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Article #54481Re: Gov't expects CRTC to reverse ruling on Internet billing
From: James Warren
Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2011 18:49
Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2011 18:49
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On 2/3/2011 2:10 PM, Picasso wrote: > 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? Demibee posted the link a couple of days ago. Scroll way back. -- jw
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