[Vanhackspace] Fwd: We need your help -- CRTC Ruling would challenge telecom competition

[Jeff Davis]

And now, a message from VHS's Internet service provider!

(I wouldn't normally send this sort of thing to the list, but it's about
competition in broadband service, and I know there's plenty of VHS
members who would love to kick the big telcos in the nuts.)

Jeff

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: We need your help -- CRTC Ruling would challenge telecom
competition
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:47:20 -0400
From: TekSavvy Solutions Inc <support at teksavvy.com>
Reply-To: support at teksavvy.com
To: jeff at textsfornothing.com

(Une version française de ce couriel sera envoyé plus tard aujourd'hui.)

Hello,

We need your help -- we need you to lend us your voice and state your
opinion on a recent CRTC decision that could allow the incumbent phone
companies (such as Bell and Telus) to discontinue offering services
(Internet and phone) to wholesale providers which in effect would eliminate
competition in Canada.

With no competition to help fuel the market; Internet innovation could come
to stand still and prices for broadband access could skyrocket out of
control.  The incumbents would also be free to do with the lines as they
please.  This would open up future privacy invading Deep Packet Inspection
(DPI) technologies and direct marketing/advertising based on *you* and
*your
families* internet activities and habits.

They could also use this same technology to turn the Internet into a
pay-per-website service the same way that TV is a pay-per-channel service.
Can you imagine a world where you have to pay to use the Google website to
search for information?  Then, if you find what you are looking for you may
be restricted to the content because your ISP doesn't have a "peering"
agreement with said company.

Please help us stop this major potential catastrophe.

All concerned consumers please visit:
http://www.competitivebroadband.com/consumer/

All concerned businesses please visit:
http://www.competitivebroadband.com

Read the information presented and decide for yourself.

Once you've decided what you think is right, you can click the "Make a
Difference" link, fill out the form with your details and send a
pre-written
message to Minister of Industry Tony Clement, Prime Minister Harper, the
Opposition Leader, and your local MP or choose to write your own.

Together we can make a difference.
Thank you,
TekSavvy Solutions, Inc.