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Bell Canada Launches Its Own Online Video Store

Posted by Soulskill on from the pay-no-attention-to-the-isp-behind-the-curtain dept.

rsax writes "Bell Canada recently announced that it is launching a downloadable video store just as it is caught up in a government inquiry into its traffic-shaping practices. Some consider this a conflict of interest since several content providers were in the process of distributing TV shows using P2P technology before the Bell throttling issue started getting media coverage. Bell's FAQ states that it is not available for Mac users right now (and not Linux either of course) because they are using Windows Media DRM. They do, however, invite feedback on their site."

6 of 106 comments (clear)

  1. can traffic shaping be proved in court? by crazybit · · Score: 5, Interesting

    How can we prove a provider is shaping our traffic?

    they will probably allege the slow download is because of net traffic, spam, etc.

    transparent bridges for traffic shaping are very hard to detect

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    1. Re:can traffic shaping be proved in court? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

      In this case, Bell has publicly admitted to traffic shaping in their filing(s) with the CRTC.

  2. Conflict of interest... by TRAyres · · Score: 5, Funny

    And they have a form for feedback? Brace for obvious shit storm...

  3. Use this: by Fluffeh · · Score: 5, Informative

    Test if your ISP is throttling - That link should help some of it at least.

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  4. drmbg for the win by thermian · · Score: 5, Informative

    Oh no, this is great. You can remove windows drm with ease, just run drmbg then FairUse4Wm, and the drm is history.
    Why they would use it when its so trivial to reverse is a puzzler to be sure.

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  5. They only carry 2 movies though, by hyperz69 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Strange Brew and Canadian Bacon.