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Usage-based billing (UBB) for Internet services0 R% F; I# {4 ~: l0 {
发件人:Minister.Industry@ic.gc.ca;(由 bounce-522989-3039171@synergis.ic.gc.ca 代发)
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7 a1 O A/ h1 e6 QDear Sir or Madam:
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" f, O% b# C/ y IThank you for expressing your concerns regarding usage-based billing (UBB)
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7 S+ y" C$ n' ?on the issues that matter. Prime Minister Harper and I have been clear: ~: R/ Z% k: v/ e, Y
that we cannot support imposing a UBB business model on wholesale Internet
+ H0 k" Z; f. p( A6 D. n dservice providers.+ V* u: V& t8 A: ~; } S
' z8 M' _# S: y! t" h6 yOur government recognizes that the Internet and digital technologies are
1 E5 w: o+ J5 a! A3 z& u; ~ X W1 O: han increasingly important part of everyday life—including driving
( P0 _: q; {; d0 T/ w3 x# dinnovation, commerce and social interaction. As the government develops
1 r% D2 D3 q% lCanada’s first comprehensive Digital Economy Strategy, we need to look2 u, t, p! \4 a. H* |
carefully at how issues like UBB affect the big picture. We will be
+ \: [2 o( q' g# K# vguided by our long-standing policies of encouraging competition and W# v7 O: C: u. p; F
investment, increasing consumer choice, minimizing regulation and allowing
}3 M; q1 S% K8 |4 T. Mmarket forces to prevail. * T0 J) z# \; @$ O- r3 t) c
% L( R, ?: l9 d2 L! m1 H. O* PThe Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has& z, x, ~/ i- ?7 u8 v
chosen to examine these concerns that the government shares with a large
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www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/com100/2011/r110208.htm. - l r1 I) p% @+ J
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When the CRTC reaches a final decision following its consultations, the1 }1 P4 h I& h
government will carefully assess the CRTC position to ensure that it is in0 c; v, r8 C8 _: `+ ~
line with the best interests of Canadian consumers and encourages
, x7 j: F4 w7 [& Icompetition among internet service providers. I will be recommending that$ t0 X6 B. H5 G8 a0 s
any decision counter to these foundational principles be reversed.
! r; N. o$ @, W; bYou can find the latest news on the government’s Digital Economy Strategy
5 Z) O# x2 E% F& v! D% Hand related issues at www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/ic1.nsf/eng/h_00008.html.* e; b2 O1 a4 W
3 B1 F, ]" o$ a E( EOnce again, thank you for writing. I trust that this information is1 n K+ N% i$ y0 |: Z- b7 P4 z! a% Z
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7 A4 Y0 N4 z; ]8 @' w5 ]Yours sincerely,
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# J: j( b( U0 \3 YTony Clement |
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