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See what Industry Minister Moore has to say about your sky-high cell phone bills

See what Industry Minister Moore has to say about your sky-high cell phone bills

Canada, together we won these cell phone customer protection rules that kick in today

Canada’s new customer-friendly wireless rules will benefit cell phone users from coast to coast to coast.

Good News - This is what happens when Canadians speak out

Great news from Ontario - the legislative assembly has voted unanimously for customer-friendly new cell phone rules to tackle some of the worst abuses of Big Telecom. The rules, which come...

Big Telecom is officially taking Canada to court

We have just received word that the federal Court of Appeal has officially granted Big Telecom permission to take Canada to court over new customer-friendly rules laid out in June by the...

Good things happen when Canadians speak out!

Canada’s leading entrepreneurs and innovators are calling on Industry Minister James Moore to fix our broken wireless market by opening our networks to independent providers.

How Northern and Rural Canadians are saying no to high-cost telecom

Residents living in rural and remote communities can face broadband Internet costs that are up to three to five times higher than in southern urban centres.

What Big Telecom is really afraid of

Big Telecom is spending a fortune to try to prevent greater choice and affordability in Canada's wireless market.

When will Big Telecom face the facts?

Big Telecom’s supporters claim that more choice and customer-friendly rules wouldn’t help Canada’s broken cell phone market, but we explain why this is exactly what is needed.

Report finds that the best way to manage strong networks is to relax Big Telecom’s grip

Independent research company BuddleComm has released a new report (sadly it’s expensive; if I were you I’d just read Phillip Dampier’s summary here) that looks at the best ways to connect everyone to...

How Canadians are using the Internet to debunk Big Telecom Spin

Big Telecom is up to its old tricks again. They’ve invested some of their record profits into an expensive PR campaign, including misleading full page newspaper ads, in a clear effort to try to...