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Industry committee You've made all sorts of statements here. I'll have to take them one by one. First of all, we have a booming telecom sector. I don't think we're a digital backwater at all. We are leading. We're also leading in terms of the regulatory. For instance, last year we were the first
February 3rd, 2011Committee meeting
Konrad W. von Finckenstein
Industry committee First of all, we're only talking about residential. We're not talking about commercial, okay? This is the decision before us. Secondly, on the caps, which is really the core of your question, if I understand it correctly, as I mentioned in my speech, our communications report sa
February 3rd, 2011Committee meeting
Konrad W. von Finckenstein
Industry committee --they are way beyond that.
February 3rd, 2011Committee meeting
Konrad W. von Finckenstein
Industry committee Bell's cap in Ontario is 25 gigabytes, and in Quebec it's 60. The average use is 15, so there's a big difference there. There's a huge amount of homes between those two.
February 3rd, 2011Committee meeting
Konrad W. von Finckenstein
Industry committee I will gladly do that. I mean, the key figure is in my statement, which is right in front of you, the one about the average use by Canadians in 2009 being 15 gigabytes per month. But I will gladly give you further details on usage.
February 3rd, 2011Committee meeting
Konrad W. von Finckenstein
Industry committee You're talking about something that was before my time, first of all. I wasn't at the CRTC in those days. Also, don't forget that it's a different industry. We have competition in the telecom industry. The telecom industry originally involved monopolies, and there were rate regul
February 3rd, 2011Committee meeting
Konrad W. von Finckenstein
Industry committee It was because IPTV really is not part of your Internet service. It is a separate service. You're not getting IPTV over the Internet. If you talk about Netflix or Google TV, yes, they come over the top. It is called over-the-top TV. With IPTV, basically there is a pipe and it is
February 3rd, 2011Committee meeting
Konrad W. von Finckenstein
Industry committee Which decision are we talking about now?
February 3rd, 2011Committee meeting
Konrad W. von Finckenstein
Industry committee Yes, I believe one of my--
February 3rd, 2011Committee meeting
Konrad W. von Finckenstein
Industry committee It's very technical language, and I'll try to simplify it. Essentially, they said that right now we insist that each customer of an ISP who goes over the limit pay the extra charge, or that the ISP charge them on a per customer basis. She said why not allow some averages there. T
February 3rd, 2011Committee meeting
Konrad W. von Finckenstein
Industry committee I cannot answer because I do not know who your provider is and I do not know whether or not you have subscribed to this service as a consumer or business person. I would imagine that, if you were a farmer, you would have subscribed as a business person. So it would be up to you t
February 3rd, 2011Committee meeting
Konrad W. von Finckenstein
Industry committee Everything would depend on who your provider is. For example, if you were a Bell client, nothing would change. You are already subject to...
February 3rd, 2011Committee meeting
Konrad W. von Finckenstein
Industry committee Only the heavy users and not all small ISP clients.
February 3rd, 2011Committee meeting
Konrad W. von Finckenstein
Industry committee I do not know. I do not have these figures. You should ask Teksavvy this question, for instance, in order to find out which percentage of its clientele will have problems.
February 3rd, 2011Committee meeting
Konrad W. von Finckenstein
Industry committee First, we received two requests for extensions.
February 3rd, 2011Committee meeting
Konrad W. von Finckenstein