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| Subject: | Help us end data caps TOMORROW |
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| Date: | Wed, 2 Nov 2016 14:45:29 -0400 (EDT) |
| From: | Katy at OpenMedia <contact@openmedia.org> |
| Reply-To: | contact@openmedia.org |
| To: | me@bartk.us |
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This is it, Bart! I need you to share the call to support an end to data caps and zero-rating, and to speak up for Net Neutrality on Facebook and Twitter now. Tomorrow’s the big day! After months of talking to Canadians about how to price the Internet fairly — and after hearing from more than 55,000 of you — we’ll bring your arguments to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) in a live hearing. You joined us in asking for an end to Canadians facing some of the lowest data caps in the world, for the highest fees. Now will you text the next step? Please share on Facebook and Twitter now. Thank you! —Katy, and your OpenMedia team Bart, tomorrow my colleagues and I will be going head-to-head against teams of corporate lawyers paid to protect Big Telecom’s bottom line and we need your support. All the work we’ve done with Canadians to end data caps will come to a head at a televised Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) hearing1 where we’ll have the opportunity to deliver your voice, along with the voices of almost 45,000 others.2,3,4 Will you ask your friends to join us? SHARE ON FACEBOOK AND TWITTER NOW On the side of Big Telecom, there is Rogers’ outgoing5 CEO Guy Laurence, who, when asked earlier this month about offering unlimited data to solve overage issues responded "we're not a charity."6 We’ve heard from Canadians time and time again that affordable Internet — ensuring that everyone is able to access this essential service — is not charitable, it’s just good business. We'll also face a hired gun of Bell and Telus who was just tapped by Donald Trump,7 a notorious enemy of Net Neutrality,8,9 to be his head of telecom policy. Canadians already pay some of the highest rates for some of the worst service in the G810, 11 and options for affordable, unlimited Internet remain very limited.12 But we have something even more powerful than corporate lawyer and lobbyists — you. Having the voice of Canadians behind us gives us authority no amount of money can buy. Please help power the side of an open Internet by asking your friends and networks on Facebook and Twitter to join you in adding their voice now. —Katy, and your OpenMedia team P.S. Another way to support an open Internet is to donate a few dollars today to help OpenMedia keep the lights on. Footnotes |
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