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From: sl@van-bc.UUCP (Stuart Lynne)
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Subject: Re: Envoy 100
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Date: 28 Feb 90 09:54:59 GMT
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In article <4366@accuvax.nwu.edu> sl@van-bc.UUCP (Stuart Lynne) writes:
X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 128, Message 8 of 12

}>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 apparantly being put on the block by the government
}(as of last Tuesday's federal budget).

Who is this guy anyway, was he asleep at the keyboard again?

To set the record straight, Telecom Canada is not owned by the
Canadian Government; but is jointly owned by all of the Canadian
Telco's: Alberta Government Telephones, BC Tel, Bell Canada, Island
Tel, Manitoba Telephone System, Maritime Tel&Tel, NBTel, Newfoundland
Telephone, SaskTel and Telesat Canada [from the back of my Datapac
Directory, 1984].

The company that *is* owned by the Government is Telesat Canada, and
it is being put on the block, no details yet.


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