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From: bnrgate!.bnr.ca!calwa@uunet.uu.net (Kevin Chapman)
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Subject: Re: Envoy 100
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Date: 28 Feb 90 15:12:27 GMT
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In article <4366@accuvax.nwu.edu> sl@van-bc.UUCP (Stuart Lynne) writes:

!In article <4300@accuvax.nwu.edu> "Robert P. Warnock" <rigden!rpw3@eddie.mit.
!edu> writes:

!!| hooking them up to a system called "Envoy 100".  (It's a billable

!! It's just a commercial e-mail service. Happens to be run (indirectly)
!! by the Canadian government. Fees are charged for connect time,

! Very indirectly. It's run by a company called Telecom Canada. Which in
! turn is owned by the government. The Canadian Telco's are involved as
! well.

Telecom Canada is owned by Canada's telcos, and NOT the federal government.

! Telecom Canada is apparantly being put on the block by the government
! (as of last Tuesday's federal budget).

The government is selling its 49.99% share of TeleSAT Canada...

FYI, the remaining shareholders of TeleSat are:
	Alberta Gov't Tel		4.66%	*    
	Bell Canada			24.59	*
	BC Telephone			5.49	*
	Canadian National Railway	3.74
	Canadian Pacific		3.74
	Island Tel			0.79	*
	Manitoba Telephone System	1.66	*
	Maritime Telephone/Telegraph	1.22	*
	New Brunswick Telephone		1.32	*
	Newfoundland Telephone		0.49	*
	Ontario Northland 		0.24
	Quebec Telephone		0.99	*
	Sask Tel			1.66	*

        (* = member of Telecom Canada)

I obtained these figures from TeleSat's PR office this morning.  By
the way, I was told about 32% of the shares are owned by Telecom
Canada member companies (but not Telecom Canada itself), but that
figure doesn't seem right - it should be more like 42%.


Toodles,

 Kevin Chapman
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