Net neutrality: 0, Bell: 1
Bell Canada has won the right to continue the practice called “Internet throttling” in a ruling from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission….
Net neutrality: 0, Bell: 1
Bell Canada has won the right to
continue the practice called “Internet throttling” in a ruling from the
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission.
The
commission said in a press release “it has denied the Canadian
Association of Internet Providers’ (CAIP) request that Bell Canada
cease the traffic-shaping practices it has adopted for its wholesale
Gateway Access Service.”
What will be the shape of this practice on journalism — mainstream, citizen and other — on the Internet?
This
would be a good time for those who care — that is, those Canadians who
are awake to media issues — to get ready to speak up, because the
CRTC said it plans “a proceeding to examine the current and potential
traffic management practices of ISPs operating in Canada” including a
public hearing July 6 next year.
The CRTC invites comments on a number of specific questions; it notes that some of these questions are related to:
- — changes in bandwidth consumption that may lead to network congestion
- —
Internet traffic management practices based on technical solutions or
business models that are currently available or may be developed in the
future, and
- the impact of such practices on end-users.
- —
In addition, the Commission will try to establish the criteria to be
used in the event that specific traffic management practices need to be
authorized.
The CRTC release is here.
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Net not neutral: CRTC ruling
Net neutrality: 0, Bell: 1
Bell Canada has won the right to continue the practice called “Internet throttling” in a ruling from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission….
Net neutrality: 0, Bell: 1
Bell Canada has won the right to
continue the practice called “Internet throttling” in a ruling from the
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission.
The
commission said in a press release “it has denied the Canadian
Association of Internet Providers’ (CAIP) request that Bell Canada
cease the traffic-shaping practices it has adopted for its wholesale
Gateway Access Service.”
What will be the shape of this practice on journalism — mainstream, citizen and other — on the Internet?
This
would be a good time for those who care — that is, those Canadians who
are awake to media issues — to get ready to speak up, because the
CRTC said it plans “a proceeding to examine the current and potential
traffic management practices of ISPs operating in Canada” including a
public hearing July 6 next year.
The CRTC invites comments on a number of specific questions; it notes that some of these questions are related to:
Internet traffic management practices based on technical solutions or
business models that are currently available or may be developed in the
future, and
In addition, the Commission will try to establish the criteria to be
used in the event that specific traffic management practices need to be
authorized.
The CRTC release is here.
[node:ad]Deborah Jones
November 25, 2008
Throttling at a time when we
Throttling at a time when we need to encourage people to experiment and use the net to its full as yet undiscovered potential?
Only in Canada eh.
Wake up people.
Throttle Bell.