I say NO to Telus for the following reasons:

1. The increase is extremely unreasonable.

2. The general customer is not responsible for improvents in rural areas etc. Why not ask the provincial government.

3. Telus has a monopoly over the local market, hence, instead of looking to cut cost and improve efficiency as any normal company would do, Telus just demands a large rate hike as a monopoly would do.

   Hence, instead of spending much time reviewing this silly proposal I suggest that the CRTC should consider introducing local competition.

   I also suggest that many of the "Yes" e-mail or calls may well be from Telus employees or those who would benifit directly.       

                                   Hamid Nashi