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Bell Wants to Dump Third-Party ISP's Entirely

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the taking-their-cable-and-going-home dept.

phorm writes "Not only is Bell interfering with third-party traffic, but — according to CBC — they want third-party ISP and phone carriers off their network entirely. Bell is lobbying to have lease-conditions on their networks removed, stating that enough competition exists that they should not longer be required to lease infrastructure to third-parties. Perhaps throttling is just the beginning?"

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  1. They are a utility by usul294 · · Score: 0, Troll

    At this point telecom companies are utilities, so they shouldn't be able to restrict usage like that. Everyone expects their tap water to be of a good quality no matter where you live. However, I don't think that the government should force them to lease infrastructure to competitors. I think bell could probably make quite a bit of money leasing infrastructure though.