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Usage-based billing (UBB) for Internet services
* J* @+ v4 p$ V; w/ M$ x2 i, J发件人：Minister.Industry@ic.gc.ca;(由 bounce-522989-3039171@synergis.ic.gc.ca 代发)! c( x9 o+ s$ l, j% G- ^1 i$ _, D7 Y; h
# P8 f# q) C; X6 J( F, KDear Sir or Madam:
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+ |" R3 @( E) |" D$ N1 LThank you for expressing your concerns regarding usage-based billing (UBB)* N) C7 E3 E3 x N' w% u3 J
for Internet services. It is essential that I hear the views of Canadians
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service providers.1 N1 g- n& a5 E. W
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Our government recognizes that the Internet and digital technologies are
) ~9 O" j; S4 w- q2 }an increasingly important part of everyday life—including driving
3 ^5 I) G# d1 O# d& e" @9 J Winnovation, commerce and social interaction. As the government develops
# \8 W8 b# U) W) K( [Canada’s first comprehensive Digital Economy Strategy, we need to look3 q+ f+ L, ]+ X+ [( N2 v
carefully at how issues like UBB affect the big picture. We will be7 }4 p4 O( D4 b
guided by our long-standing policies of encouraging competition and
+ W7 h% h1 L7 _investment, increasing consumer choice, minimizing regulation and allowing
) y. T$ n+ y& B) G f3 }9 gmarket forces to prevail.
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The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has
$ e: v O m& b+ \- Z9 v- _. mchosen to examine these concerns that the government shares with a large
7 W4 k7 b3 E" C6 U& V$ U0 nnumber of Canadians. Details of the CRTC consultation are available at0 T4 S! `" @0 N2 m& U* r/ {
www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/com100/2011/r110208.htm. 9 r" R7 q5 b x' `8 Z
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When the CRTC reaches a final decision following its consultations, the) z' T: a, o8 Q/ ^+ h
government will carefully assess the CRTC position to ensure that it is in
$ b/ z7 y0 Z1 g3 wline with the best interests of Canadian consumers and encourages
% ]+ p l4 A$ {5 e# O8 m qcompetition among internet service providers. I will be recommending that
" z% F' u" O( H. _; R/ F6 h& xany decision counter to these foundational principles be reversed.
0 e5 o; p5 {1 _8 jYou can find the latest news on the government’s Digital Economy Strategy
; k+ r$ b3 h5 ^: z+ m4 z7 U+ x6 D' ?and related issues at www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/ic1.nsf/eng/h_00008.html.
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Once again, thank you for writing. I trust that this information is/ j+ m4 K, N! b0 ^1 o) {
helpful.
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Yours sincerely,7 C$ I! @# J9 {1 K1 T1 D2 U% F, g
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Tony Clement |
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