CRTC to Rule on Bell's BitTorrent Throttling Tomorrow
Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 5:04 pm
ZeropaidLandmark 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.
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.