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Usage-based billing (UBB) for Internet services+ ~6 \) w( `: y" N* I2 L3 N
发件人:Minister.Industry@ic.gc.ca;(由 bounce-522989-3039171@synergis.ic.gc.ca 代发)( w! P8 g3 ~8 U1 H9 H& Z: L: c- A! y
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Dear Sir or Madam:
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Thank you for expressing your concerns regarding usage-based billing (UBB)+ }+ b' @% B+ p" O$ G4 P
for Internet services. It is essential that I hear the views of Canadians
2 y- d3 U4 e: ion the issues that matter. Prime Minister Harper and I have been clear
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" u5 J2 i' ^8 Z7 s$ ?- Gservice providers.
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) ?. ?( w9 v/ ^4 z2 g* NOur government recognizes that the Internet and digital technologies are
0 ^+ {* w0 l7 s- F3 H) K9 lan increasingly important part of everyday life—including driving$ u" s, j6 B% o# o
innovation, commerce and social interaction. As the government develops
4 w7 L' M+ |) y. Z1 Q1 y5 iCanada’s first comprehensive Digital Economy Strategy, we need to look
2 {( {; x9 [' tcarefully at how issues like UBB affect the big picture. We will be
3 `8 \6 a0 Z' O0 k' Sguided by our long-standing policies of encouraging competition and+ K# K1 Y' A" |, `0 e8 K" O2 g
investment, increasing consumer choice, minimizing regulation and allowing
/ W# ?" m k0 ]0 Q+ V) P5 Smarket forces to prevail. ; i/ g7 k! D: m' g
* v7 h/ b+ Q' JThe Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has% r: _; S; M( E; n7 P
chosen to examine these concerns that the government shares with a large
, R; O2 F/ q/ X8 K8 g3 Q2 Dnumber of Canadians. Details of the CRTC consultation are available at |, x" Y+ Z9 Z. u; y& u4 C
www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/com100/2011/r110208.htm. , U/ a$ w; g1 _! ~7 {6 N
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When the CRTC reaches a final decision following its consultations, the0 H/ {2 q8 g( J. }) j7 n
government will carefully assess the CRTC position to ensure that it is in% L9 [% Y: c8 Z/ o
line with the best interests of Canadian consumers and encourages6 {- j8 G: A5 ]! B7 s2 u3 L( \, R
competition among internet service providers. I will be recommending that
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$ r5 r. `& P! l; ]You can find the latest news on the government’s Digital Economy Strategy" e4 e" u! m0 ?! t7 Q t; t
and related issues at www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/ic1.nsf/eng/h_00008.html.
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9 f4 ]5 ]. R1 EOnce again, thank you for writing. I trust that this information is
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+ [/ i4 Y+ [- Q$ D zYours sincerely,
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