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Usage-based billing (UBB) for Internet services
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1 ?; F1 Z0 d i0 ?6 l; m# T3 iDear Sir or Madam: 9 H+ C7 Q4 U7 c4 [ i3 F
& m/ R, m# S \( D! |Thank you for expressing your concerns regarding usage-based billing (UBB)7 X+ f/ ]# Q6 }8 n8 R2 m
for Internet services. It is essential that I hear the views of Canadians1 M+ V, D& L% N' k; O. S2 K. }
on the issues that matter. Prime Minister Harper and I have been clear+ [% Y( F9 L, I& j+ f2 I# n: b
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
}& L1 ~% |- D4 Ban increasingly important part of everyday life—including driving
9 |* P$ I4 ^" q; c8 h9 h. Z+ tinnovation, commerce and social interaction. As the government develops
- p' U# F$ v, l( |# iCanada’s first comprehensive Digital Economy Strategy, we need to look
+ J5 c: e$ f: e" ~carefully at how issues like UBB affect the big picture. We will be
. g, x8 K4 x0 Gguided by our long-standing policies of encouraging competition and
, N0 g) [& h' P* z f: Binvestment, increasing consumer choice, minimizing regulation and allowing; M; s- q" u! b7 o1 e
market forces to prevail. 7 w9 p( n0 a5 N
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The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has
& x9 y" I* B* k V: G* d6 tchosen to examine these concerns that the government shares with a large
+ R) }! o# u" C. `; k3 u9 W7 j: \number of Canadians. Details of the CRTC consultation are available at
6 Y& B- V; x( N- Hwww.crtc.gc.ca/eng/com100/2011/r110208.htm.
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( I( {3 H! C! N UWhen the CRTC reaches a final decision following its consultations, the9 e1 F0 P% J4 Y1 b$ B D. P
government will carefully assess the CRTC position to ensure that it is in
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1 _ m& y1 c3 ccompetition among internet service providers. I will be recommending that2 R( U7 e6 `- f. ~6 `" P8 P: h1 o
any decision counter to these foundational principles be reversed.
) L$ n# t! Y: P9 |; F3 \You can find the latest news on the government’s Digital Economy Strategy
3 g6 K9 E/ g; u& x# _8 [6 Fand 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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Yours sincerely,7 a5 ^) I3 a% ^, t: W' b+ J3 O
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Tony Clement |
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