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Article #54566Re: Gov't expects CRTC to reverse ruling on Internet billing
From: James Warren
Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2011 10:52
Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2011 10:52
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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-internet-billing-110202/ > > > > 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
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