Post Tagged with: "crtc"

FCC To Punish Comcast Over Traffic Shaping

The FCC reportedly stands ready to punish Comcast for its "network management" practices, a decision that may bolster the prospect of CRTC action against Canadian providers who engage in similar traffic shaping.

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July 11, 2008 3 comments News

Google Responds to the CRTC Throttling Case

The CBC reports on some of the responses to the CRTC's throttling case between Bell and CAIP, with Google among those coming out strongly against Bell's position.

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July 8, 2008 Comments are Disabled News

Bell’s Congestion “Problem”

Bell files its congestion data as demanded by the CRTC.  The data suggests no congestion problems for at least 95 percent of the network in Ontario and Quebec.

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June 25, 2008 8 comments News

CRTC Raises Prospect of Major Net Neutrality Consultation

One year ago, the telecommunications companies were seeking to downplay the importance of net neutrality.  It would appear that the CRTC is not buying that anymore.  In a speech to the 2008 Canadian Telecom Summit, CRTC Chair Konrad von Finckenstein had the following to say about the issue:

Another issue of increasing importance is net neutrality.

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June 17, 2008 10 comments News

CRTC Considers Dropping Mandatory Telecom Disclosures

While concern over the lack of transparency associated with Internet and telecom services has been mounting, the CRTC has just launched a public consultation on the prospect of eliminating mandatory disclosures, relying instead on market forces.  The outcome of this consultation could lead to dramatic changes in what the telcom […]

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June 10, 2008 6 comments News