The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has rejected the request for an injunction of the Canadian Association of Internet Providers. The CAIP Bell Canada wanted to stop playing with bandwidth resellers of its service.
"From the evidence we have, we believe that the measures that Bell Canada has taken to manage its network are not discriminatory," said the chairman of the CRTC, Konrad von Finckenstein.
Since April 7, Bell limit Internet traffic during peak hours of independent service providers who use its network, which had raised an outcry among them. The Canadian telecommunications company did not bother to warn them before taking action.
According to the public, Bell "applied to wholesale customers the same practices smoothing traffic to its own retail customers."
In response to the decision, Bell has been defended as "the bandwidth management is an important part of [our] strategy to manage capacity on networks increasingly congested due to the explosive growth in demand on the Internet. "
There is one way to do it. To prevent users learn to their cost that their Internet connection is slower, the CRTC requires Bell Canada a minimum notice of 30 days to notify its suppliers of wholesale changes that might affect the performance of the Internet connection.
Finally, the agency will establish a public hearing in July 2009. This opportunity to see how Internet providers can manage traffic on their network while remaining consistent with the Telecommunications Act.
"From the evidence we have, we believe that the measures that Bell Canada has taken to manage its network are not discriminatory," said the chairman of the CRTC, Konrad von Finckenstein.
Since April 7, Bell limit Internet traffic during peak hours of independent service providers who use its network, which had raised an outcry among them. The Canadian telecommunications company did not bother to warn them before taking action.
According to the public, Bell "applied to wholesale customers the same practices smoothing traffic to its own retail customers."
In response to the decision, Bell has been defended as "the bandwidth management is an important part of [our] strategy to manage capacity on networks increasingly congested due to the explosive growth in demand on the Internet. "
There is one way to do it. To prevent users learn to their cost that their Internet connection is slower, the CRTC requires Bell Canada a minimum notice of 30 days to notify its suppliers of wholesale changes that might affect the performance of the Internet connection.
Finally, the agency will establish a public hearing in July 2009. This opportunity to see how Internet providers can manage traffic on their network while remaining consistent with the Telecommunications Act.
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