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Usage-based billing (UBB) for Internet services/ W# J" @' l) N# N% ^
发件人:Minister.Industry@ic.gc.ca;(由 bounce-522989-3039171@synergis.ic.gc.ca 代发)
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6 ~3 E% x1 j8 I U- z- T7 GDear Sir or Madam:
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Thank you for expressing your concerns regarding usage-based billing (UBB)8 P, G1 v6 a& l8 W
for Internet services. It is essential that I hear the views of Canadians
' e, ]5 k" o8 s; u4 c: gon the issues that matter. Prime Minister Harper and I have been clear0 u, o4 u# x+ S2 O3 p" q
that we cannot support imposing a UBB business model on wholesale Internet6 d5 h8 a& f& l) Y* J5 p1 f9 j' J
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Our government recognizes that the Internet and digital technologies are
1 _0 f& v+ |6 |' can increasingly important part of everyday life—including driving
5 ^# y" a# e K/ b" z, `( Sinnovation, commerce and social interaction. As the government develops
% ]2 ~, L4 [7 `* `Canada’s first comprehensive Digital Economy Strategy, we need to look1 Z' S8 y6 `5 E, C" L
carefully at how issues like UBB affect the big picture. We will be4 }# w# E* ^* V8 z
guided by our long-standing policies of encouraging competition and
+ x' ^1 u, t' K" j: B1 r# t7 |investment, increasing consumer choice, minimizing regulation and allowing
! `, }4 e9 l9 C9 v1 f4 Pmarket forces to prevail. ) ?; k1 t- g* _. J) U6 r
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The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has, w9 Q. `" d% t
chosen to examine these concerns that the government shares with a large K& N% ~3 b. P3 V
number of Canadians. Details of the CRTC consultation are available at4 Y7 ^7 \& v9 N* F( R. v
www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/com100/2011/r110208.htm. 4 A; B9 W' l3 c" R O
* L# m( n0 E, _. ~- w1 WWhen the CRTC reaches a final decision following its consultations, the
+ Y) R# z; k& g, o/ Wgovernment will carefully assess the CRTC position to ensure that it is in
& E5 e i) x5 q: [0 P! Vline with the best interests of Canadian consumers and encourages; B }; p& ~% o+ l. f" _8 H
competition among internet service providers. I will be recommending that0 ?: M7 j& X1 E3 ]/ k$ D2 N3 ^0 Z3 f
any decision counter to these foundational principles be reversed.# D9 E( ]( p% q6 `5 d. H# x
You can find the latest news on the government’s Digital Economy Strategy9 |8 i; t* I; l- B# ^1 n4 M
and related issues at www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/ic1.nsf/eng/h_00008.html.
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2 x U$ r& x2 ?0 d: x. v6 I! f" DOnce again, thank you for writing. I trust that this information is
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Yours sincerely,; E2 Y9 Z. P! @3 J) }, E6 n
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Tony Clement |
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