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Usage-based billing (UBB) for Internet services- o. J0 @% S+ B/ \: h
发件人：Minister.Industry@ic.gc.ca;(由 bounce-522989-3039171@synergis.ic.gc.ca 代发)
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0 c; i# P3 z6 m' P# _2 K! JDear Sir or Madam: ' J# B% a& e0 j# n. b5 L
- K3 H9 P8 T, s3 d( B6 _4 w rThank you for expressing your concerns regarding usage-based billing (UBB) y/ ?) j- T% V. c7 w- ]* J* V- X$ j
for Internet services. It is essential that I hear the views of Canadians" l) s7 T' Y, b+ w7 T( C
on the issues that matter. Prime Minister Harper and I have been clear( y( L; N/ e9 B6 b: k
that we cannot support imposing a UBB business model on wholesale Internet- e8 _! E7 P: ]# S$ ?7 j1 `4 R) g
service providers.5 B' ~6 R1 k: q2 Y
3 u) O1 E5 l/ P* |Our government recognizes that the Internet and digital technologies are$ `3 E) A7 P: i2 G- |% }
an increasingly important part of everyday life—including driving
, x( F: n# i# {1 xinnovation, commerce and social interaction. As the government develops
- u+ m* K3 z$ I. v: \3 ]Canada’s first comprehensive Digital Economy Strategy, we need to look" x! X8 Y5 X v& _6 ]1 T! A; g9 a
carefully at how issues like UBB affect the big picture. We will be8 C- a0 ]/ R) C+ |" W0 f. F
guided by our long-standing policies of encouraging competition and' D' J) I$ ]1 _- Y- n3 t& Y
investment, increasing consumer choice, minimizing regulation and allowing
3 C! A4 a3 d. M M) G7 S. `, a- bmarket forces to prevail. + H) S) t# W, w: Z( I6 \. }6 J
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The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has
# k' G$ B5 v/ @chosen to examine these concerns that the government shares with a large6 y/ @( U8 ]7 u7 L0 H* ], }
number of Canadians. Details of the CRTC consultation are available at
$ M* B8 ^1 E* e# t3 q6 Ywww.crtc.gc.ca/eng/com100/2011/r110208.htm.
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When the CRTC reaches a final decision following its consultations, the4 }$ B% b8 o7 `3 A" A
government will carefully assess the CRTC position to ensure that it is in9 z. o' R; a! A5 o1 ^
line with the best interests of Canadian consumers and encourages, J/ L( o5 \" l* S. E' i6 O/ @
competition among internet service providers. I will be recommending that
- N8 y' t- Z: ^+ T6 `any decision counter to these foundational principles be reversed.
. }5 M$ ]3 M4 s* U: V0 ~You can find the latest news on the government’s Digital Economy Strategy
; ~/ M: g( {/ M+ a1 p u0 N6 E6 nand related issues at www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/ic1.nsf/eng/h_00008.html.
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- y: v1 F8 g3 @! @* BOnce again, thank you for writing. I trust that this information is
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; O. i" H3 q. m4 I, a. OYours sincerely,' D9 d2 o1 y% U4 j, ^# }
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Tony Clement |
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