openmedia_logo.jpg Big Telecom company responds after being caught restricting access to online services February 3, 2012 – In what pro-Internet group OpenMedia.ca is calling a victory for Internet openness, Rogers…
Canadians have access to fast, widely available, and relatively inexpensive Internet service…at least according to Rogers. Lemay Yates released a report today, commissioned by Rogers, pertaining to Internet speed and…
Hello! Here’s (the always informative and engaging!) Lindsey with your update: Highlights from the last week include: the Akamai State of the Internet report highlighting Canada as a digital laggard,…
In their latest State of the Internet report, Akamai compares key metrics from countries around the world make it clear that Canada has a digital deficit. We’re falling behind other…
SOS_100xx100.png Event to Inform Criticism of Proposed Bills That Would Allow Warrantless Electronic Spying Ottawa, ON – In response to proposed bills that would allow warrantless electronic surveillance of Canadians,…
By Brad Bouzane for Postmedia News An apparent jump in public awareness over Internet throttling and other practices by service providers in Canada has led to a sharp jump in…
Anne Cavoukian, Ontario’s Information and Privacy Commissioner, articulately takes a stand against the upcoming online spying bills in the video below. Check out her interview on CBC, visit http://StopSpying.ca/ to…
The CRTC has announced a start date for the capacity-based model that defeated usage-based billing (Internet metering) late last year. Starting on February 1st, the decision will go into effect,…
By Sarah Schmidt for Postmedia News Rogers Communications Inc. is asking an Ontario court to strike down part of a federal law requiring a company to have “adequate and proper”…
Hey pro-Internet community, Here’s Lindsey with your update: read more
The CRTC, Canada’s telecom regulator, announced today that Vice Chair Len Katz will serve as their Acting Chairman until the government appoints a new Chair. This is not a surprising…
In general, mobile phone penetration is extremely high in Canada. 78% of Canadian households had a mobile phone in 2010, and in young households 50% exclusively have mobiles. In addition…
With its proposed online spying bills, the government is seeking to provide “authorities” with access to your personal electronic information without a warrant. That’s right folks, apparently judicial oversight, that…
I love getting these kinds of emails: Kevin from CHRY Radio, a campus-based, community station in Toronto, recently sent me a message to let me know that they had produced…
From Huffington Post: The time has come, von Finckenstein says, to face facts: the old separation of telecom and broadcasting is obsolete. He advocates a single act to cover both…
Breaking news! The CRTC has sent Rogers an ..er… irate letter, informing the big telecom company that it has been found in violation of Internet openness (net neutrality) rules. Rogers…
It’s clear: online action can be hugely effective when people participate and spread the word. We know this from experience, and from something unprecedented that happened this week. Over 13…
The independent cell phone companies that we *do* have in Canada were created after a 2008 auction for crucial wireless infrastructure—after the government decided to make the auction’s rules favour…
Hey pro-Internet community, Here’s Lindsey with your update: read more
By Peter Nowak Ah, political opportunism – so easy to see, so disappointing to witness. No sooner did Open Media start a petition for better wireless competition than the Liberals…
