Verizon, who got spectrum by agreeing to faster phone unlocks, now wants the FCC to reverse this, letting them lock phones longer. Their claim: it fights fraud. Will this limit our choices? #DeviceFreedom #FCC #BigTelecom

#Rogers got a lump of coal. #Canadians a Christmas present from the Competition Bureau

#Canada #cdnpoli #CanadianPolitics #oligopolies #monopolies #bigtelecom

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/competition-bureau-rogers-misleading-customers-unlimited-data-1.7418233

Big Telecom used fake and dead people to fight #NetNeutrality - because of course they did. Surprised? I didn’t think so… #Telecom #BigTelecom #Capitalism
https://www.vice.com/en/article/3aqq7b/big-telecom-used-fake-and-dead-people-to-fight-net-neutrality-ny-ag-says

This isn't surprising that #BigTelecom are making absolutely sure that a $42.5 billion program to improve US #internet and #broadband access caters to them and them only.

Gift link: https://wapo.st/3Q3z3LT

Archive link: https://archive.ph/bae2Y

Prices Rise Again. We Must Dismantle Canada's Telecom Oligopoly.
You're paying more for less because the country's wireless providers are the ones in charge.
David Moscrop
Jan 9, 2024

#Canada #bigtelecom #monopolies #oligopolies

https://www.davidmoscrop.com/p/prices-rise-again-we-must-dismantle

There is no technical reason why Wi-Fi Calling/voice over Wi-Fi can't work on #Linux phones. There could be a server running on the modem that sends your microphone audio to the other caller, and it can give received audio to userspace daemon which is then forwarded to the app using it. This would also apply to text messages. Only thing preventing this is #BigTelecom not wanting to give access to anyone else besides #Apple (if that's the case).

#LinuxMobile #VoWiFi #WiFiCalling

They also rejected:
- telling the truth
- acting ethically
- NOT accepting funds from China
- controlling #BigTelecom $$
- being even vaguely responsible

Liberals reject balanced budget and mandatory voting as official policyhttps://nationalpost.com/news/canada/liberals-reject-balanced-budget-and-mandatory-voting-as-official-policy https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/liberals-reject-balanced-budget-and-mandatory-voting-as-official-policy

“The people who are working for us also lose their jobs," Troy Walcott, president of People's Choice Communications, said.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3pyvg/disgusting-nyc-scraps-co-op-internet-in-public-housing-so-big-telecom-can-move-in
#Technews #ISP #Co-Op #bigtelecom #telecom #Internet #NYCHA #NYC

@jfmezei The fact that all CRTC Commissioners are women means they have to act FAST!! They have 11 days to boot the Old Boys' Club (TM) outta #BigTelecom control in Canada....let's do it!!

(Wishful thinking...I know.)

@mgeist But will she be pro-consumer or just "yet another" Chair in the pockets of the Gov't and #BigTelecom?
The devil is in the details.
What Canada does NOT need is another sycophant in leadership. We have enough of those already.

Great piece on ISPs quietly giving so-called netflow data to private businesses, who then sell access to this data themselves. Can also be used to trace traffic through VPNs https://www.vice.com/en/article/jg84yy/data-brokers-netflow-data-team-cymru

This proves once again that #BigTelecom (ISPs in this case) are even more dangerous and powerful than #BigTech.

Remember folks, 42M Americans lack access to #broadband, and another 83M live under a broadband #monopoly. It's impossible to dump a #ISP if you only have one choice.