Open Media?

[Jason Carson]

I just watched a documentary on CBC investigating whether we have become
"digital dummies"...

http://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/doczone/2010/digitaldummies/

...Then the CRTC rules that ISP`s can charge per byte...

http://www.cbc.ca/smartshift/2010/10/crtc-green-lights-usage-based-internet-billing.html

...So the internet will become more expensive. This would mean we use the
internet less thus avoiding becoming "digital dummies". Which really is
not a bad thing.

But that aside I still don`t want to have to pay by the byte. I run my own
email server and personal web page on my DSL connection and although I
don`t have a large amount of traffic to the site or a large volume of
email. The little traffic I do get would now cost me money.

> Hello all,
>
> This week I got a mass email from an outfit I'd never heard of -
> OpenMedia.ca. It was about a CRTC rule change for ISP billing and a
> petition at http://openmedia.ca/metre
>
> Does anyone know (of) them? Is this a legitimate group (unsolicited
> emails notwithstanding)?
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