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Usage-based billing (UBB) for Internet services# x7 D4 h8 w0 v8 u0 ]
发件人:Minister.Industry@ic.gc.ca;(由 bounce-522989-3039171@synergis.ic.gc.ca 代发)- p. B5 P" f1 Y& E' o1 y1 v; _
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Dear Sir or Madam: " j/ |9 m$ G( k, F7 [
; s9 E5 Y$ f3 ~. _( X# UThank you for expressing your concerns regarding usage-based billing (UBB)
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# \5 J! D) W& ]- x" ^on the issues that matter. Prime Minister Harper and I have been clear
# s3 j* U+ ~; b; jthat we cannot support imposing a UBB business model on wholesale Internet
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; R/ B+ s- ?: p& ~' KOur government recognizes that the Internet and digital technologies are
7 B! d& ?( y0 nan increasingly important part of everyday life—including driving+ x% \/ b$ r+ |) r! g
innovation, commerce and social interaction. As the government develops% K; Y" l( V) [5 _9 ?' i/ i5 M8 K/ t
Canada’s first comprehensive Digital Economy Strategy, we need to look
8 ]: I5 F: e' ~0 \carefully at how issues like UBB affect the big picture. We will be
: \9 ~% n+ }/ K2 \' Uguided by our long-standing policies of encouraging competition and5 D" t4 w, F+ A2 V
investment, increasing consumer choice, minimizing regulation and allowing
t7 Z3 V! w" Z3 emarket forces to prevail. 7 D$ x! W1 {/ h2 J0 c( C
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The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has
: ]/ G* u# h' {/ b, ^" v1 qchosen to examine these concerns that the government shares with a large
. V" ~, w0 l7 x" f' ]5 Z1 H7 hnumber of Canadians. Details of the CRTC consultation are available at- a3 F9 J. k3 [; q0 Z9 z( {4 J- U) o
www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/com100/2011/r110208.htm. " Y! e0 x% g/ b/ d6 ]! Q5 u, K- E
) G# c9 H3 Y* ]1 }! m' zWhen the CRTC reaches a final decision following its consultations, the
& E9 l3 R4 z& r N7 Jgovernment will carefully assess the CRTC position to ensure that it is in, M: r$ I: }3 g
line with the best interests of Canadian consumers and encourages
3 ~; i9 [0 g( g2 p) A) scompetition among internet service providers. I will be recommending that3 c9 _- t" J+ ~0 ?
any decision counter to these foundational principles be reversed.
. E9 O# @ Z0 p* M: s/ ^9 YYou can find the latest news on the government’s Digital Economy Strategy
6 O! z/ x6 {& G! yand related issues at www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/ic1.nsf/eng/h_00008.html.
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$ T1 n- l7 t, b3 Q# kOnce again, thank you for writing. I trust that this information is
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Yours sincerely,
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Tony Clement |
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