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Usage-based billing (UBB) for Internet services+ N8 g# ?' s$ u4 y" U+ p
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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Thank you for expressing your concerns regarding usage-based billing (UBB)
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- D3 m* R7 h I1 `" Uon the issues that matter. Prime Minister Harper and I have been clear2 S: P) S' i& @( o8 V
that we cannot support imposing a UBB business model on wholesale Internet% M; q/ e6 `& z; X+ a* s
service providers.
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9 V/ ]$ w: r" }- ~4 `) aOur government recognizes that the Internet and digital technologies are
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innovation, commerce and social interaction. As the government develops
9 O) I7 d0 K- OCanada’s first comprehensive Digital Economy Strategy, we need to look
8 |( N! j. ?5 }$ p3 k# {( y+ ?0 d; Ucarefully at how issues like UBB affect the big picture. We will be9 l! Y1 q3 w2 W" ]# ~# |
guided by our long-standing policies of encouraging competition and7 f% ~% j+ ^7 ^8 z- ?
investment, increasing consumer choice, minimizing regulation and allowing
( I- c2 K% y' P( E1 j/ [$ gmarket forces to prevail. 8 }8 f& ~, K5 u) z& X
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The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has
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number of Canadians. Details of the CRTC consultation are available at( w+ b+ `, s/ N h9 F
www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/com100/2011/r110208.htm.
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4 Z0 G& I+ v& ~When the CRTC reaches a final decision following its consultations, the
+ V) \# a, f2 Q0 ?6 Z5 D2 G ?! egovernment will carefully assess the CRTC position to ensure that it is in
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5 L' b4 s0 v8 Mcompetition among internet service providers. I will be recommending that/ m! O6 `! \! \& y; K% I L1 ]
any decision counter to these foundational principles be reversed.
6 \) M* E0 A7 k0 _You can find the latest news on the government’s Digital Economy Strategy( n: k6 D6 W9 x# G, Z
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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, n- [& Y8 |! C* v& u( DYours sincerely,7 v, T# `+ d. J3 X. |
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