In 1989 Marty McFly and Doc Brown gave us a glimpse at the future. It might be a bit scary to think that ‘future’ they visited is just a few years from where we are now. I’m personally looking forward to flying cars since I think driving with 4 tires on the ground is just so passé.

There are actually a lot of things Back To The Future II got correct. (View the list here)

While I don’t think we’re just a few years away from flying cars, I would assume that the world, overall, is moving in a consistent direction when it comes to technology…. FORWARD.

This is why I think it’s crazy that the CRTC is trying to send Canadian internet users back to the stone-age. (Well, maybe not the stone-age since there weren’t many cavemen on Facebook, but this is definitely not forward progress.)

A new decision from the CRTC will allow Canadian ISPs to charge per byte, similar to what they do for smart phones. This will result in Canadian paying a lot more for internet access. Canadian consumers already get gauged on their internet services way more than their American counterparts and now it’s all about to get worse.

A couple years ago I was in Thailand where I was literally sitting in a hut with no air conditioning, bugs flying around, and no paved roads in sight, but I was on the internet with a fast connection. I wonder if that hut is going to get better internet rates than someone in Toronto?

I have no idea what the CRTC is thinking or how they are justifying their actions, but Canadians must raise their voice and say this is ridiculous.

To have your voice be heard, sign the “Stop The Meter On Your Internet Use” here: http://openmedia.ca/meter