🚀 go-pugleaf

On 11-02-01 8:24 PM, in article
4d499db9.15912656@news.eternal-september.org, "Punk" <punk@spamme.ca> wrote:

> On Tue, 01 Feb 2011 20:21:51 -0400, Fatty Arbuckle <Fatty.Arbuckley@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2011/02/01/internet-usage-based-billing-cl
>> ement.html
>> 
>> The federal government will decide by March 1 whether to reject a CRTC
>> decision on usage-based internet billing, after Prime Minister Stephen
>> Harper requested a review.
>> 
>> Harper's communications director, Dimitri Soudas, confirmed the review
>> Tuesday, saying the government was "very concerned" about the impact of
>> the CRTC ruling on consumers.
>> 
>>> snip<
> 
> 
> If these idiots were in charge way back when we would still be on
> telephone party lines. If their networks can't handle present and
> future network demand then that's what they should be working on
> improving at break net speed. Governments and the CRTC should
> focus on issues pertaining to equal access be they geographical or
> economic for all Canadians across the country. If the established
> big companies are at their limit then maybe it's time to make space
> in the Canadian market for other competitors be they foreign or not.
> 
> 
> Punk

The CRTC were started, by Trudeau, way back late 60's early 70's to promote
CANCON.   They have expanded from that to being the defacto licensing
authority.  Time to cut them loose.