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CRTC delays Internet usage-based billing By myFM News staff |
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It looks as if the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) is bowing to pressure. The commission will delay implementation of its controversial ruling on Internet billing practices, pending a review. Chairman Konrad von Finckenstein told a House of Commons committee the introduction of usage-based billing will be delayed for at least 60 days beyond the proposed March 1 start date. Once the new system is implemented, a customer who uses 300 gigabytes (GB) for downloading in one month would be charged a higher price than a moderate user. Ray Majury, vice-president of sales and marketing at Bruce Telecom, says he agrees with charging customers in this way, because it's the fair thing to do. "The good news with all this is that the vast majority of our customers – over 90 per cent, according to the last analysis I did - are moderate users," he said. "They use about 15 GB per month. That's pretty average for a moderate user."
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Majury says anyone using 300 GB per month would have to
download 200 hours of High-Definition (HD) content, so it's not fair to
charge that person the same as someone using one-20th of that amount. He says Bruce Telecom will continue dialogue with heavy users and come to a fair payment agreement. Scrolling stops when you move your mouse inside the scroll area. You can click on the ads for more
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