Why it’s more important than ever to push for authentic wireless choice
Yesterday, we learned that Wind Mobile pulled out of a crucial auction for wireless assets – assets that are crucial to the future of our cell phone market – only…
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Your Daily Digital Digest for Tuesday, January 14, 2014
Your news links for today: Wind Mobile pulls out of wireless auction (Globe and Mail) With Wind done, so are Ottawa’s wireless hopes (WordsByNowak) Time for a New Plan: With…
This company could start using its power as an ISP to stifle choice
Is this big telecom company trying to block the growth of a service more and more Canadians are enjoying? As more Canadians cut the cord, the idea that your Internet…
Last remaining national indie cell phone provider withdraws from crucial auction for wireless infrastructure, signalling consolidation of stranglehold by the Big Three
3333572689_00db098f68.jpg Wind Mobile has announced it will not participate in tomorrow’s wireless auction of assets crucial to the future of cell phone service in Canada. The move could spell the…
Could tomorrow’s auction be the next step to fix our broken wireless market?
Starting tomorrow morning, the government will be auctioning off vital wireless resources – the spectrum that mobile devices need to communicate. Big Telecom currently owns 85% of the spectrum pie…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Monday, January 13, 2014
Your news links for today: What Minister Moore Says About Your Sky-High Cell Phone Bills (Huffington Post) Explain Like I’m Five: Wireless Spectrum in Canada (Howard Forums) Canadian 700 MHz…
See what Industry Minister Moore has to say about your sky-high cell phone bills
Last fall, a group of over 35 leading innovators and entrepreneurs joined OpenMedia.ca in sending a letter to Industry Minister James Moore. The letter decried that we pay some of…
2015 spectrum auction rules include welcome steps but more action required to ensure Canadians can access affordable, independent wireless options
DemandChoice_button.jpg Industry Minister James Moore’s announcement contains positive steps but will leave Canadians disappointed at insufficient support for much-needed affordable options January 10th, 2013 – Rules announced by Industry Canada…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Friday, January 10th, 2014
Your news links for today: Industry Minister James Moore to Make Important Announcement (Government of Canada) Rogers snapping up Canadian content deals to supercede Netflix (Stockhouse News) The Trouble With…
National Post: Let’s fight technologies designed to oppress us, with those that have the potential to liberate us
Technology: liberator, oppressor, or both? The National Post’s Jesse Kline looks back at 2013’s shocking revelations about blanket NSA surveillance of law-abiding citizens – and at how citizen movements like…
CBC: Big Telecom thinks it’s above the law – but we can win when we fight back
“I can’t believe the arrogance” – that’s what this Nova Scotia man had to say after needing to hound Bell for months to recover $21,000 they owed him. Last fall,…
Huffington Post: Rogers accused of charging for internal Internet traffic
“Outright theft.” That’s what Canadians are calling this latest alleged attempt by Big Telecom to price-gouge us. Speak out against Big Telecom price-gouging at https://openmedia.ca/deadweight Article by Daniel Tencer for…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Thursday, January 9, 2014
Your news links for today: ‘Bell is not above the law,’ says man awarded $21K for privacy breach (CBC) Arm’s Length or Strong Arming the CRTC?: Minister Moore’s “Mandate Letter”…
As the future of affordable Internet hangs in the balance, Canadians tell CRTC to ditch the deadweight of Big Telecom giants
eblast_indieISP_sidebar.png With Big Telecom conglomerates threatening the future of affordable, independent ISPs, citizen-backed OpenMedia.ca is enabling Canadians to take part in a crucial CRTC consultation January 9, 2014 – OpenMedia.ca…
They’re holding our country back but we don’t have to let them
Your OpenMedia.ca team has become aware of a plan by Canada’s Big Telecom giants to block your access to independent, affordable, high-speed Internet services so they can raise prices on…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Wednesday, January 8, 2014
Your news links for today: Canada’s 700 MHz spectrum auction is a week away, here are the eleven companies deciding our wireless future (Mobile Syrup) Rogers charges customer for traffic…