Bell Canada Throttles Wholesalers Without Notice

Posted by kdawson on Monday March 24, 2008 @09:53PM from the because-it's-my-last-kilometer-that's-why dept.

knorthern knight writes "The Canadian family-run ISP Teksavvy (which is popular among Canadian P2P users precisely because it does not throttle P2P) has started noticing that Bell Canada is throttling traffic before it reaches wholesale partners. According to Teksavvy CEO Rocky Gaudrault, Bell has implemented 'load balancing' to 'manage bandwidth demand' during peak congestion times — but apparently didn't feel the need to inform partner ISPs or customers. The result is a bevy of annoyed customers and carriers across the great white north."

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Re:Just before everyone gets excited.... by I+confirm+I'm+not+a · 2008-03-24 22:24 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Fair enough, and apologies for any slight on my part. You do realise, though, that the "Oh god it's the end of the world" posts are inevitable? ;-)

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Re:Just before everyone gets excited.... by kaos07 · 2008-03-24 22:45 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Ahaha. Yes I know, but I have to try. No offense taken.