I guess they will. The noise is arround )))) Our democratic country is a waaaayyyy behind Korea, even Romania
On Thu, 2011-02-03 at 09:19 -0500, Alex Gal wrote: > 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 _______________________________________________ mlug mailing list [email protected] https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca
