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CRTC to Rule on Bell's BitTorrent Throttling Tomorrow

By soulxtc

Landmark decision will determine if the telecommunications conglomerate can interfere with the Internet access it sells to wholesale customers. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), the independent agency responsible for regulating Canada's broadcasting and telecommunications systems, is scheduled to finally rule on the twice delayed case of Bell Canada, a major Canadian telecommunications company and ISP, who's been accused of violating the country's Telecommunications Act by throttling the connection speeds of BitTorrent users after already selling the Internet access wholesale to third parties. These customers are represented by the Canadian Association of Internet Providers (CAIP) whose main mission is to "foster the growth of a healthy and competitive Internet service industry in Canada." It was CAIP who lodged the complaint with the CRTC back on April 4th of this year. "In addition to the foregoing direct losses, Bell’s manipulation of GAS traffic is making it difficult if not impossible for independent ISPs to properly manage the services that they provide to their end-user customers," it reads.

Full post as published by ZeroPaid on November 19, 2008 (boomark / email).