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Usage-based billing (UBB) for Internet services8 Z+ f H6 M8 B
发件人：Minister.Industry@ic.gc.ca;(由 bounce-522989-3039171@synergis.ic.gc.ca 代发)
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Dear Sir or Madam:
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Thank you for expressing your concerns regarding usage-based billing (UBB)) \( I: e# x* x. _' ]0 w5 b
for Internet services. It is essential that I hear the views of Canadians- V1 h5 e. `1 W& S6 z
on the issues that matter. Prime Minister Harper and I have been clear2 \! N; }' m+ F% z: ^! N
that we cannot support imposing a UBB business model on wholesale Internet0 O4 p% ^: b5 d1 E! A
service providers.# Q7 N3 U! Q# a7 T- M& J1 D
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Our government recognizes that the Internet and digital technologies are
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Canada’s first comprehensive Digital Economy Strategy, we need to look3 a: p3 @5 f- g# X
carefully at how issues like UBB affect the big picture. We will be7 C: M. b6 u+ A4 r" x; h
guided by our long-standing policies of encouraging competition and0 j9 p& r9 j3 R" r/ P
investment, increasing consumer choice, minimizing regulation and allowing
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" Y s$ O9 H7 W D4 FThe Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has8 F. x+ M# w& g% j
chosen to examine these concerns that the government shares with a large
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When the CRTC reaches a final decision following its consultations, the& o j+ X& {) P" e0 v0 t( [. r1 P: }! r
government will carefully assess the CRTC position to ensure that it is in
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competition among internet service providers. I will be recommending that
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You can find the latest news on the government’s Digital Economy Strategy% [% A4 H6 _$ g5 Q1 q5 c
and related issues at www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/ic1.nsf/eng/h_00008.html.
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( v, P8 Y8 x2 R4 L! a. L& V8 Z1 i: d* HOnce again, thank you for writing. I trust that this information is
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; }6 M$ N1 W3 i+ S6 w- V/ f& Z. ^Yours sincerely,5 O4 u" ^3 T. C4 t
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Tony Clement |
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