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(Reposted, because it's important!)
The CRTC just announced they will reexamine metered billing practices. They are seeking public input right now! This is a huge opportunity to stop Internet metering, and to ensure Canadians have access to an unlimited Internet.
Please take a moment to send the CRTC a message here: http://openmedia.ca/crtc
OpenMedia.ca asked Canadians to send Ottawa a message about Internet metering, and wow did you ever respond – over 420,000 signed the petition!
The CRTC's move to review the imposition of billing practices through a public process is in direct response to our petition - they even cited the "public outcry".
At the same time, we all know a Big Telecom-friendly compromise is being pushed behind closed doors. To avoid another industry crafted solution we urgently need to send a message to the CRTC HERE.
We must sway the CRTC now to make our previous victories stick. If we don't convince the CRTC, all could be lost - all Internet users could face a metered Internet and pay up $4 per gigabyte!
We’ve already moved politics in Canada and made it easy for politicians to champion the Internet. Let’s force the CRTC to do the same.
http://openmedia.ca/crtc
We’ve come this far, let’s not stop now,
~ The OpenMedia.ca team
Support this campaign by making a small donation to our Stop the Meter Fund at: http://openmedia.ca/drive (this donation will cost you a lot less than UBB)
SOURCES:
Strombo Talks Internet Metering
http://openmedia.ca/strombo
Vancouver Sun - How B.C. activists fought off the Internet billing plan
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/activists+fought+Internet+billing+plan/4222362/story.html
Georgia Straight - Geek Speak: Lindsey Pinto, OpenMedia.ca
http://www.straight.com/article-373231/vancouver/geek-speak-lindsey-pinto-openmediaca
Globe And Mail - A metered Internet is a regulatory failure
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/a-metered-internet-is-a-regulatory-failure/article1881250
Canadians Just Became World's Biggest Internet Losers
http://thetyee.ca/Mediacheck/2011/01/26/InternetLosers/
TorrentFreak - Massive Protest Against Canadian Bandwidth Caps
http://torrentfreak.com/canadian-bandwidth-caps-110131/
CBC Visits OpenMedia.ca
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZSq5Gh0uo8
(Reposted, because it's important!)
The CRTC just announced they will reexamine metered billing practices. They are seeking public input right now! This is a huge opportunity to stop Internet metering, and to ensure Canadians have access to an unlimited Internet.
Please take a moment to send the CRTC a message here: http://openmedia.ca/crtc
OpenMedia.ca asked Canadians to send Ottawa a message about Internet metering, and wow did you ever respond – over 420,000 signed the petition!
The CRTC's move to review the imposition of billing practices through a public process is in direct response to our petition - they even cited the "public outcry".
At the same time, we all know a Big Telecom-friendly compromise is being pushed behind closed doors. To avoid another industry crafted solution we urgently need to send a message to the CRTC HERE.
We must sway the CRTC now to make our previous victories stick. If we don't convince the CRTC, all could be lost - all Internet users could face a metered Internet and pay up $4 per gigabyte!
We’ve already moved politics in Canada and made it easy for politicians to champion the Internet. Let’s force the CRTC to do the same.
http://openmedia.ca/crtc
We’ve come this far, let’s not stop now,
~ The OpenMedia.ca team
Support this campaign by making a small donation to our Stop the Meter Fund at: http://openmedia.ca/drive (this donation will cost you a lot less than UBB)
SOURCES:
Strombo Talks Internet Metering
http://openmedia.ca/strombo
Vancouver Sun - How B.C. activists fought off the Internet billing plan
http://www.vancouversun.com/technol
Georgia Straight - Geek Speak: Lindsey Pinto, OpenMedia.ca
http://www.straight.com/article-373
Globe And Mail - A metered Internet is a regulatory failure
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opi
Canadians Just Became World's Biggest Internet Losers
http://thetyee.ca/Mediacheck/2011/0
TorrentFreak - Massive Protest Against Canadian Bandwidth Caps
http://torrentfreak.com/canadian-bandwi
CBC Visits OpenMedia.ca
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZSq5Gh0
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