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<p><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">A
number of people on this list are intervening in CRTC and other
regulatory proceedings. The following analysis tool can show how
submission content varies depending on types of submissions: <br>
</span></p>
<p><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">For
the recent CRTC basic service hearings "</span><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><span
style="color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-family: "Source Sans
Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal;
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font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2;
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255, 255); text-decoration-style: initial;
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float: none;">Breaking the submissions down into groups
(advocacy agencies, government, telecom companies,
individuals, etc.) revealed interesting patterns in what
issues were emphasized. Advocacy groups focused on
affordability and telecom operating costs, while government
groups discussed minimum speeds and how government funding
should be allocated. The telecom companies focused their
responses on the definition of “basic service," and described
how their revenue systems work and what plans they currently
offer to address “affordability” needs."</span></span></p>
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href="http://www.cybera.ca/news-and-events/news/new-canadian-data-mining-tool/">http://www.cybera.ca/news-and-events/news/new-canadian-data-mining-tool/</a><br>
<p><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><span
style="color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-family: "Source Sans
Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal;
font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal;
font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2;
text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;
white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;
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255, 255); text-decoration-style: initial;
text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important;
float: none;"><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Collating
and analyzing the 65,000+ pages of material submitted to the
2015 consultation required building a new data mining tool.
This work was carried out by the data science team at Cybera
(Alberta’s not-for-profit technology accelerator), with
funding from the Canadian Internet Registration Authority’s
Community Investment Program.</span></span> </span></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Marita</font><br>
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