CRTC Bell Canada ruling due Thursday
p2pnet news view Freedom | P2P:- Tomorrow is D for Decision Day for Bell Canada and the CRTC (Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission).
That’s when the latter will release it’s long-delayed findings on whether or not demands from CAIP, representing 55 smaller ISPs, to force Bell to halt its traffic-throttling-cum-censorship activities, will be met.
CAIP is short for Canadian Association of Internet Providers and in April, it formally lodged a complaint with the CRTC, asking that Bell be ordered to Cease and Desist.
Bell began shackling the accounts of its own Sympatico customers in October last year, as was first reported by p2pnet.
It then, “extended the practice in March to CAIP members, which rent portions of Bell’s network to provide internet service to their own customers,” says the CBC, going on:
“The CRTC rejected CAIP’s call for an immediate cease-and-desist order but launched a public investigation into Bell’s actions.”
The CRTC was to have published its decision last month and “Bell Canada is being allowed to continue its anti-consumer traffic shaping activities,” said p2pnet recently, continuing:
“The mainstream media knew about the decision. But it came as news to Tom Copeland, chairman of CAIP.”
And, ” ‘I’ve got a bad feeling in my gut about all of this!’ – says TekSavvy CEO Rocky Gaudraul.
In a bid to present itself as a reasonable company applying reasonable measures to manage a serious problem created by a small number of users, “Bell Sympatico is trying to excuse its practice of using Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) to throttle customers’ bandwidth,” p2pnet reported in October.
“The company claims it isn’t trying to rigidly control what users do with the bandwidth they pay for every month for its own purposes,” the story said, going on:
“Rather, it’s, “using the latest, state-of-the-art technology to improve the customer experience for a vast majority of our customers’ favourite applications,” it promises on a new web site.
“And you thought it was just another greedy corporation that couldn’t give a damn about the people who keep in business.
“Shame on you. Shame!”
Tune in tomorrow …..
(Thanks, Kevin)
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first reported by p2pnet – p2pnet traffic shaping digest, April 19, 2008
CBC – CRTC to rule on Bell’s throttling on Thursday, November 19, 2008
p2pnet – CRTC delays Bell traffic throttling decision, October 17, 2008
p2pnet – Bell Canada admits using DPI to throttle traffic, October 18, 2008
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November 19th, 2008 at 5:20 pm
and the bribed shall say , sorry you lose.
and the little people will say ok no i won’t buy your product.
then CAIP will sue and be able to show the dramatic loses to a real judge ….and then justice will be served.
add the negatives of the copyright law and millions are going to turn off there internet next summer, hope these idiot bell/rogers can afford it….
November 19th, 2008 at 5:32 pm
Finally! Let’s hope it goes CAIP’s way and the independent ISP could offer unthrottled internet. But with ADSL2+ on the horizon You just know Bell-ER is going to screw independent ISP all over again.
I wish I was a billionaire so I could start dropping fiber to every home in Canada! And maybe make a hefty profit from it
KC
November 19th, 2008 at 8:00 pm
KChan you probably could have had you not bought the skydome and the toronto blue jays (Ted rogers)
November 19th, 2008 at 8:11 pm
Due to the circumstances till now i bet the CRTC is going to give CAIP partial remedy, somewhere in there will be the end of our internet as we know it.
The ones with power always win when people don’t fight Fully for their rights. In this case most people have been sleeping and the rip-off idiots are at the wheel. Piece by piece good bye to rights, freedoms, sharing and making a better life for everyone. Hello restrictions, laws, regulations, throttling, loss of Canadian internet, jobs, houses, land and hello police state.
That’s what you get for reelecting a conservative government.
The only ones that have done a good job with government are the Bolivians.
Canadians should be ashamed!
November 19th, 2008 at 9:11 pm
If that be the case Freeman, then collectively we launch a class action lawsuit against Bell Canada, with the help of CAIP. And we fight it to the bitter end. Let’s not be as our neighbors south-of-the-boarder and sit back and accept what is thrown our way. United we stand, divided we fall.
November 20th, 2008 at 4:00 am
Politicians are apart of the new world order,the end of the internet IS WHAT the NWO wants so they can control us. There’s no way in hell that someone is on to put a chip into my hand.
Protest bell
Protest the new world order
Protest their Policing
tell the NWO….. NOT ON MY TURF!
November 20th, 2008 at 10:25 am
@ The United States Of The New World Order
You said it brother, I didn’t get into Net Neutrality until Bell-ER started to throttle Primus (and my) internet connection. In the begining they were throttling everything as specially my VPN (which I use for work) it is much better now, but what a wake up call to what Bell-ER can do!
Nothing like pissing someone off and opening everyone’s eyes! My eyes are open and Bell will not be getting way with anything.
We are entering into a new age, and those who have the digital high ground will control the economy and I want a say!
KC