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Article #54491Re: Gov't expects CRTC to reverse ruling on Internet billing
From: Donna W.
Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2011 19:44
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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