Rogers, Bell & Telus naturally aim to rip us all off for Internet services

Steve Anderson —

Your OpenMedia.ca team has become aware of a plan by Canada’s Big Telecom giants to block your access to independent, affordable, high-speed Internet services so they can raise prices on you and your family.

Comments we’ve reviewed from a telecom lobbyist make it clear that they want these powers.¹ We can’t stand for it.

Big Telecom’s price-gouging is a dead weight on our economy and they’re holding our country back.

We’re already falling behind our global counterparts and this scheme is going to make it worse.

If we don’t speak up now, these telecom giants will ramp up price-gouging, and lock us out of affordable, world-class, Internet services.

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 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] 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.

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

Footnotes:

[1] 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.

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