[Fwd: [Important Notice] Many activities at the CRTC that can affect you, the consumer...]

[Dev Guy]

I got my voice in, thanks Ivan!

--- On Tue, 4/14/09, Ivan Avery Frey <ivan.frey-H217xnMUJC0sA/PxXw9srA at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> From: Ivan Avery Frey <ivan.frey at utoronto.ca>
> Subject: [TLUG]: [Fwd: [Important Notice] Many activities at the CRTC that can affect you, the consumer...]
> To: "List, TLUG" <tlug at ss.org>
> Received: Tuesday, April 14, 2009, 1:13 PM
> 
> 
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [Important Notice] Many activities at the CRTC
> that can affect
> you, the consumer...
> Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:37:46 -0400
> From: TekSavvy Solutions Inc <support at teksavvy.com>
> Reply-To: support-R6A+fiHC8nRWk0Htik3J/w at public.gmane.org
> To: ivan.frey-H217xnMUJC0sA/PxXw9srA at public.gmane.org
> 
> Dear Valued Customer,
> 
> We are writing to you today as many activities are underway
> to
> shape/reshape Internet use as you all know it. Over the
> last year some
> of you have been made aware and/or have seen activities on
> throttling in
> the news or in your daily lives. Another proceeding
> relating to the
> Internet in Canada required Telecom providers
> (Bell/Telus/etc.) to
> provide ISPs with wholesale service speeds that match those
> that they
> offer to their own retail customers.
> 
> Specifically, Bell has been directed by the CRTC to provide
> matching
> speeds which would allow us all to have more flexibility in
> our day to
> day online requirements. Instead of adhering to these
> directives, Bell
> decided to take this issue to the federal Cabinet and at
> the same time
> file a tariff application with the CRTC proposing to
> introduce Usage
> Based Billing (UBB) on its wholesale customer accounts.
> 
> What does this mean for you, the consumer?
> 
> Bell provides TekSavvy with last mile, wholesale DSL access
> services,
> which TekSavvy uses to provide you with your Internet
> access. If Bell
> were to be allowed to introduce UBB on this service, a cap
> of 60GB would
> be imposed on all of its users, with very heavy penalties
> per Gigabyte
> afterwards (multiple times more than our current per
> Gigabyte rate of
> $0.25/GB on overages). This would inherently all but remove
> Unlimited
> internet services in Ontario/Quebec and potentially cause
> large
> increases in internet costs from month to month.
> 
> If you'd like to make your comments/concerns known about
> what Bell is
> attempting to do, please do so here:
> 
> http://support.crtc.gc.ca/crtcsubmissionmu/forms/Telecom.aspx?lang=e
> 
> Select the word "Tariff" from the drop down list.
> 
> Add the following in Subject Line "File Number #
> 8740-B2-200904989 -
> Bell Canada - TN 7181" and make your thoughts known!
> 
> The deadline for filing your comments is today at midnight,
> so hurry!
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Rocky
> 
> 
> Rocky Gaudrault
> Chief Executive Officer
> TekSavvy Solutions Inc..
> 330 Richmond Street, Suite 205
> Chatham, ON, N7M 1P7
> Customer Service: 877-779-1575
> URL: www.teksavvy.com
> 
> 
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