google weighs in on bell throttling

[James Knott]

JoeHill wrote:
> Dave Cramer wrote: 
> 
>> http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/07/07/tech-crtc.html
> 
> This bit raised my eyebrows:
> 
> Rogers, which also slows peer-to-peer applications, disputed claims by CAIP
> that such throttling affects services such as voice over internet protocol
> (VoIP) and virtual private networks (VPN).
> 
> "This equipment, therefore, does not impact any other traffic such as VoIP, VPN
> and other online streaming applications because their signatures are
> different," wrote Ken Engelhart, senior vice-president of regulatory affairs
> for Rogers. "There is therefore no reason why VPN or other encrypted traffic
> would be affected."
> 
> Anyone on Rogers network care to comment on this?
>  

I often use a VPN to reach my home network and haven't noticed any 
problems, though I haven't conducted any bandwidth tests.


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