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Usage-based billing (UBB) for Internet services* e0 e4 k( V# z* j) ~
发件人:Minister.Industry@ic.gc.ca;(由 bounce-522989-3039171@synergis.ic.gc.ca 代发)' P, `0 j s+ U, B z: I! k
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Dear Sir or Madam:
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Thank you for expressing your concerns regarding usage-based billing (UBB)
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on the issues that matter. Prime Minister Harper and I have been clear3 B l9 N) I# }7 K1 F
that we cannot support imposing a UBB business model on wholesale Internet
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an increasingly important part of everyday life—including driving0 w& n' Z2 Z7 e: Z9 l
innovation, commerce and social interaction. As the government develops
7 F5 I& @5 ?: N0 c/ m8 ]Canada’s first comprehensive Digital Economy Strategy, we need to look& s3 l' i! d0 p, v/ o0 I' y$ V
carefully at how issues like UBB affect the big picture. We will be
/ D( u& t9 x4 U& E6 d" o! Wguided by our long-standing policies of encouraging competition and* y+ N% M; m$ L( j h, v; h
investment, increasing consumer choice, minimizing regulation and allowing
0 m; l1 S9 Y' G, A& a+ Omarket forces to prevail.
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! t1 k, s7 B9 s1 J" UThe Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has
3 r# F/ K) @+ {6 m8 Y3 ?" |chosen to examine these concerns that the government shares with a large( j4 s7 F9 Z2 B2 x5 E0 i) _' S8 L
number of Canadians. Details of the CRTC consultation are available at: ~3 N% G7 X% |. W, }
www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/com100/2011/r110208.htm.
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* F; _/ X( Q! t% ?When the CRTC reaches a final decision following its consultations, the7 S2 H' w" J9 A% \
government will carefully assess the CRTC position to ensure that it is in& M0 d( @) E) j$ z5 H: c
line with the best interests of Canadian consumers and encourages
7 ^' @& ?$ a) U+ M' {% rcompetition among internet service providers. I will be recommending that3 e/ a, }- B( O" {
any decision counter to these foundational principles be reversed.
: w1 O9 M+ c, o3 {* l# J! cYou can find the latest news on the government’s Digital Economy Strategy
$ o+ f9 M1 d; O# `* Iand related issues at www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/ic1.nsf/eng/h_00008.html." v, F6 J, V- P3 F2 h5 I! R, _- r
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Once again, thank you for writing. I trust that this information is
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Tony Clement |
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