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Usage-based billing (UBB) for Internet services
# ?. q b6 X8 o8 A: V发件人:Minister.Industry@ic.gc.ca;(由 bounce-522989-3039171@synergis.ic.gc.ca 代发)
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4 x" l* @: N) C( ~: xThank you for expressing your concerns regarding usage-based billing (UBB)
! i2 t! ^8 m3 I1 }( i ^" }for Internet services. It is essential that I hear the views of Canadians
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that we cannot support imposing a UBB business model on wholesale Internet/ I0 z, q# v7 k* f8 l
service providers.
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4 D0 r5 i* y# P* Q& Y) X( OOur government recognizes that the Internet and digital technologies are
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, g; h$ o/ y$ m' E; | pinnovation, commerce and social interaction. As the government develops7 u1 R: V8 A8 v) X/ ?* L0 t- \
Canada’s first comprehensive Digital Economy Strategy, we need to look, I. D1 @1 J- c8 Q2 P$ e
carefully at how issues like UBB affect the big picture. We will be
i3 W! t X& J& mguided by our long-standing policies of encouraging competition and
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market forces to prevail.
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B; O% B" R2 K8 M. y0 YThe Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has4 B- S1 X0 d3 c. s- V7 s. `
chosen to examine these concerns that the government shares with a large
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www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/com100/2011/r110208.htm.
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$ ]2 n$ J8 N1 J2 u* dWhen the CRTC reaches a final decision following its consultations, the% P" l W6 G1 g, Q" z% E j9 K
government will carefully assess the CRTC position to ensure that it is in
* M( q! I$ s6 gline with the best interests of Canadian consumers and encourages
# B) [7 q3 D' d. H) H& Lcompetition among internet service providers. I will be recommending that+ b8 D& r- A. q. D7 _, i
any decision counter to these foundational principles be reversed.
' ]8 D) E/ P; Z0 ?6 s! z3 A% [You can find the latest news on the government’s Digital Economy Strategy! \7 p8 m) C% E) q) F2 {
and related issues at www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/ic1.nsf/eng/h_00008.html.
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# @! E2 G* d) DOnce again, thank you for writing. I trust that this information is
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Yours sincerely,
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' r) N) D* A: kTony Clement |
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