The CRTC may just get slapped by the Tories: http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Ottawa+quash+CRTC+decision/4214138/story.html
On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 10:26 PM, Kurth Bemis <[email protected]> wrote: > This has been making the rounds on other lists, for those that have not > seen it yet, here it is: > -- > As most of you must already be aware, the CRTC issued about a week ago > a ruling in favour of Usage Based Billing (UBB) which will change the > Internet landscape in Canada for the worst. Bell, Rogers will now > impose UBB to all resellers. This will kill the little competition we > have and make sure Bell and Rogers don't have to follow the technology > with their network, but impose their network on the technology. > Remember that their network was *heavily* subsidized by the federal > and provincial governments! Moreover, the UBB ruling declares that the > bandwidth caps are different across provinces!! That's right, > Ontarians will only get 25Gb/mo while Quebecers get 60Gb/mo. This > hardly seem fair for canadians. In the light of putting things in > perspective, resellers of DSL service already pay 20$/mo for the DSL > line 5Mbps, slower than Bel's service, much slower than what 20$ gets > you in Europe. More over, you will still have to pay 8$ to Ma Bell for > the copper line. Almost 30$ of your monthly internet fees _already > goes in Ma Bell's pocket_ even if you are not their client! > > The CRTC has already ignored countless letters from the public, to PMs > and a petition with nearly 250 000 signatures to this date! > It's time to take it to the streets! A peaceful demonstration will > happen this Saturday, February 5 · 12:00pm - 3:00pm @ Dorchester > Square. Be there early! > > http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=174967459212532 > > tl;dr: > Anti-UBB Demonstration > Time Saturday, February 5 · 12:00pm - 3:00pm > Location Dorchester Square, Montreal > > > > This affects _*YOU*_ it affects _*US*_ it affects your mom too, > really! I really expect foulabers to join in large number AND BRING > FRIENDS. If they see who's in the streets, the people who manage their > banks, who make their systems run, who give them their entertainment, > the 21st century truck drivers and tube builders, maybe then will they > listen! > > Murf > On behalf of all Canadian Netizens > > -- > > On Wed, 2011-02-02 at 11:09 -0500, Le Berger wrote: >> Le CRTC vient de décider que votre fournisseur d'accès Internet peut >> mettre un compteur sur Internet! >> >> C'est le temps de voter .... pour quelque chose de concret >> >> http://openmedia.ca/compteur >> >> ----- >> >> Internet Service Providers (ISPs) are about to impose usage-based >> billing on YOU. >> >> It's time to vote ... for the real things >> >> http://openmedia.ca/meter >> >> >> ----- Newspaper article >> >> http://technaute.cyberpresse.ca/nouvelles/internet/201102/02/01-4366131-les-inte >> rnautes-canadiens-ont-decide-quils-ont-assez-paye.php >> >> _______________________________________________ >> mlug mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca > > > > _______________________________________________ > mlug mailing list > [email protected] > https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca > > _______________________________________________ mlug mailing list [email protected] https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca
