural Canadians have little to look forward to in the government’s recent Digital 150 broadband announcement. Article by Chris Malmo for Motherboard The Canadian…
Your news links for today: The Tories and the TV networks: Who is censoring whom? – Macleans Who Do Copyright Laws Really Protect? – The Tyee Latest TPP Leak Shows…
We just found out we have a rare and unique opportunity to take your voice straight to decision-makers who have the power to stop Big Telecom’s Internet slow lane plan.…
If you’ve been following this space, you might already know that OpenMedia is sponsoring a talk with Glenn Greenwald in Ottawa on October 25. Greenwald is the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist…
UnblockCanada_fbshare.jpg Despite promises from government to encourage greater choice and affordability, new report confirms Canadians are still being price-gouged by telecom giants October 16, 2014 – On the heels of…
NewLeakedDraft_TPP.png October 16, 2014 – This morning Wikileaks published a second leaked draft of the Intellectual Property chapter of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). The draft confirms people’s worst fears about…
Your news links for today: Updated Secret Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) – IP Chapter (second publication) – WikiLeaks New TPP Leak: Canada Emerges as Leading Opponent of U.S. Intellectual Property…
Big Telecom tried to convince the CRTC that Canadians have the second-fastest mobile Internet speeds in the world. The problem? Those speeds were based on advertisements, not reality. When will…
gatekeepers-share_1.png In response to this morning’s announcement by Industry Minister James Moore regarding funding for Internet service providers (ISPs) looking to expand broadband services into rural and remote parts of…
Your news links for today: Telus speed claims not based on real-world experience – CBC News Shaw’s solution to my slow internet: Just downgrade! – reddit Rogers tipped as a…
Top Canadian entrepreneur Elliot Noss has this message for the CRTC: “Everybody in the country is overpaying.” Help us Unblock Canada at https://UnblockCanada.ca read more
eblast_free_expression_sidebar.png OpenMedia launches report crowdsourced from over 300,000 people in 155 countries worldwide. The findings are a direct challenge to the secretive Trans-Pacific Partnership where extreme proposals to censor the…
Your news links for today: Attack Ads, Copyright, and Collusion: Have Canada’s Major Broadcasters Violated the Competition Act? – Ariel Katz Much Ado About Copyright, Campaigns and Political Ads –…
Rather than listening to Canadians, this American cable giant is throwing a hissy fit over the possibility of pick-and-pay TV coming to Canada. Article by James Bradshaw for The Globe…
This government has no problem with censorship when it comes in the form of massive, secretive trade agreements like the TPP, but when news agencies make it harder for them…
Canadians spend the second-highest amount of time on the Internet in the world. Increasingly, much of that time is spent on mobile devices, and Big Telecom is using that trend…
It looks like we did it. After our meeting with senior White House officials two weeks ago, U.S. President Barack Obama has spoken out against Big Telecom’s Internet slow lane…
Former CRTC Commissioner, Timothy Denton, is speaking his mind about a recent public hearing on the future of Canada’s wireless sector. In a recent blog post, the CRTC stalwart argued…
Your news links for today: Statement by Industry Minister James Moore on the Consultation on Policy Changes in the 3500 MHz Band – Canada News Centre 4% of Canadian Internet…
Will Netflix sound the death knell on Canadian content? This expert thinks not. Article by Michael Geist The Globe and Mail’s Simon Houpt ran a column over the weekend titled…
