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Article #54477Re: Gov't expects CRTC to reverse ruling on Internet billing
From: Picasso
Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2011 18:10
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: > > > > > 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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