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

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From: Donna W.
Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2011 19:44
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On Thu, 3 Feb 2011 10:10:50 -0800 (PST), Picasso
<picasso.ng@gmail.com> 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?

The link to the story was defective too.


http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/TopStories/20110202/ubb-crtc-unlimited-internet-billing-110202/
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From: Donna W. <MYOB@home.ca>
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