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Usage-based billing (UBB) for Internet services
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" {8 V0 j0 k& f- v/ ?. ]2 EDear 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 clear) r/ R; g( n! o! L. M w2 v+ e
that we cannot support imposing a UBB business model on wholesale Internet
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: e7 d* z- ^- C8 sOur government recognizes that the Internet and digital technologies are
: D7 f' A: O. ^( f" ]4 U+ T9 I3 g4 |+ ]an increasingly important part of everyday life—including driving
" d; }+ M* a+ c% Z, d0 a* Rinnovation, commerce and social interaction. As the government develops8 n. l& }- U. U# ]
Canada’s first comprehensive Digital Economy Strategy, we need to look
" n) {( x+ n3 l' U( k4 B5 [carefully at how issues like UBB affect the big picture. We will be
( L8 `2 e- J5 S/ ~guided by our long-standing policies of encouraging competition and4 o# y" B* X2 c0 g* t7 G+ c1 N0 H
investment, increasing consumer choice, minimizing regulation and allowing
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The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has' h L% E0 o# J) ?* |
chosen to examine these concerns that the government shares with a large; [% l4 k6 z* r+ t
number of Canadians. Details of the CRTC consultation are available at4 L# u1 ]. l1 w
www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/com100/2011/r110208.htm.
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& K: d4 C- M0 c9 G: fWhen the CRTC reaches a final decision following its consultations, the
5 N0 I# t3 V8 b# lgovernment will carefully assess the CRTC position to ensure that it is in1 N- k1 s) _' _- o- b) ~
line with the best interests of Canadian consumers and encourages
* G6 I8 |5 A, ~+ j% r( a; l, }competition among internet service providers. I will be recommending that- a; T ~& ^4 e& w- b1 M
any decision counter to these foundational principles be reversed.; @% u. f Y2 R6 h* s5 G& ^
You can find the latest news on the government’s Digital Economy Strategy
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, B+ T. }+ O7 _" b$ f6 V- pOnce again, thank you for writing. I trust that this information is
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9 }0 |% J' e9 h& s% AYours sincerely,
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Tony Clement |
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