Vancouver proclaims opposition to usage-based billing

VANCOUVER – The city of Vancouver has waded into the usage-based Internet billing debate after issuing a motion that calls on the CRTC to disallow the practice.Councillor Andrea Reimer introduced the motion at a City Council meeting late last week on behalf of the city's residents. It was debated and eventually passed, though one councillor opposed the motion. Reimer claimed that the CRTC’s usage-based billing policy, which allows telecom companies to impose a limit-based pricing system on the independent Internet service providers that purchase wholesale broadband from them, “will stifle innovation, harm job creation, and make it more difficult for individuals to...