CRTC to Rule on Bell's BitTorrent Throttling Tomorrow

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Landmark decision will determine if the telecommunications conglomerate can interfere with the Internet access it sells to wholesale customers.

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), the independent agency responsible for regulating Canada's broadcasting and telecommunications systems, is scheduled to finally rule on the twice delayed case of Bell Canada, a major Canadian telecommunications company and ISP, who's been accused of violating the country's Telecommunications Act by throttling the connection speeds of BitTorrent users after already selling the Internet access wholesale to third parties.
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I'm interested in to what the ruling from the CRTC will be & hope they will stop Bell's p2p throttling who claim they throttle because of network congestion caused by heavy p2p users. My contract is up & I'll be looking for a new ISP.
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Slowpoke here. Anyways here's some p2pnet links relating to the CRTC's decision.
Bell Canada says ‘Thanks’ to the CRTC November 21
CRTC defends Bell Canada throttling decision November 21
CRTC Bell Canada decision in full November 20
CRTC backs Bell Canada traffic throttling November 20
CRTC Bell Canada ruling: what the media say November 20
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