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Usage-based billing (UBB) for Internet services7 Q6 C0 n; p) I. s) }1 n4 A! f! N
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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0 x" M; L2 d; V* gThank you for expressing your concerns regarding usage-based billing (UBB)
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that 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+ ~% T6 A# X k: b A
an increasingly important part of everyday life—including driving
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Canada’s first comprehensive Digital Economy Strategy, we need to look
& u" P4 Q8 U* w' S4 j: fcarefully at how issues like UBB affect the big picture. We will be9 _1 ^& N8 o4 r# }! U
guided by our long-standing policies of encouraging competition and
+ K% l9 W; o9 Z& vinvestment, increasing consumer choice, minimizing regulation and allowing
d7 H8 ]1 ?3 x5 rmarket forces to prevail.
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1 {) B0 @" X. J y b, c2 ]The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has
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number of Canadians. Details of the CRTC consultation are available at
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When the CRTC reaches a final decision following its consultations, the
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competition among internet service providers. I will be recommending that8 _6 E# p( Z4 \' k8 {
any decision counter to these foundational principles be reversed.; Z } C+ m0 G( q* |$ I6 P8 \
You can find the latest news on the government’s Digital Economy Strategy
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" v5 I. Z0 U# i. p9 A: jOnce again, thank you for writing. I trust that this information is
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Yours sincerely,
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Tony Clement |
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