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On 11-02-03 10:24 AM, in article
4d4aba9c$0$31111$c3e8da3$e408f015@news.astraweb.com, "Fatty Arbuckle"
<Fatty.Arbuckley@yahoo.com> wrote:

> http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/second-guessing-the-crtc-
> comes-at-a-price/article1890730/
> 
>> snip<
> 
> The aggrieved customers belong to third-party ISPs that purchase network
> capacity at regulated wholesale rates from the big telecom operators
> (which, in their turn, bitterly resent being obliged to put their
> infrastructure at the disposal of competitors). The independent ISP
> industry is thus entirely the creature of government policy, intended to
> create an artificial form of competition in an oligopolistic industry.
> 
>> snip<
> 
>      Now there is a paragraph and a half!  However it does sum up the
> situation.
> 
>      For those who are interested in the Internet and the government
> fooling with "competition", that entire article is a good read.

This issue has me torn between the 2 sides.  On one hand, its about a small
portion of users downloading tons of media (movies etc).  They use more
bandwidth, so they should pay more.  But with things like Netflix now here,
the wave of the future is heavy use being the norm. Soon we will probably be
joining the heavy users.

On the other hand, the cable & telecoms have been known for gouging us, i.e.
Fraudulent cell "system access fees" (recall at first they all said it was
at government's direction?), then the fake 9-11 fees that also went into
their pockets. 

There is no easy answer.  We all know communications products are much more
pricy here than the US and when we see what they pay, for what they get, it
irks many of us.  

We need MORE competition, and I mean REAL competition, not like gas stations
(all the same prices). The CRTC should be disbanded and the government
should get out of regulating. Or not.  I don't know.
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