Tag: wholesale

Image for YOU ARE HERE 📍: What’s happening in the fight for fair Internet wholesale rates

YOU ARE HERE 📍: What’s happening in the fight for fair Internet wholesale rates

Your voice, delivered! On June 22, we submitted YOUR input directly to the CRTC in their historic review of Internet wholesale rates.
Image for Your voice, DELIVERED: OpenMedia community urges CRTC to dethrone Big Telecom’s fibre monopoly!

Your voice, DELIVERED: OpenMedia community urges CRTC to dethrone Big Telecom’s fibre monopoly!

We submitted input from nearly 4,500 people to the CRTC, urging the Commission to force Big Telecom to provide fibre wholesale access to indie ISPs!
Image for Wholesale and fibre explained

Wholesale and fibre explained

Wholesale rates and fibre connection play an integral role in our telecom industry. Here's what you need to know.
Image for OpenMedia calls on new chair of CRTC to prioritize competition, affordability, and everyday people’s needs

OpenMedia calls on new chair of CRTC to prioritize competition, affordability, and everyday people’s needs

Canada’s Internet is dangerously adrift. OpenMedia’s letter to new CRTC chair Vicky Eatrides urges her to put us back on track.
Image for Guest Blog: National Capital Freenet (NCF) is “still fighting for change after 30 years”

Guest Blog: National Capital Freenet (NCF) is “still fighting for change after 30 years”

Minister Champagne’s refusal to revisit the CRTC’s Internet price hikes has hurt independent providers’ efforts to close the digital divide.
Image for Minister Champagne’s 3 Simple Steps to Collapsing Internet Competition in Canada

Minister Champagne’s 3 Simple Steps to Collapsing Internet Competition in Canada

Our “Minister of Collapse” must undo this affordability disaster of his own making.
Image for Minister Bains just undermined Canada’s best chance for affordable Internet

Minister Bains just undermined Canada’s best chance for affordable Internet

The government's August 15 decision sided with Big Telecom over Canadians, and we're already seeing Internet bills going up.
Image for Smaller Internet providers are dropping their prices and you can thank the CRTC for it

Smaller Internet providers are dropping their prices and you can thank the CRTC for it

Back in August the CRTC significantly cut down the rates for what Big Telecom can charge smaller providers for network access. As a result, a handful of smaller Internet service providers are already passing that benefit on to their customers. 
Image for CRTC Must Ensure Fair Rates For All Internet Providers

CRTC Must Ensure Fair Rates For All Internet Providers

"As TekSavvy customers settle in to lowered bills and Bell customers prepare for their increase on February 1, a new battle for affordable Internet access is happening right under our noses: the price of next generation, ultra-high speed fibre Internet."
Image for Big Win for Canadians, as CRTC forces Big Telecom to lower wholesale rates

Big Win for Canadians, as CRTC forces Big Telecom to lower wholesale rates

Regulator steps in to significantly reduce wholesale high-speed access rates charged to independent ISPs, after finding telecom giants ignored accepted costing principles
Image for OpenMedia is fighting Bell at the CRTC and Parliament on your behalf

OpenMedia is fighting Bell at the CRTC and Parliament on your behalf

This morning, OpenMedia filed detailed policy interventions with the CRTC to oppose Bell Canada’s appeal of the fair, pro-customer Internet rules we won together earlier this year. Find out more here.

OpenMedia works to keep the Internet open, affordable, and surveillance-free. We create community-driven campaigns to engage, educate, and empower people to safeguard the Internet. Take action now

View all campaigns
Take action now! Sign up to be in the loop Donate to support our work