Public and Political Concern Over Usage Based Billing Gathers Steam

Public and Political Concern Over Usage Based Billing Gathers Steam: "The increasing use of bandwidth caps and usage based billing models
among Canadian ISPs may enjoy support from the CRTC, but the practice
has begun to attract increasing critical attention in both the media
and at the political level. Yesterday, the NDP issued a release
lamenting that "Canada is already falling behind other countries in
terms of choice, accessibility and pricing for the Internet." NDP
MP
Charlie Angus, who will be appearing at a net neutrality town hall
on the weekend, noted that UBB could be used to limit third-party
services such as Netflix.



The concern from the NDP follows growing press
coverage of the issue as well as petitions,
public
letters,
and social media
advocacy groups pressing for change. With the national media picking
up on the story, it appears that UBB could emerge as one of the big
consumer Internet issues of 2011.




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