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Usage-based billing (UBB) for Internet services
8 L% O5 M) I& M F, Z7 x3 o发件人:Minister.Industry@ic.gc.ca;(由 bounce-522989-3039171@synergis.ic.gc.ca 代发)0 v6 [; Y3 `. [5 M
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Dear Sir or Madam: ; ^ O+ E+ X d5 Q( C ^
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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 clear
7 d& j4 G+ O) c% K0 ~ k3 J6 athat we cannot support imposing a UBB business model on wholesale Internet
% x( z( o4 n' l c E& x! I) z+ iservice providers.7 c0 t; @* {# i* Z+ {
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Our government recognizes that the Internet and digital technologies are
1 B+ O" V) N( f9 f4 _. ?) han increasingly important part of everyday life—including driving5 b' l* U+ Q- s* X3 }
innovation, commerce and social interaction. As the government develops
; w n. i# @* }/ oCanada’s first comprehensive Digital Economy Strategy, we need to look
$ L/ B" J9 v( |. S' u& S6 _5 \0 d' { J8 Scarefully at how issues like UBB affect the big picture. We will be
/ O6 ]8 S2 R1 Y4 K1 ]6 m3 ?guided by our long-standing policies of encouraging competition and2 s7 O) e& R& w0 ?" R/ n
investment, increasing consumer choice, minimizing regulation and allowing
$ |! S6 ~- d' b1 Q" q& X) Mmarket forces to prevail. - S9 i9 T# o' Z# m! s+ f6 X" w
, ^/ f( N$ f+ K1 A/ i6 uThe Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has
- g+ @( V( F( O, b1 A/ m; jchosen to examine these concerns that the government shares with a large
* ^) a# ~2 G4 S$ ~number of Canadians. Details of the CRTC consultation are available at. M% Y3 m9 _' y8 o# `" r" B, |6 }
www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/com100/2011/r110208.htm. & o$ `2 W5 G3 _) T8 _8 P9 f
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4 U/ ~* `% w0 m: ngovernment will carefully assess the CRTC position to ensure that it is in) p: P$ [; O2 g0 w+ p2 r3 a
line with the best interests of Canadian consumers and encourages
+ h) C2 ?2 W& U8 T/ G7 t) h, Q- O% vcompetition among internet service providers. I will be recommending that' ]: Z# n/ T6 c }9 R* u; g
any decision counter to these foundational principles be reversed.
/ e$ i- I) F. T, R4 sYou can find the latest news on the government’s Digital Economy Strategy0 X' o3 m4 r9 z" v: G
and related issues at www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/ic1.nsf/eng/h_00008.html.+ X4 ?' v$ W3 D& P# v( [8 g; I8 X. _; A
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Once again, thank you for writing. I trust that this information is
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Yours sincerely,
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~" r0 `. K) gTony Clement |
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