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Usage-based billing (UBB) for Internet services
: M ?8 C- ~, k8 g发件人:Minister.Industry@ic.gc.ca;(由 bounce-522989-3039171@synergis.ic.gc.ca 代发)% F7 f1 M. g7 d4 @- T4 S& {9 F* m& n
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Dear Sir or Madam:
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Thank you for expressing your concerns regarding usage-based billing (UBB)( a4 |- l0 f- s9 F9 @. N, Z! U
for Internet services. It is essential that I hear the views of Canadians
' |, Q2 Z1 e( C8 K/ r8 D: ton the issues that matter. Prime Minister Harper and I have been clear
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service providers.7 Y) a5 y+ R2 Q3 i+ x1 C% m
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Our government recognizes that the Internet and digital technologies are
, z7 [0 V3 D/ A4 Y% r8 N, h5 Han increasingly important part of everyday life—including driving
$ k( b8 ?, k, G) |innovation, commerce and social interaction. As the government develops
8 c, k8 u1 c- I/ V- q' qCanada’s first comprehensive Digital Economy Strategy, we need to look
# w0 \: l& b; i' i0 T! wcarefully at how issues like UBB affect the big picture. We will be1 |% {" V& V! L9 q) F
guided by our long-standing policies of encouraging competition and' P, b7 B+ x, J
investment, increasing consumer choice, minimizing regulation and allowing
$ `4 v& o) ` F U. R4 I1 Smarket forces to prevail. ( g( u% G: ^0 j# {5 u1 `, A
& f3 A9 T. A- C4 \6 rThe Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has
4 w0 `. ` c- I+ w6 g$ ]chosen to examine these concerns that the government shares with a large
2 f. [& J0 Q7 M1 F/ v0 t0 Snumber of Canadians. Details of the CRTC consultation are available at
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7 t) r1 u7 f' @/ x3 @When the CRTC reaches a final decision following its consultations, the
; F0 q9 D5 b0 X, s; R4 jgovernment will carefully assess the CRTC position to ensure that it is in
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9 `% w# k; r% }% E8 Acompetition among internet service providers. I will be recommending that9 D6 W$ ]0 {9 d: Y0 F% ]
any decision counter to these foundational principles be reversed.
3 ^* H. |/ ]; V9 u# OYou can find the latest news on the government’s Digital Economy Strategy; F; Y1 W$ A7 L
and related issues at www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/ic1.nsf/eng/h_00008.html.! C& E1 M7 B4 F0 @8 M! @
( u" e* I4 d# G% J+ f' aOnce again, thank you for writing. I trust that this information is
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Yours sincerely,9 y+ e0 ^( E2 k& k2 Z) s% n0 q
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Tony Clement |
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