Clement: Internet Santa or Grinch?
Submitted by Marie Elliott on Thu, 12/03/2009 - 21:35.
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Save our net!
I like the Internet current level of freedom. Big companies have spotted the Internet and intent to milk it just like they did with the TV.
Please, save our net!
save our net
save our net Clement
Preserve net neutrality, stop the throttling
The internet is now a 'virtually' indispensable communication tool for effective participation in canadian society and politics. Some of us older types might wish it weren't so, but it is! Therefore, the net should be regarded as a telecommunications public utility, accessible to all. Leaving its development up to so-called 'market forces', which are actually dominated in this industry by a handful of oligopolistic 'service providers', will inevitably increase inequalities of access and publication through the medium. It is the responsibility of your government, as an instrument of the public good, to ensure that big companies are not able to throttle internet traffic on the basis of their own narrow commercial interests. I ask you to take decisive steps to preserve the 'common carrier' principle of net neutrality.
Professor Robert Hackett
School of Communication
Simon Fraser University
Net Neutrality
We want open accessible Internet, with out control from providers.
save the internet and no extra charges
save the internet and not extra charges
Please don't screw up the Internet
Dear Mr. Clements,
...don't let corporations screw up the Internet and screw us out of a great medium. Please, do the right thing.
Victor Sky
Toronto, ON
Keep out internet free and accessible
To Mr. Clement,
Internet is more than just chat sites,etc for many people.It is a valuable source of information,keeps people connected of all backgrounds.It should be kept as a open,fair,equal system.It is not fair for big companies(Bell,Shaw,etc) to tell us how we should use the internet.They already have enough power with the big profits they get from cable tv.Not everyone can afford a big phone bill-the internet is a perfect way for people to communicate.
Keep the Internet NEUTRAL
Dear Tony Clement:
As a Canadian Citizen, I have the freedom of information right to have an open and neutral internet. I want to speak up about my right, and the rights of Canadians who feel the same way I do. If there were restrictions on the internet, I would decline to pay any ISP money for something that is blocked in any way. I do not understand why we are continually being bombarded with so many conflicting information from news reports and the media in general.
All I know is that I want to speak up for my rights. I do not want any ISP to block access to the net like they do in China.
Thank you.
Jean M Frith
Vancouver BC Canada
Open internet for everyone!
Mr. Clement,
Please understand that we have a right to express ourselves freely, and I feel that applies when we are choosing what we want to see, and read. Please ensure that we are able to access whatever we want, without throttling, and blockages on our internet.
Thanks,
Darrick Hahn
Kitchener, ON
CRTC and the internet Trust
CRTC and the internet Trust want to control the internet, please return open neutral internet... without filtering and DPI they use now.
Protect Canadians - Stop the Throttlers - Net Neutrality
do the right thing for Canadians
Please don't let them take
Please don't let them take away our freedom!
Please do the RIGHT thing for Canadians
As a senior government member, you represent Canadians and have a moral duty to do what is right for CANADIANS, not greedy corporations.
Please keep our internet open and accessible. It is vitally important to preserve our access to knowledge if we are to progress, not regress, as a society.
Chris Shandro, Spruce Grove, Alberta
End this Corporate Internet FEUDALISM
Bell/Rogers are allowed to act like greedy corporate FEUDALISTIC Landlords by the CRTC, and the Canadian Government. When are we going to leave this Camadian Internet "middle ages".
When is this going to END Tony ?!!!
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Merry Christmas to All, and to All a Good NET !!!
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End thiis Corporate/Government FEUDALISM
Bell/Rogers are allowed to act like greedy FEUDALISTIC Corporate Landlords by the CRTC, and Canadian Government.
When is this going to STOP Tony ?
True North Strong and FREE
Set the internet free, and only then than the digital contributions of this north be counted upon to remain true and strong.
Please Save Our Net!
The beauty of the internet is its accessibility- indeed its creators have cited this as one of its preconditions. I think I speak for the vast majority of Canadians in saying I'd like to see neutrality in all our media. While this is perhaps a dream with respect to newspapers and cable TV, it exists with the internet and needs to be protected!
