The CRTC has written
to Rogers Communications to advise that its investigation has concluded
that the company violated the Internet traffic management rules (better
known as net neutrality rules). The letter
notes:
Based on the preliminary results of
our ongoing investigation, Commission staff is of the belief that
Rogers Communications Inc. (“Rogers”) applies a technical ITMP to
unidentified traffic using default peer-to-peer (“P2P”) ports. On the
basis of our evidence to date, any traffic from an unidentified
time-sensitive application making use of P2P ports will be throttled
resulting in noticeable degradation of such traffic.
The CRTC notes that prior approval is required for degradation of time
sensitive traffic and gives Rogers two weeks to rebut the evidence or
become compliant with the law. The case highlights a newfound
willingness by the CRTC to investigate and enforce the net neutrality
rules with full research into the effect of Rogers' traffic shaping
practices. This represents a major step forward as it sends a
clear
message - after several years of doubt - that the CRTC is prepared to
enforce the net neutrality rules. Given the recent announcement
that Bell is abandoning traffic shaping, the question is whether Rogers
will follow suit or drag out the process by facing CRTC enforcement and
further user complaints.
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Last night's Republican presidential candidate debate featured a
question on SOPA, leading all four remaining candidates to register
their opposition to the bill. Their positions are consistent with the
growing trend
on the right in the United States as it the Republicans that are increasingly opposed
to SOPA and PIPA with Democratic supporters left to wonder
why their representatives remain so out-of-touch with the popular view
of the public (this morning Democrat Senator Reid announced
a delay in the vote on PIPA). In fact, it isn't just Republican
politicians who are opposed to overbroad copyright reforms: the right-leaning
press and conservative
think-tanks
are expressing the same views. None of these groups or politicians can
be accused of being soft on crime or weak on intellectual property.
Rather, they recognize the need for government to tread carefully and
to ensure that legislative initiatives do not undermine basic freedoms
and personal property rights.
The opposition to SOPA is not limited to the right in the United
States. In Canada, Blogging
Tories, which aggregates dozens of right-leaning blogs, went
dark in support of the SOPA protest and the National Post was the
only major Canadian paper to publish an editorial
on the issue, concluding:
On Wednesday, Wikipedia and a handful
of other sites will shut down in protest of SOPA and PIPA. They have
our full support. Governments should not be in the business of propping
up outdated business models, nor of blocking legitimate speech. This
draft legislation would do both.
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