Liberals are on board!

Thanks to the thousands of like-minded people who took the time to jet a note off to the Liberal Party over the last few days, they have officially announced that they're against usage-based billing! Their home page says the following:

It’s official. The Liberal Party of Canada today committed to oppose the Canadian Radio and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) decision on usage-based billing (UBB).

You did this. By raising your voices in unprecedented numbers on Twitter, Facebook, and by signing petitions through groups like openmedia.ca, we heard you.

I'm encouraged.

Analog all the way, baby!

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The sweet smell of Karma

The online agitation seems to have worked: Industry Minister Tony Clement has promised to review the CRTC's decision. It's not over yet, but given Crayon Wars's past record with taking sides, this looks good.

Informal survey time.
Am I the only one who thinks that there's so much opposition to usage-based billing largely because Bell, Shaw, Rogers and company are a bunch of assholes? Maybe if they hadn't taken their customers for granted for so long, we docile Canadians wouldn't get so excited about this. Payback's an unlimited bitch.

For background on the story, check out my previous posting here.