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Usage-based billing (UBB) for Internet services- d7 w+ x+ g% E5 g, }
发件人:Minister.Industry@ic.gc.ca;(由 bounce-522989-3039171@synergis.ic.gc.ca 代发)
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Dear Sir or Madam:
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8 N; o5 J. ]5 X- T* K t0 hThank you for expressing your concerns regarding usage-based billing (UBB)6 k) B, g! V* f! \/ h# D5 s0 \
for Internet services. It is essential that I hear the views of Canadians
3 F* o4 r6 ?/ c0 f' p7 W$ @on the issues that matter. Prime Minister Harper and I have been clear
5 M6 z# l, Z2 B: Y+ p7 l Sthat we cannot support imposing a UBB business model on wholesale Internet
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Our government recognizes that the Internet and digital technologies are
6 _, l( m; ?, u- U' @7 q K/ d* D% ban increasingly important part of everyday life—including driving; \4 w! w% g" x4 h& }# i
innovation, commerce and social interaction. As the government develops# `6 D: l4 z) U& c- Q* M
Canada’s first comprehensive Digital Economy Strategy, we need to look
6 i0 f0 Z" s# Y7 wcarefully at how issues like UBB affect the big picture. We will be
* Z: g7 a3 h- ?guided by our long-standing policies of encouraging competition and7 {, q, C/ `2 e
investment, increasing consumer choice, minimizing regulation and allowing
% u5 p u* h6 ?" z% w3 h' Ymarket forces to prevail. ) l% d5 F& A+ g, q) Q2 X8 p- z( |
* T3 t' E. C3 y0 y0 w/ p! I. G$ XThe Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has, F" M+ ~' Q/ G5 u
chosen to examine these concerns that the government shares with a large) x/ ^+ ^5 K6 T, ?0 t1 c
number of Canadians. Details of the CRTC consultation are available at; N1 b# a+ N) ]9 H5 z
www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/com100/2011/r110208.htm. , h0 D/ U1 n1 y9 e" k+ ~
2 N3 p& j6 o" S' ~; ~$ g' mWhen the CRTC reaches a final decision following its consultations, the7 H2 L0 d Y7 ^2 [: j L: n$ D
government will carefully assess the CRTC position to ensure that it is in
' N& [+ t9 D* C- C8 R/ b( eline with the best interests of Canadian consumers and encourages
, Y0 D3 Z: ~- a& Kcompetition among internet service providers. I will be recommending that
2 o: v- J) |; V; p$ |any decision counter to these foundational principles be reversed.
[$ _+ n3 j$ N2 j) m3 [1 n- lYou can find the latest news on the government’s Digital Economy Strategy7 B, a6 z! F6 _7 m 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
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/ |: c; ]. x( d8 G; }& ?Yours sincerely,) Q, B$ l$ w; W$ n( I
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