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Usage-based billing (UBB) for Internet services
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Dear Sir or Madam:
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Thank you for expressing your concerns regarding usage-based billing (UBB)
, T, c; H8 W7 mfor Internet services. It is essential that I hear the views of Canadians
3 d" p: N8 q- O# T2 f# qon the issues that matter. Prime Minister Harper and I have been clear
8 w" b# e9 ] fthat we cannot support imposing a UBB business model on wholesale Internet
, h. g' }+ z4 r0 m ^service providers.
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Our government recognizes that the Internet and digital technologies are
- E8 `9 z/ Z9 b9 P. ?an increasingly important part of everyday life—including driving2 I" D k ~% G) A; Z8 ~) K6 K
innovation, commerce and social interaction. As the government develops8 {, {6 L7 M" R% B: K7 B) H
Canada’s first comprehensive Digital Economy Strategy, we need to look, q, P% K b( P9 u/ H/ `
carefully at how issues like UBB affect the big picture. We will be4 {+ o7 Z/ w9 ^: |& U
guided by our long-standing policies of encouraging competition and e' b) ~; h8 A- R
investment, increasing consumer choice, minimizing regulation and allowing
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: {. @ b: H. h3 v8 N: o: w% _- B1 wThe Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has9 W' H* ^9 ?4 h5 U& O- S
chosen to examine these concerns that the government shares with a large
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. [' X3 H1 g1 B9 `& V# ^www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/com100/2011/r110208.htm.
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+ p. v5 V4 x ^5 N+ \$ W* PWhen the CRTC reaches a final decision following its consultations, the
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competition among internet service providers. I will be recommending that6 ?3 e( s; {8 Q- [5 p
any decision counter to these foundational principles be reversed.) \! R i- ?" V2 |0 s% t
You can find the latest news on the government’s Digital Economy Strategy9 M# A; a! z- ~
and related issues at www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/ic1.nsf/eng/h_00008.html.
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Once again, thank you for writing. I trust that this information is( W4 ~! Z' S* T. o: \
helpful.
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1 {$ i$ G7 ^/ n% n5 HYours sincerely,
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Tony Clement |
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