Ben Klass to CRTC: Unblock Canada
Check out community member Ben Klass presenting to the CRTC about Big Telecom blocking affordable options for Canadians. read more
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Every Canadian should benefit from sensible copyright rules, not just political parties
Steve_Anderson.jpg Responding to the government’s proposal to carve our copyright exemptions for political parties, OpenMedia.ca Executive Director Steve Anderson said: “Copyright laws should never be used to stifle free political…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Thursday, October 9, 2014
Your news links for today: Fact sheet: Lawful access and online surveillance – Canadian Internet Forum PDF Google’s Schmidt: Government surveillance could kill the internet – The Inquirer The most…
Georgia Straight: The popularity of Bitcoin continues to grow
Have you purchased your morning cuppa using Bitcoin yet? Let us know in the comments below! Article by Stephen Hui for the Georgia Straight Vancouver Entrepreneur Lisa Cheng goes out…
Geist: “Trust us, things are just fine,” says Big Telecom.
With the Big Three arguing that Canadians don’t need more wireless choice, expert Michael Geist looks at Big Telecom’s long history of broken promises. Who do you trust when it…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Wednesday, October 8, 2014
Your news links for today: It’s Time to Be Honest: Netflix Will Not Mean the End of Canadian Television – Michael Geist Viacom threatens to pull channels from Canadian TV…
Canada’s Big Media wants to get even bigger – will Canadians pay the price?
One of Canada’s newspaper giants, Postmedia, has announced plans to purchase 175 English language newspapers and their associated online assets from telecom and media giant Quebecor. But late last night,…
Guest blog from Jesse Brown: Support CANADALAND, an indie podcast about the Canadian media
Yesterday, the Canadian media got a whole lot smaller and a tiny bit bigger. The massive PostMedia newspaper chain gobbled up the massive SUN newspaper chain, further concentrating and consolidating…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Tuesday, October 7, 2014
Your news links for today: Postmedia could soon own almost every English newspaper in Canada. What could possibly go wrong? – The Tyee Quebecor Selling Media Assets to Fund Wireless…
The amazing Canadian service Canadians can’t use
Co-Authored with OpenMedia volunteer Darcy Paterson Get this: Ting, a mobile service provider based in Canada, can’t sell its services to Canadians because the Big Three (Rogers, Bell, and Telus)…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Monday, October 6, 2014
Your news links for today: The Canadian Wireless Market and the Big 3: It’s Always Been a Matter of Trust – Michael Geist Videotron to CRTC: Lower Wholesale Roaming Costs…
The Globe and Mail: Streaming TV isn’t going anywhere, so why is the CRTC pretending it doesn’t exist?
Google Chairman to CRTC: stop trying to stifle innovative new online TV services and let Internet users decide. Article by Omar El Akkad for The Globe and Mail Eric Schmidt…
It’s time to Unblock Canada’s wireless choices
Big Telecom is up to its old tricks again, blocking Canadians from affordable, innovative mobile services. Our own Danielle Gannon tells us what’s at stake and what you can do…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Friday, October 3, 2014
Your news links for today: A fiendish question – Timothy Denton’s Blog BCE announces successful completion of Bell Aliant common share tender offer, transaction on track to close on or…
Outrageous roaming fees and remarkable concentration. Canada’s mobile market has a long ways to go.
As you may have heard earlier this week, the Competition Bureau has revealed that the Big Three mobile providers (Bell, Rogers, and Telus) are systematically blocking new affordable options for…
Ben Klass: Canadians deserve much better from the CRTC
Telecom researcher and OpenMedia community member Ben Klass was at today’s crucial CRTC hearing on the future of our wireless market. He posted his take on Facebook earlier, and we…
Say what, Big Telecom?
From our archives: Big Telecom says the darndest things. read more