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Usage-based billing (UBB) for Internet services/ S$ d: Y% @2 C
发件人:Minister.Industry@ic.gc.ca;(由 bounce-522989-3039171@synergis.ic.gc.ca 代发)
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Dear Sir or Madam: * `1 |2 O! S+ V9 N( j
+ i5 X6 ^. f9 } o0 hThank 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
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service providers.
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5 D0 F. @* a+ q0 yOur government recognizes that the Internet and digital technologies are' s9 l" }; g, S [ \1 J0 M6 h' _
an increasingly important part of everyday life—including driving6 T4 d2 P6 Q# z
innovation, commerce and social interaction. As the government develops' G# a! ^7 r) n7 C& l8 U2 E) _
Canada’s first comprehensive Digital Economy Strategy, we need to look& z+ O- ^/ U- k5 g. b
carefully at how issues like UBB affect the big picture. We will be
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investment, increasing consumer choice, minimizing regulation and allowing' v* S3 d; ]/ b4 V" ^1 z
market forces to prevail.
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The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has
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number of Canadians. Details of the CRTC consultation are available at, r9 l2 Q4 r+ c7 Q a: s
www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/com100/2011/r110208.htm.
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government will carefully assess the CRTC position to ensure that it is in6 ^# b e) I0 d
line with the best interests of Canadian consumers and encourages
. L0 ?8 L2 U# {! Z x( rcompetition among internet service providers. I will be recommending that ~% j. B+ o) b- @. J( m
any decision counter to these foundational principles be reversed.
/ m3 ?9 E8 G' `. ]" SYou can find the latest news on the government’s Digital Economy Strategy
9 P8 R& T1 n& ]and related issues at www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/ic1.nsf/eng/h_00008.html.) N7 h; ~8 ]8 D$ M$ T
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Once again, thank you for writing. I trust that this information is- K8 r' |$ t& B
helpful.
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Yours sincerely,4 O! c: @7 n! c+ H5 K# W
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