Please don't let the internet be the next bastion for the large Canadian telecom providers to negotiate deals based on net trafficking favouritism to increase their already soaring profits . Say no to throttling and other tactics which, if left unchecked, will fundamentally erode the free and equal exchange of information on the internet in Canada.
Sincerely,
Graham Salvail
Vancouver, BC
Keep out country free!!!!
Keep out country and our Internet free. Let people decide which provider they wish to use for their Internet and do not let people get forced to use a small handful of companies.
As they say on the World
As they say on the World Wide Web, ^THIS.
Save our internet!
As if the CRTC weren't bad enough trying to control internet content, trying to funnel internet services into the hands of greedy cable companies would be outrageous. The internet is a critical tool for human rights, allowing the free and open exchange of information, and critical to this is that access is free and open to all.
no more throttling
Please keep the internet open and accessible.
Regards,
Kevin Allen
Calgary, Alberta
Canadian ISP and Telecommunications Decision by the CRTC: Deadli
A CBC News article outlines the current situation:
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/12/07/clement-bell-telus-mts-crt...
“The clock is running out for cabinet to decide on a set of appeals that could determine the future of internet access in Canada.
Cabinet must decide this week whether it will overrule or let stand a pair of CRTC decisions regarding access by competitor internet providers to the networks of large phone companies, including Bell and Telus.” – excerpted from CBC News
From the comfort of your chair, you can make a small gesture to help. Visit SaveOurNet.ca and send a letter or card to your local MP and/or Tony Clement.
http://saveournet.ca/
Let competition reign in the area of Canadian telecommunications and internet service. The current duopoly structure serves to destroy the high-tech economy of Canada by driving businesses and innovators away with high prices for poor service levels, at a time when a greater emphasis should be put on developing intellectual property and selling our ideas and developed products, rather than exporting our valuable natural resources to be bought back as products developed elsewhere. Political leadership of Canada: do not disappoint us or let us falter technologically behind the rest of the developed nations.
Protect the rights of internet users.
Dear Mr. Clement,
While the ISPs have the right to make a profit from the infrastructure that they maintain and the services they provide (so long as they remain vital) they DO NOT have the right to determine who may access the internet and how it may be used. Allowing the ISPs control over these fundamental aspects will destroy freedom we enjoy and deserve.
Mr. Clement, we need you to support net neutrality. We need you to make our voice heard.
Thank you in advance.
Mark Schmid
Canada's internet leadership
Dear Mr. Clement,
Canada has always been a leading pioneer of Internet technology as evidenced by all the Canadian companies that have been bought up by bigger ones from the US. We have pushed high-speed Internet into remote communities, protected our users privacy, and kept the Internet open to users for whatever way they want to use it.
You already know all the reasons why open internet is important and integral to continued technology innovation and education in our country, so please don't let big money corporations control the way we access the Internet so they can make more money for their shareholders. The rights of corporations too often usurp the rights of ordinary citizens. You have the power to make sure that does not happen in this case.
Please do the right thing for the people of Canada.
Thank-you,
Matt Walker
Save the Internet
Tony ,save your job by saving the internet...let's put it that way...were not asking, we are telling you, are you listening?
Net Neutrality
Dear Sir
Please keep the big telcos out of our internet we do not want them.
L Boucher
Net Neutrality
Internet access is becoming a core service that people require for their daily lives. We should not be restricted beyond the laws that govern the rest of our lives. We should be following the lead of countries like Spain and Finland who have made broadband access a right for all. We should adopt this approach as well and take it a step further to make net neutrality law as well.
Stop stifling Canadians and expand our freedoms into the digital age.
Internet neutrality
Bell, Rogers, Shaw and other ISPs are not the government and should not have the power to curtail free speech, for example, by controlling the flow of Internet traffic.
The Internet has become so important to business and individuals that it should be considered an essential infrastructure service. Perhaps it is time for our government to support it as such. Thank you.
No oppressive control please
If the Internet Service providers are allowed to police the Internet, or are forced to by the gov't, how long before that same policing extends to other areas of Canadian life where we take our freedom for granted?
Don't let this happen!
Kris Arneson
Save the Internet
The Internet is too important to let it be ruled by any one company. The government must ensure that all Canadians have equal access to the Internet and that no one company takes control of this service.
