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CRTC reconsiders ruling that would let Big Telecom companies control independent competitors, Canadians urged to use indie services

November 15, 2011 – The CRTC has released its decision on Internet metering (usage-based billing), and pro-Internet organization OpenMedia.ca is celebrating it as a step forward for the open and affordable Internet. The decision comes as the result of public pressure, channeled primarily through the group’s Stop The Meter campaign, which included a petition that attracted over half-a-million Canadians.

While there is easily room for criticism, the CRTC’s decision today should allow independent ISPs to survive and help them facilitate an unlimited and unmetered Internet for Canadians. Unfortunately, many Canadians will continue to lack independent, affordable, unmetered Internet access.   Read more »

Letter to Toews from Office of the Privacy Commissioner condemns online spying bills

October 27, 2011 – The federal Privacy Commissioner, Jennifer Stoddart, sent another letter to Public Safety Minister Vic Toews today, warning him about the implications of the proposed online spying legislation. The letter touches on many of the points raised by pro-Internet organization OpenMedia.ca, which in partnership with the Stop Online Spying Coalition, hosts a 75,000-strong petition and public engagement campaign in opposition to online spying. Read more »

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 organizations, OpenMedia.ca, will make the case for affordable and unmetered Internet access. Read more »

Report suggests Big Telecom is violating CRTC framework

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May 26, 2011 – Building on the success of a 480,000 signature petition launched earlier this year, award-winning public engagement organization OpenMedia.ca today released a citizen-powered report that exposes the weaknesses of closed communications models. Titled Casting An Open Net, the report counters popular arguments by major telecom companies that want to impose punitive pricing schemes, in which Canadians pay more for Internet and get less. The findings are clear: there is no technical or economic justification for restricting access to legal online content. Read more »

March 3, 2011 – This morning, OpenMedia.ca sent letters to the federal Liberals, Conservatives, New Democrats and Green Party requesting that they join OpenMedia.ca's call for the CRTC to broaden the scope of its upcoming usage-based billing (Internet metering) hearing. The pro-Internet group seeks to use the proceeding to address some of the key structural issues that led to the wildly unpopular decision to allow Big Telecom to impose new Internet usage fees. Read more »