Apple has announced plans to offer downloadable movies in the Canadian market. The development points to the two big policy issues of the moment – first, will these downloaded movies face ISP throttling in light of the competition with ISP's own video-on-demand services? Second, why does Industry Minister Jim Prentice […]
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Bell Files Response in CRTC Throttling Case
Bell has filed its response to the CRTC's questions regarding its throttling practices. The public documents have confidential and sensitive data removed.
Bell Hit With Quebec Class Action Over Throttling Practices
L'Union des Consommateurs and a Quebec consumer have launched a class action lawsuit against Bell Canada over its throttling practices. The suit, which is seeking certification on behalf of all provincial subscribers, argues that the practices deliberately slowed consumer services and raises privacy issues. It seeks a refund of 80 […]
Bell Launches On-Demand Video Service
When Bell's throttling practices came to light earlier this year, I wrote the following in an assessing the competition concerns: The major ISPs claim that throttling is needed to ensure better quality of service to all customers, yet it also has a significant effect on the video marketplace. Cable and […]
CRTC Sets Timeline for Throttling Case
The CRTC this morning issued its promised plan for addressing the substantive issues raised by the CAIP complaint over Bell's throttling practices. The plan has an aggressive timeline with all submissions in by June 26th and a decision promised within 90 days. Bell and CAIP have been asked to respond […]
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