This telecom company wants to monitor everything you do online

  • Print
Details
Published on Tuesday, 14 January 2014 10:24
Written by editor

Canada’s Big Telecom giants plan to block your access to independent, affordable, high-speed Internet services so they can raise prices on you and your family.1Key decision makers at the CRTC are reviewing this issue right now and they need to hear from you before it’s too late.

Take action!

Telecom giant Bell has announced a new “privacy” policy that will allow it to extensively track private user information from Canadians’ TV, Internet and cell phone usage, and correlate it with details including your age, home address, and gender1.

In contrast, Independent ISPs have recently gone to court to defend your privacy2 .

Now, our indie ISPs are under threat, as Big Telecom giants plan to block your access to these independent, affordable, high-speed Internet providers so they can raise prices and monitor your online activity3.

Comments we’ve reviewed from a telecom lobbyist make it clear that they want these powers.3 We can’t stand for it.

Key decision makers at the CRTC are considering whether or not Big Telecom should be able to price-gouge at will and they need to hear from you.4 We have put together an easy-to-use tool to amplify your voice - please use it now.

Big Telecom control is a dead weight on our economy, a threat to our privacy and they’re holding our country back.

If we don’t speak up now, these telecom giants will ramp up price-gouging, lock us out of affordable Internet services, and have more power to spy on at will.

We are standing at a fork in the road: will we take the path toward a brighter digital future, or will we get trapped by Big Telecom’s Internet blockade? It’s time to tell the CRTC to put Canadians first.

This is a defining moment – Big Telecom is trying to kill independent affordable choice. Let’s take this chance to throw open the gates and finally bring Canada’s digital economy into the 21st century.

Time and time again, we have seen our community stand together and demand decision-makers take notice. Together, we have made huge gains toward securing open and affordable Internet in Canada, and we’re not about to go back.

Now we need to tell the CRTC to put Canadians first and finally ditch the Big Telecom deadweight that’s holding our country back. Please take a moment to let the CRTC know that the interests of everyday Canadians deserve to be put first.

For an affordable, surveillance free Internet and a connected Canada,

Josh, David, Steve, and Jason, on behalf of your OpenMedia.ca team.

P.S. Canadians don’t deserve to have our whole economy held back by a handful of greedy conglomerates. It’s time to stand together and let the CRTC know where we stand.

Footnotes:

[1] Canadians react to Bell’s latest affront on citizens. Source

[2] Indie ISP Distributel sticks up for Canadians -- and wins. Source

[3] At the 2013 Canadian ISP summit one of Bell’s lobbyists explained their desire to have the power to block more affordable, independent Internet providers from providing high-speed fibre Internet services to Canadians. Source: YouTube (28 mins in). *This is consistent with Bell’s vocal attempt to block independent access to previous upgrades of Internet services. We can stop them again.

[4] The CRTC’s 2013-551 public review of “wholesale” Internet services and pricing. Source: Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission.

OpenMedia.caOpenMedia.ca is a non-profit organization that relies on donations from people like you to operate. Our small but dedicated team ensures even the smallest contributions go a long way to make your voice heard. Please donate today.

We are an award-winning network of people and organizations working to safeguard the possibilities of the open Internet. We work toward informed and participatory digital policy. You can follow us on Twitter, and like us on Facebook.