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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)
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on the issues that matter. Prime Minister Harper and I have been clear6 q5 ]: \* `4 m+ G
that we cannot support imposing a UBB business model on wholesale Internet
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Our government recognizes that the Internet and digital technologies are
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innovation, commerce and social interaction. As the government develops: U& Z6 n6 o; V8 w6 @. N( b
Canada’s first comprehensive Digital Economy Strategy, we need to look: v& C. O! |4 {+ l
carefully at how issues like UBB affect the big picture. We will be
; r$ ~- E' ]5 y% k3 o1 oguided by our long-standing policies of encouraging competition and$ Y2 c; i; v9 T4 `5 w3 @
investment, increasing consumer choice, minimizing regulation and allowing- D) ~4 ?! Q0 i
market forces to prevail. ( b. D7 Y$ s4 P# P( K& V2 b
% |" d- c5 F9 y% y PThe Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has" e6 y% b, P* H& D
chosen to examine these concerns that the government shares with a large0 }- D$ s* s+ R& a+ w! A$ h! ^) f
number of Canadians. Details of the CRTC consultation are available at; m5 o; E2 h8 Q% m0 X$ p7 R" n
www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/com100/2011/r110208.htm.
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4 _: v0 i7 J. x2 T% l8 T4 N6 ? wWhen the CRTC reaches a final decision following its consultations, the
- w4 S* N- r4 E+ p- ngovernment will carefully assess the CRTC position to ensure that it is in6 l- n7 x9 R% s \$ e" M
line with the best interests of Canadian consumers and encourages' C8 {! t- ?; g% G; I0 ]
competition among internet service providers. I will be recommending that; G8 w* M) Y. m! `# B4 Q! Q
any decision counter to these foundational principles be reversed.
& R$ H5 {% w ^( BYou can find the latest news on the government’s Digital Economy Strategy
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Once again, thank you for writing. I trust that this information is
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Yours sincerely,+ ?6 n& U X: G
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Tony Clement |
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