As Big Telecom ramps up lobbying, will government cave?
It looks like Big Three telecom giants are fighting hard to maintain their stranglehold over our wireless market, and over Canadians’ wallets. The Big Three have been on the back…
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Progress In Canada’s High Internet Pricing — Indie ISPs lowering rates
Thanks to the hundreds of thousands of Canadians, it looks like independent ISPs like Teksavvy, Distributel, Acanac, and Start are finally gaining the ability to do what Canadians need them…
The Meter | Weekly News Update from OpenMedia.ca
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OpenMedia.ca pleased as CRTC take steps to ease Big Telecom’s grip on affordable Internet options
UBB_Meter_101101.png CRTC responds to Canadians after big telecom companies attempt a “backdoor price hike” using their control of digital infrastructure February 21, 2013 – The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission…
Companies admit usage limits are not about congestion.
Cable companies (in the U.S.) finally admit that usage limits are not about congestion as they had insisted for years, and as many companies continue to insist. With your help…
A Critical Time | Weekly News Update from OpenMedia.ca
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Bringing Big Telecom down to earth: Help up create a new set of rules for Canada’s telecom giants
If you had the chance – what would you say to the heads of Canada’s Big Telecom giants? It’s a tiring process trying to talk with someone – anyone –…
Another victory for Canadians as CRTC calls for increased transparency
A CRTC decision came down on Friday for more transparency to how Big Telecom assigns wholesale rates and pricing. This is another sign of progress for the +500,000 Canadian citizens…
The Gazette: Big Telecom ordered to open their books
After thousands of Canadians spoke out against Big Telecom’s price-gouging through StopTheMeter.ca, the CRTC has announced a decision that will lead to more transparency in Internet service costs. As Canadians…
CRTC pushes Big Telecom to be more transparent, to set the stage for more choice for Canadians
Tariffs_100x100_120117.png Pro-Internet community lauds CRTC decision to open up Big Telecom’s costing process October 26, 2012 – The CRTC announced today that Big Telecom will have to make more of…
Canadians are taking back the CRTC and our communications
Professor Michael Geist talks about how Canadians are taking back the CRTC and our communications system. For more on the historic StopTheMeter.ca UBB campaign click here. Join OpenMedia.ca at OpenMedia.ca/allies.…
Huffington Post: Netflix exec says "Canadians have almost third-world access to the Internet"
Big telecom companies across Canada are continuing to employ ‘usage-based billing’, an punitive billing practice that restricts data allowances. Though many of you fought back against UBB via the Stop…
Postmedia: Rogers seeks court approval to lie to Canadians
Today Rogers is butting heads with the Competition Bureau in the Ontario Superior Court. This big telecom company is seeking court approval to lie to Canadians in their advertising. This…
Huffington Post: Broadband Data Caps Could Get Review from U.S. Lawmakers
The US Justice Department is investigating whether cable operators are improperly suppressing competition through data caps (or metered billing). The data caps are being labeled as ‘anticompetitive’, suggesting that their…
New Zealand pushes back against TPP agreement; calls for a “fair deal”
Momentum is building for the StopTheTrap.net campaign, as new initiatives are being launched to oppose the criminalizing and invasive provisions in the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement. One of our international coalition…
New CRTC Chair Could Bring Change to Broken Internet Regulation
Jean Pierre Blais was recently appointed as the new chairman of the CRTC, a move which has many in the pro-Internet hopeful for a shift away from the misguided and…
New CRTC Chair Could Bring Change to Broken Internet Regulation
Jean Pierre Blais was recently appointed as the new chairman of the CRTC, a move which has many in the pro-Internet hopeful for a shift away from the misguided and…
What the Future Holds: Weekly Update from OpenMedia.ca
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Affordability and transparency in the aftermath of the StopTheMeter.ca campaign
It’s been over a year and a half since we at OpenMedia.ca launched the StopTheMeter.ca campaign. After the CRTC decided to allow Big Telecom to impose usage-based billing—Internet metering—on their…