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Canadian ISP Ordered to Prove Traffic-Shaping is Needed
Sepiraph writes "In a letter sent to the Canadian Association of Internet Providers and Bell Canada on May 15, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) have ordered Bell Canada to provide tangible evidence that its broadband networks are congested to justify the company's Internet traffic-shaping policies. This is a response after Bell planned to tackle the issue of traffic shaping, also called throttling, on the company's broadband networks. It would be interesting to see Bell's response, as well as to see some real-world actual numbers and compare them to a previous study."
It won't make any difference, all the ISPs in Canada are scumbags, Rogers and Shaw were caught a few years back both trying to steal the same baby from a screaming mother, they pulled so hard they tore it in half, then they ate it.
That's the kind of service all Canadian ISPs offer in the past decade+
I'd love to see Bell get crucified, especcially if it affects the other isps by precedent, but ISPs in Canada are an internet cartel, no matter what we mandate they do, they'll find another way to give us just as much as we need.