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Usage-based billing (UBB) for Internet services
' j/ e) ]1 {: x% h9 d6 `发件人:Minister.Industry@ic.gc.ca;(由 bounce-522989-3039171@synergis.ic.gc.ca 代发) h7 t- _% ?2 X' A4 \, Y
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Dear Sir or Madam: & R0 j( D. K0 I0 O! X
) U. x! V. n% J0 q/ I6 ~$ }Thank you for expressing your concerns regarding usage-based billing (UBB)# G6 R1 n+ E& D+ [% x' j" j
for Internet services. It is essential that I hear the views of Canadians
+ O8 C A% ?; Hon the issues that matter. Prime Minister Harper and I have been clear
" \; ]7 x1 {. l y: [1 pthat we cannot support imposing a UBB business model on wholesale Internet9 k5 q u0 U0 u: m8 ^0 Q
service providers.
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Our government recognizes that the Internet and digital technologies are
% t& ?* }5 ^3 J# j8 Ban increasingly important part of everyday life—including driving
+ v) }0 j: b8 y' ?* Sinnovation, commerce and social interaction. As the government develops
' ~# E' m3 P: X" O( h' eCanada’s first comprehensive Digital Economy Strategy, we need to look! w# m& e8 M! w8 R n
carefully at how issues like UBB affect the big picture. We will be
5 _- Q% j" P! j- i1 @guided by our long-standing policies of encouraging competition and5 g4 C5 L: H7 q# I& Y3 X
investment, increasing consumer choice, minimizing regulation and allowing: r2 G5 J2 Y) ?7 m6 s
market forces to prevail. 2 S0 \$ t8 D' R+ T- V) O1 i
. h$ r; c" Z q- _) mThe Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has6 Z5 u0 @$ {3 |6 i, r
chosen to examine these concerns that the government shares with a large* [2 K& L: l& |/ `
number of Canadians. Details of the CRTC consultation are available at
_0 [6 e0 b: Awww.crtc.gc.ca/eng/com100/2011/r110208.htm. / I+ o- v! @$ z# ^
/ ^7 N6 y# [& o6 ^0 P7 g0 ~ T7 R0 f& yWhen the CRTC reaches a final decision following its consultations, the
( Z/ \/ K" [0 r2 i. zgovernment will carefully assess the CRTC position to ensure that it is in" \7 {9 @4 r, K4 X w# a1 ^2 f: a
line with the best interests of Canadian consumers and encourages
& D0 r# M9 T8 {. a8 e4 jcompetition among internet service providers. I will be recommending that. t9 N: g8 ~6 D3 V
any decision counter to these foundational principles be reversed.) U6 ~. d- p9 d7 R4 } f8 V9 }
You can find the latest news on the government’s Digital Economy Strategy2 m: {! a7 m' @1 F& Y+ ^
and related issues at www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/ic1.nsf/eng/h_00008.html.2 x( X8 X+ X! @; G. w. H
2 K2 P0 w+ E% ]: U( M9 U# COnce again, thank you for writing. I trust that this information is+ \7 D+ r" b" L7 @* K& l( m9 N
helpful.' O5 p' w* V: @) {
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Yours sincerely,
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Tony Clement |
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