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Re: Gov't expects CRTC to reverse ruling on Internet billing

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From: Picasso
Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2011 18:10
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On Feb 3, 6:52 am, James Warren <jwwarren...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 02/02/2011 11:32 PM, Fatty Arbuckle wrote:
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> > I was one of the ~250,000 Internet users who signed the petition -- even
> > though I'd be hard pressed to use 1 GB a month, I don't like the CRTC
> > supporting Bell's monopoly. In Canada, we rarely seem to enforce our
> > anti-trust laws. It's the one thing the USA does better than us -- bust up
> > monopolies. Anyhow, looks like the bit torrent guys are safe for awhile! :-)
>
> >http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/TopStories/20110202/ubb-crtc-unlimited-inte...
>
> > The federal government expects CRTC chairman Konrad von Finckenstein to
> > overturn his ruling that effectively kills unlimited Internet download
> > packages, CTV News has learned.
>
> > A senior official told CTV News that the "CRTC chairman should be under no
> > illusion that the prime minister and the Industry minister will reverse the
> > decision unless the CRTC does it itself."
>
> >  >snip<
>
> I signed the petition too. I did it because the internet of the not too
> distant future will be the source for most of our information, news, TV
> programming and leisure activities. Everything will integrate. Imposing
> limits will just slow down the inevitable progress.
>
> --
> jw

i can't find the petition, or is it closed?
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From: Picasso <picasso.ng@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Gov't expects CRTC to reverse ruling on Internet billing
Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2011 10:10:50 -0800 (PST)
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