<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:10pt"><div>I could not find the link you supplied but I did do a search on there site and Bell has been doing this for years. <br><span><a target="_blank"
href="http://www.cbc.ca/search/cbc?q=bell+internet+traffic+512+kilobits&btnG.x=0&btnG.y=0&btnG=Search&entqr=1&entsp=0&sort=date%3AD%3AL%3Ad1&output=xml_no_dtd&ie=utf8&btnG.y=0&client=CBC&safe=high&btnG.x=0&useragent=Mozilla%2F5.0+%28X11%3B+U%3B+Linux+i686+%28x86_64%29%3B+en-US%3B+rv%3A1.9.1%29+Gecko%2F20090624+Firefox%2F3.5&oe=utf8&site=CBC">http://www.cbc.ca/search/cbc?q=bell+internet+traffic+512+kilobits&btnG.x=0&btnG.y=0&btnG=Search&entqr=1&entsp=0&sort=date%3AD%3AL%3Ad1&output=xml_no_dtd&ie=utf8&btnG.y=0&client=CBC&safe=high&btnG.x=0&useragent=Mozilla%2F5.0+%28X11%3B+U%3B+Linux+i686+%28x86_64%29%3B+en-US%3B+rv%3A1.9.1%29+Gecko%2F20090624+Firefox%2F3.5&oe=utf8&site=CB
C</a></span><br>So the rumors are true! LOL<br>Well, I am near a Bell switching station. So, if and when I switch to Telus (or other retailer that uses Bell lines), I
know it will not be to bad for me! But I will wait until the CRTC stops the throttling issues.<br><br>Kind regards!<br>Abby<br><br></div><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> meng <meng-R6A+fiHC8nRWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4@public.gmane.org<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, July 15, 2009 11:32:01 AM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [TLUG]: OT: Bell reveals internet throttling details to CRTC<br></font><br>Len Katz, the CRTC's vice-chair of telecommunications, asked about Bell's throttled spe
eds.<br><br>Daniels said peer-to-peer file transfers are reduced to a speed of 256 kilobits per second between 6 p.m. and 1 a.m. in Ontario and Quebec. That is a 98.5
per cent reduction from the maximum advertised speed of 16 megabits per second that Bell uses to sell its Internet Max 16 service.<br><br>Between 4:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. and between 1 a.m. and 2 a.m., the company slows downloads to 512 kilobits per second. Daniels added that the numbers would be posted on its website soon.<br><br><br><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/07/14/crtc-bell-internet-traffic-management-providers-custom" target="_blank">http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/07/14/crtc-bell-internet-traffic-management-providers-custom</a><br>--<br>The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: <a href="http://gtalug.org/" target="_blank">http://gtalug.org/</a><br>TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns<br>How to UNSUBSCRIBE: <a hr
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