OTTAWA – The Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology wants to talk to CRTC chairman Konrad von Finckenstein about usage-based-billing.
Faced with a public furor over the issue, the committee has called a 90-minute meeting Thursday afternoon with von Finckenstein and telecom vice-chair Len Katz as the only ones scheduled to appear. They want the pair to explain the Commission’s stance on the usage based billing Internet Service Providers are allowed to charge their wholesale and retail clients.
We expect a lot of political grandstanding as politicians attempt to grapple with an issue they have demonstrated (except for one or two of them) they do not understand.
And, since I’m in Ottawa anyway for the BCE/CTV CRTC hearing, I’ll cab it across the river to take in the fun. Might even tweet it, if you’re so inclined to follow @gregobr.
Or, you can listen to it here.
Of course, we’ll have a story from the committee meeting on Cartt.ca later Thursday evening.
– Greg O’Brien
