OT: CRTC issues ruling on net neutrality

[Darryl Moore]

What a pitiful ruling.

Well, if we ever had a chance of growing innovative technology companies
here, we just lost it. This country has just been seriously hosed by the
CRTC.

Our only hope now is that Parliament can step in and do things right,
but with the Cons in charge there is slim to no chance of that.




Michael Lauzon wrote:
> Well, CBC finally put the article online, the thing I sent before was
> just a brief clip I get sent to my inbox; here is part of the article:
> 
> "Big telecommunications companies such as Bell and Rogers can
> interfere with internet traffic only as a last resort, the CRTC says.
> Instead, they should use "economic measures" such as new investment
> and usage limits to combat congestion on their networks.
> 
> "The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission on
> Wednesday issued a new framework by which it will judge whether
> internet service providers are discriminating against certain kinds of
> traffic and content.
> 
> "'Canada is the first country to develop and implement a comprehensive
> approach to internet traffic management practices,' said CRTC chairman
> Konrad von Finckenstein in a statement.
> 
> "'More and more, the internet is serving as the backbone for
> communication, commerce, governance, health, education and
> entertainment. Our framework will foster an environment where ISPs,
> application providers and users have the utmost freedom to innovate.'
> 
> "Under the framework, the CRTC will require ISPs to provide retail
> customers with 30 days notice of any changes to network management,
> and wholesale customers with 60 days. The moves must be posted
> prominently on the ISP's website and consumers must be informed of how
> and when they will be affected, with a particular emphasis on how the
> speed of their service will change.
> 
> "The CRTC is also requiring ISPs to institute economic measures to
> control usage such as charging 'consumers rates based on how much
> bandwidth they use each month, or offer discounts during off-peak
> hours.'"
> 
> http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/10/20/crtc-net-neutrality-ruling.html
> 
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