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>Hello,
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>We need your help -- we need you to lend us your voice and state your opinion 
>on a recent CRTC decision that could allow the incumbent phone companies (such 
>as Bell and Telus) to discontinue offering services (Internet and phone) to 
>wholesale providers which in effect would eliminate competition in Canada.
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>With no competition to help fuel the market; Internet innovation could come to 
>stand still and prices for broadband access could skyrocket out of control.  
>The incumbents would also be free to do with the lines as they please.  This 
>would open up future privacy invading Deep Packet Inspection
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>(DPI) technologies and direct marketing/advertising based on *you* and *your
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>families* internet activities and habits.
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>They could also use this same technology to turn the Internet into a 
>pay-per-website service the same way that TV is a pay-per-channel service. 
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>Can you imagine a world where you have to pay to use the Google website to 
>search for information?  Then, if you find what you are looking for you may be 
>restricted to the content because your ISP doesn't have a "peering" 
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>agreement with said company.
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>Please help us stop this major potential catastrophe.
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>All concerned consumers please visit:
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><http://www.competitivebroadband.com/consumer/>http://www.competitivebroadband.com/consumer/
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>All concerned businesses please visit:
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><http://www.competitivebroadband.com>http://www.competitivebroadband.com
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>Read the information presented and decide for yourself.
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>Once you've decided what you think is right, you can click the "Make a 
>Difference" link, fill out the form with your details and send a pre-written 
>message to Minister of Industry Tony Clement, Prime Minister Harper, the 
>Opposition Leader, and your local MP or choose to write your own.
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>Together we can make a difference.
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>Thank you,
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>TekSavvy Solutions, Inc. 
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>  

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