OpenMedia.ca Meets With Another MP: Don Davies, Vancouver-Kingsway
Last Thursday, I sat down with MP Don Davies to talk about four of the key recommendations from Casting an Open Net. These are the four main things OpenMedia.ca is…
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In response to Bissonette: Shaw’s movie service is still problematic, and Bell’s isn’t better
The net neutrality violation that never was OpenMedia.ca put out a press release this morning in response to comments Shaw president Peter Bissonnette provided to the Calgary Herald last night.…
FP Tech Desk talks to Michael Geist about the UBB hearing
Audio from FP Tech Desk Check out Financial Post telecom reporter Jamie Sturgeon's interview with University of Ottawa law professor Michael Geist, who has written extensively about the pro-Internet community's…
UBB Hearing Report from the Pro-Internet Community’s Andrew Moore
En français ↓ Andrew Moore, long-time member of the pro-Internet community and OpenMedia.ca's Digital Action Team, gives a video update on the usage-based billing hearings happening this week: read more
Geist: What is so undemocratic about allowing a few companies to control the Net?
By Michael Geist The second day of the CRTC hearing on usage based billing left the Commission with three fairly divergent views on Canadian networks, traffic management, and the wholesale…
NDP post confirms their opposition to invasive online spying bills
The NDP published a blog post today condemning proposed online spying legislation -- known as "Lawful Access" bills C-50, C-51, and C-52. The stated NDP position supports that of over…
The CRTC’s Over-the-top ‘Fact Finding Mission’: Key Submissions
For the second time in two years the CRTC has requested submissions from concerned parties on the increasing prevalence of over-the-top (OTT) services. read more
Geist: Bell’s Testimony at the UBB Hearing Shatters the ‘Network Congestion’ Argument
By Michael Geist The CRTC hearing on wholesale usage based billing opened yesterday with Bell leading off in front of a packed room (coverage from the Globe, National Post, Quebecor,…
Postmedia: A look at CRTC Chair Von Finckenstein
By Sarah Schmidt for PostMedia News OTTAWA — When Konrad von Finckenstein was appointed chairman of the CRTC in January 2007, news reports at the time hinted that broadcast and…
UBB Hearing Media Round-Up: Day 1
Prelude | Day 1 | Day 2 To help keep you informed on the CRTC's usage-based billing (Internet metering) hearing, we've decided to use this page to round up all…
Geist: On Internet Metering and Net Neutrality
By Michael Geist The CRTC hearing on usage based billing opens this morning with two of the big players - Bell and Open Media - both slated to appear. Since…
Stop The Meter Comes to Fruition: Canadians Will Engage in Hearing In Historic Numbers
UBB_Meter_101101.png July 11, 2011 – Thousands of Canadians will be tuning into the CRTC hearings on usage-based billing today, during which one of Canada's most prolific citizen engagement org...
Liberal Industry Critic Backs ISP Accountability
Today, in response to the release of hundreds of pages of unresolved Internet openness complaints, Liberal Industry and Consumer Affairs Critic, Hon. Geoff Regan, announced his support for CRTC audits…
Techvibes: The unfathomable markup of text messaging
By Knowlton Thomas for Techvibes Text messaging, or SMS, has become one of the core elements of the mobile world. Smartphones or dumbphones, prepaid or postpaid, everyone texts. You may…
Big Telecom Customers’ Complaints Go Ignored by the CRTC
openmedia_logo.jpg Access to Information Request Reveals Extreme Lack of Enforcement of Internet Openness Rules July 8, 2011 – An Acces...
Geist: Submissions from the OTT "fear-finding exercise"
By Michael Geist The final batch of submissions in the CRTC's over-the-top video fact finding exercise were posted yesterday. I focused on the lack of evidence and the fear of…
Why Internet monitoring is bad for Canada
By Steve Anderson for Rabble.ca The government has promised to push through an invasive, anti-Internet set of "Lawful Access" electronic surveillance laws within the first 100 days of Parliament. If…
Fundamental guiding rules for telecom-media-Internet politics
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Transparency: A Core Value of Google
On June 27, 2011, Google released their third Transparency Report, revealing data that shows the extent of government online spying worldwide. Traffic and government request statistics prove that there have…
Geist: What might a competition-focused broadcast policy look like?
By Michael Geist for TheStar.com As the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission concludes its hearing on the consolidation of the Canadian communications market into a handful of corporate giants (so-called…