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DKS Damn Kidney Stones Premium,ExMod 2002 join:2001-03-22 Owen Sound, ON kudos:2	reply to dynodb Re: Get primitive! Its the only way. said by dynodb: said by heat84: Break out the pitch forks and torches and lynch the corporate bastards! Except it's not the "corporate bastards" who mandated the caps, it's the Canadian government. This is exactly the sort of thing one should expect when the government is given broad powers to regulate ISPs. No, it's not. The CRTC is a regulatory authority, not government. They are charged with developing and implementing telecommunications policy. In this case, they responded to a request for UBB from the major providers. The government can review their decision, however. -- Need-based health care not greed-based health care.
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Gone Premium join:2011-01-24 Fort Erie, ON kudos:3 Reviews: ·Start Communicat..	said by DKS: The government can review their decision, however. ... and it very well looks like they are, in fact, reviewing the decision. »www.theglobeandmail.com/news/tec···1889321/ This is where things could get very interesting.
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trainwreck6 join:2010-09-21 off track	reply to DKS said by DKS: said by dynodb: said by heat84: Break out the pitch forks and torches and lynch the corporate bastards! Except it's not the "corporate bastards" who mandated the caps, it's the Canadian government. This is exactly the sort of thing one should expect when the government is given broad powers to regulate ISPs. No, it's not. The CRTC is a regulatory authority, not government. They are charged with developing and implementing telecommunications policy. In this case, they responded to a request for UBB from the major providers. The government can review their decision, however. It's time for us to get Egyptian.
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Linklist Premium join:2002-03-03 Longport, NJ kudos:5	said by trainwreck6: It's time for us to get Egyptian. LOL, the Egyptians are rioting because 70% of their people barely have enough to eat and the police spend more time abusing the populace than protecting it. They aren't rioting over Internet fees. And neither will Canadians. It is too inconsequential. When a majority of Canadians are sleeping in shacks and starving, then maybe you will see rioting in Toronto. But not before then.
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Brownbay Premium join:2005-03-13 North York, ON	reply to DKS @DKS, You make it seem as though the CRTC is unbiased and uninfluenced by the government... that's definitely not the case. Most here might now know that the CRTC is stacked with ex-telecommunication executives.
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DKS Damn Kidney Stones Premium,ExMod 2002 join:2001-03-22 Owen Sound, ON kudos:2	reply to trainwreck6 said by trainwreck6: It's time for us to get Egyptian. Go ahead. It's too damn cold around here. -- Need-based health care not greed-based health care.
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DKS Damn Kidney Stones Premium,ExMod 2002 join:2001-03-22 Owen Sound, ON kudos:2	reply to Brownbay said by Brownbay: @DKS, You make it seem as though the CRTC is unbiased and uninfluenced by the government... that's definitely not the case. It is not, conspiracy theories and ignorant comments by unknowing people aside. It operates at arms length from the government. Most here might now know that the CRTC is stacked with ex-telecommunication executives. And that means? You apparently have never heard of Conflict of Interest laws in Canada. -- Need-based health care not greed-based health care.
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Brownbay Premium join:2005-03-13 North York, ON	Right. Conflict of Interest laws... That's why we're having UBB come into effect March 1st. There should not be a single ex-telecommunications employee with a seat on that commission. If anything, it should be staffed with policy experts who then consult a 3rd party information sources to vet facts submitted by parties in a dispute.
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Linklist Premium join:2002-03-03 Longport, NJ kudos:5	said by Brownbay: There should not be a single ex-telecommunications employee with a seat on that commission. If anything, it should be staffed with policy experts who then consult a 3rd party information sources to vet facts submitted by parties in a dispute. And where do you think you get telecommunications experts that have never worked for or contracted for a telecomm or cable company or a telecomm hardware manufacturer? If you can actually find a couple, chances are they really aren't experts, but mere poseurs, or lawyer policy experts which is even worse.
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