OT: Bell reveals internet throttling details to CRTC

[Michael Lauzon]

On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 11:32, meng<meng-R6A+fiHC8nRWk0Htik3J/w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Len Katz, the CRTC's vice-chair of telecommunications, asked about Bell's throttled speeds.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/07/14/crtc-bell-internet-traffic-management-providers-custom

Why wouldn't they open the speeds faster overnight instead of slowing
them down, of course it's Bell and they are stupid!


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