Industry committee  No.

Industry committee  That doesn't make us the highest in the world. Japan, traditionally has much higher wireless rates than us.

Industry committee  The United States does.

Industry committee  Yes. According to the Wall Communications study, which is commissioned by Industry Canada and the CRTC, the rates in Canada are lower than the United States.

Industry committee  In terms of what you pay a month--

Industry committee  --which is different from price.

Industry committee  Because of what you are getting in return. On a unit basis, because Canadians use more data and they use more voice minutes and they use more text than, say, someone in France. So yes, you are paying more but you are using three times as much.

Industry committee  It's the complexity of the billing systems, the number of plans they have in the market, and then spreading that across four services in most cases, and potentially multiple billing systems. These IT systems deal with tens of millions of customers. It's not that easy. It's not ju

Industry committee  It's not a communications issue, it's to make sure this system, which makes that bill for everyone, works for everyone; it's uniform for all customers at the same time; it goes into place at the same time, so when the government announces the date it will be ready, there'll be no

Industry committee  That would all be negotiated when the account is made. We're talking about corporate accounts of more than $2,500 a month. It would be a very wide range, covering all businesses. It's not just to apply this regulation to those accounts. The volume is so large. That's going to be

Industry committee  That's what the CCTS has set as the level for small businesses as a business expense of under $2,500 a month for telecommunications fees.

Industry committee  I'm not sure. I don't offer that service. I can't speculate. It would be similar, just over a much larger volume of users.

Industry committee  A person who doesn't pay their bill on time?

Industry committee  Yes, I believe they do.

Industry committee  That's not something we discussed.