Save the NET
Please!!!
Net Neutrality
Dear Mr. Clement,
We need more than internet neutrality guidlines. We need internet neutrality LAWS - ones with teeth.
Hannah McIntyre
save our internet
Mr Clement please give us our internet, don't let the big guys run you like you did the Brazilians do from the Sudbury perpective
Len
I want an open, accessible internet
Minister Clement,
allowing Bell, Rogers, and Shaw to have effective Veto over my use of the internet is unacceptable and makes a mockery of free speech.
The phone company can't police what I say on the telephone, but the oligopoly of internet providers in Canada can do just that on the internet. They can control what tools I use, and how I use them. And because there's effectively no competition in the marketplace I don't have the option of using another service that doesn't police our action.
Give Canadians a gift that will last generations. Give us open access rules for Canadian internet.
Elijah van der Giessen
2F - 1761 Graveley St.
Vancouver, BC V5L 3A9
Open Internet
The last bastion of democracy used to be a free press. As more and more of that free press becomes special interest owned and used as a means of crowd control, an open internet becomes increasingly important. I know, having read your comments in the past Mr. Clement, that you understand that. I hope you will do everything within your considerable power to make sure we keep that open internet.
Thank you.
Peter Bochove
Please save our net!
Please save our net!
Save our net
Please prevent corporations (or anyone else) from manipulating, throttling, or otherwise interfering with internet traffic.
Limiting internet freedom should be an extraordinary thing, not an ordinary thing.
Craig Campbell,
Whitby
Open and accessible Internet
Tony Clement
My name is James MacKay and I am writing to you today to ask that you keep Internet access in Canada open and free of corporate control by the big providers. These companies have already demonstrated and continue to demonstrate that they will use every means at their disposal to create an Internet in Canada where they control access, and base it on a person's ability to pay.
Internet access in this country should be looked on as an essential and fundamental right, like the access to water and the right to vote. Keep the internet access free of control by the big providers and open to all.
Sincerely
James
net neutrality
keep the net neutral
net neutrality is part of free speech
free speech is a foundation stone of true democracy
Net neutrality
No one should have the right to be able to dictate which internet traffic is "important" and which internet traffic is not "important". Traffic that may not seem to be so important to one person or entity could be extremely important to someone else. The internet must be maintained as a level playing field for all. The recent actions of ISP threatens the internet as we know it today.
If you get a few spare minutes I would recommend that you watch this video on youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JP_3WnJ42kw&feature=related. It is kind of a mini documentary on the concept of net neutrality.
Thank you for your time
net neutrality
When industry lobby groups influence the government regulatory bodies that control them bad things happen ie the recent economic collapse. I would urge Mr. Clement to listen to other voices. The internet needs to stay neutral
save our net
STOP THE THROTTLERS - NET NEUTRALILTY - FREE NET!
Stay Open
Sign this, sign this, sigh... this.
Net Neutrality
Neutrality towards sources of content on the Internet and to providers which are not monopolies is of vital importance. Please make sure that Canada is not disadvantaged for the profit margins of giant companies like Bell, Rogers or Shaw.
Net Neutrality
Net neutrality speaks for so many of our our democratic rights and freedoms as Canadians, and the hearts of young voters will not easily forget about it being compromised by the crtc through the one neutral two way directional medium we have!
Natasa.
Open Internet
Preserve our freenet and keep the internet open.
Open Interent
Someone wise said this...allow the free flow of information whether it be data or voice.
That said, I am not paranoid about the government "spying" on me. Goverment has to find a rational balance on collecting information to operate efficiently,securely, and fairly and and we risk pushing privacy concerns too far if the government cannot collect any personal information.
internet for ALL
Our freedom needs NOT be further restricted. Government is going WAY too far - WAY over the line. I have friends from communist countries that report that we are less free in Canada than they were in their homelands.
People are aware of the illision of freedom. We are NOT slaves and do NOT live in China.
Please ensure that we - the common people, have FULL access to the internet - ongoing.
Thank you!
lisa Pryce
Open Internet
Merry Christmas, Mr Clement!
Net Neutrality
Net Neutrality