Doing my Civic Duty - Standing up ...

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Doing my Civic Duty - Standing up for what's right. Tue, May 27. 2008

Today's Rally for Network Neutrality was well attended and well covered by the media (even CJOH - which Bell owns!) and there was free WiFi!
Some moments from the rally

There's a private member's bill to be introduced by the NDP, while there's a lot of skepticism surrounding it, it's worth drawing attention to and writing your local representatives at all levels of the government! Remember - Bell Canada is a government funded private corporation that is inhibiting competition from Independent Canadian ISPs - ISPs like Server North!
As a ratepayer, you should be annoyed. As a consumer, you should be irritated. As a friend of mine, you should be furious.
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#1 - Condor Counter 2008-06-02 08:42 - (Reply)

Net neutrality bill hits House of Commons

The NDP has followed through with its promise to introduce legislation to the House of Commons that seeks to keep the internet open and free from control by service providers.

"This bill is about fairness to consumers," said Charlie Angus, the NDP's digital spokesman, in the House of Commons on Wednesday. "The internet is a critical piece of infrastructure not just for Canada but for the world ... this bill protects the innovation agenda of Canada."

The private member's bill, C-552, is in reaction to moves by some of Canada's largest internet service providers (ISPs), including Bell Canada Inc. and Rogers Communications Inc., to limit their customers' uses of the internet. Bell, Rogers and a few others say a small percentage of customers have been congesting their networks by using peer-to-peer applications such as BitTorrent, so they have slowed the internet down at peak times of the day.

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/05/28/tech-netbill.html?ref=rss

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