Industry committee  As always, we want to know what the effect is on consumers. Is it going to be reasonable? As I mentioned, we want to make sure that heavy users pay for the heavy use and that it's not the innocent average user who has to suddenly pay more, etc. That's one way to protect consumers

Industry committee  There are two things. First of all, my colleague, Mr. Katz, was here when the 2006 decision was made. Do we have a more competitive market now than then? Len, why don't you answer that question.

Industry committee  No, we do not consult the government. We follow a public process. We will take steps to obtain briefs. Once we have studied them, we may or may not hold a public hearing. We will also review all aspects of the issue. We will study the briefs that claim we made a mistake and those

Industry committee  ... balance, if possible. If not, we will have to make a decision one way or the other.

Industry committee  Obviously we will do that. In response to your comment, first of all, if a person does not have high speed Internet, this would in no way affect them.

Industry committee  Second, you said you were subject to a limit and that if you went beyond the number of allotted minutes, you had to pay. That would mean that you are already under a usage-based plan. None of these decisions affect you.

Industry committee  Yes, but this decision has no effect on Vidéotron. It only affects small ISPs that do not have limits. Vidéotron has a 40-gigabyte limit.

Industry committee  As we said in our Internet management decision, if you have problems in contention, firstly, expand. If that doesn't work, then use economic incentives. One of the economic incentives is that the more you use, the more you're going to have to pay.

Industry committee  We hold hearings and people produce and give us the evidence. We have the evidence in terms of the increase per year, per usage, per user. We have the total Internet traffic, and the various companies come before us and point out what they have to do and how close they are to the

Industry committee  From Bell Canada and one other company. It is Bell Canada that initiated this entire process, made representations to us to create the entire usage and billing system. Bell created this entire problem, asking for a 60-day extension because, clearly, people were not ready for this

Industry committee  That is possible.

Industry committee  No, not at all. You are absolutely right. It is a minority. Approximately 500,000 people.

Industry committee  I do not know what percentage of these people will really be affected. Regardless, these people clearly like the Internet, know how to use it and have used it to elicit many reactions.

Industry committee  But we have already seen this in...

Industry committee  You are wrong. We are an arm's length organization and have no discussions with government.