BCE Inc. (Bell) announced its acquisition of leading Canadian left-wing news website rabble.ca.
Bell Canada
Resist Internet cost increases by boycotting and cancelling services with big owners
Let's ground Bell Canada over usage-based billing.
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Make 2011 the year of Internet innovation
In my January 2009 column I encouraged readers to make opening the media in Canada their 2010 resolution. I asserted that 2010 would be a pivotal year for communities working to open communication in Canada and beyond. And so here we are at the end of the year, and it appears that indeed there is a growing community focused on openness, with the open Internet at its core.
TV versus the Internet
Which side are you on?
It makes sense that many people believe that cable and Internet are two separate services, brought to us through distinct wires. And why wouldn't we think this, after all, these services are also in competition for our business. The reality is that television services actually go through the same wires as Internet services. Why is this important? Because it raises serious questions about both the practice of slowing access (throttling) to Internet services and the new imposition of broadband download caps by Internet Service Providers (ISPs).
Are telecom companies discriminating against the open Internet in favour of their own gatekeepered digital TV services?
Bell Media acquires rabble.ca in bid to woo progressive audience
Editor's Update: noon PST: Wishing rabble readers a Happy April Fool's Day!
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BCE Inc. (Bell) Friday announced its acquisition of leading Canadian left-wing news website rabble.ca in order to access the "burgeoning Canadian progressive market."
BCE Inc., whose holdings include Bell Canada, CTVglobemedia and Astral media, outbid Rogers Communications to purchase Canada's most-read online source for progressive news and opinion in an undisclosed deal, which includes all of rabble's ancillary media brands, including rabbletv, rabble radio and babble, its online discussion board.
The UBB fight starts with a simple message: Sell Bell
Bill Wittur explores how we can resist the increase in the cost of Internet services in Canada by cancelling and boycotting services related to the companies behind these increases. Focusing on just one company -- Bell Canada or BCE Inc -- makes it that much easier to funnel concern about what's happening to Canada's digital infrastructure.
I used to work with a marketing agency that did "Day in a Life" stories about typical consumers. That's you and me and what we do every day so that they could push ads at us... every day from every place and space we occupied.
