There is no question that the internet has become a necessity for daily living in such areas as web surfing, banking, information gathering, payments etc. However these activities require only a simple broadband link at much lower speeds. The speeds now mandated by the CRTC are only required for such bandwidth intensive activities as video streaming/heavy downloading. To call these types of activities a necessity is an abuse of the word itself. What the CRTC has really done is to declare Netflix to be a basic right of all Canadians rather than discretionary entertainment while imposing a new "tax" on the suppliers that you can be sure will be passed on to the consumers.