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Usage-based billing (UBB) for Internet services/ C: m5 }3 v, }$ p# K0 p9 Z
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: ' X3 `2 }% n" w1 t: V: v/ d8 e, U# J
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Thank you for expressing your concerns regarding usage-based billing (UBB)0 k+ d# T) y ]2 H% Z( Q
for Internet services. It is essential that I hear the views of Canadians
8 O& b9 a+ c, n7 F# Non the issues that matter. Prime Minister Harper and I have been clear
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service providers.
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Our government recognizes that the Internet and digital technologies are
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: P9 _5 [) T: e$ Y1 Binnovation, commerce and social interaction. As the government develops/ U. J6 R+ @; ~4 A2 v* a* Q
Canada’s first comprehensive Digital Economy Strategy, we need to look+ ^. F4 Z' r5 M8 B1 M9 [
carefully at how issues like UBB affect the big picture. We will be
8 V3 q* k( K" U0 T# u8 r: uguided by our long-standing policies of encouraging competition and
2 Y3 ]3 G5 Q2 V' G. \2 f6 vinvestment, increasing consumer choice, minimizing regulation and allowing
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The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has* m7 Y/ D6 M9 H/ m" d7 D9 |
chosen to examine these concerns that the government shares with a large/ M7 [( ^+ G+ _; c8 ^* Q, G7 j
number of Canadians. Details of the CRTC consultation are available at
- S6 y& q3 D3 Q9 y9 nwww.crtc.gc.ca/eng/com100/2011/r110208.htm.
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, F2 p2 ^# H1 G7 CWhen the CRTC reaches a final decision following its consultations, the4 R# C/ } C- D
government will carefully assess the CRTC position to ensure that it is in( F1 V$ a U5 D. _5 h" Q
line with the best interests of Canadian consumers and encourages
$ Y' m- v$ G8 ?, i* ^8 Acompetition among internet service providers. I will be recommending that2 D0 L% v6 D" \ B- G2 \2 B
any decision counter to these foundational principles be reversed.
' n" s+ `8 @, W+ \" \4 A( HYou can find the latest news on the government’s Digital Economy Strategy
' P; `3 H% Z3 ^1 t) Uand related issues at www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/ic1.nsf/eng/h_00008.html.+ ]- ?8 t" A! d% Q r9 r6 c
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Once again, thank you for writing. I trust that this information is
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( j" [6 W- x) ^0 E) Y# bYours sincerely, q* [- t! ~ c t
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; U9 l# N* V$ s$ f( ~% vTony Clement |
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