tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3410263650713540922011-04-21T14:44:57.491-07:00Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07300153898669848561noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341026365071354092.post-88247717297111410992009-04-14T10:18:00.000-07:002009-04-14T10:20:32.540-07:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px; "><div>I got this email from my Canadian Internet Service provider. Please help save internet in Canada by going to the link and sending your comments</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Dear Valued Customer,<br /><br />We are writing to you today as many activities are underway to shape/reshape<br />Internet use as you all know it. Over the last year some of you have been<br />made aware and/or have seen activities on throttling in the news or in your<br />daily lives. Another proceeding relating to the Internet in Canada required<br />Telecom providers (Bell/Telus/etc.) to provide ISPs with wholesale service<br />speeds that match those that they offer to their own retail customers.<br />Specifically, Bell has been directed by the CRTC to provide matching speeds<br />which would allow us all to have more flexibility in our day to day online<br />requirements. Instead of adhering to these directives, Bell decided to take<br />this issue to the federal Cabinet and at the same time file a tariff<br />application with the CRTC proposing to introduce Usage Based Billing (UBB)<br />on its wholesale customer accounts.<br /><br />What does this mean for you, the consumer?<br /><br />Bell provides TekSavvy with last mile, wholesale DSL access services, which<br />TekSavvy uses to provide you with your Internet access. If Bell were to be<br />allowed to introduce UBB on this service, a cap of 60GB would be imposed on<br />all of its users, with very heavy penalties per Gigabyte afterwards<br />(multiple times more than our current per Gigabyte rate of $0.25/GB on<br />overages). This would inherently all but remove Unlimited internet services<br />in Ontario/Quebec and potentially cause large increases in internet costs<br />from month to month.<br /><br />If you'd like to make your comments/concerns known about what Bell is<br />attempting to do, please do so here:<br /><br /><a href="http://support.crtc.gc.ca/crtcsubmissionmu/forms/Telecom.aspx?lang=e" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(28, 81, 168); ">http://support.crtc.gc.ca/<wbr>crtcsubmissionmu/forms/<wbr>Telecom.aspx?lang=e</a><br /><br />Select the word "Tariff" from the drop down list.<br /><br />Add the following in Subject Line "File Number # 8740-B2-200904989 - Bell<br />Canada - TN 7181" and make your thoughts known!<br /><br />The deadline for filing your comments is today at midnight, so hurry!<br /></span><span><span></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/341026365071354092-8824771729711141099?l=steve-crtc.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07300153898669848561noreply@blogger.com0