Canada Upholds Net Neutrality Rules In Wireless TV Case
An anonymous reader writes Canada's telecom regulator has issued a major new
decision with implications for net neutrality, ruling that
Bell and Videotron violated the Telecommunications Act by granting
their own wireless television services an undue preference by
exempting them from data charges. Michael Geist examines
the decision, noting that the Commission grounded the decision
in net neutrality concerns, stating the Bell and Videotron services
"may end up inhibiting the introduction and growth of other mobile
TV services accessed over the Internet, which reduces innovation and
consumer choice."
But doesn't Canada know that Net Neutrality is going to equal government censorship and all the telcos will immediately stop any infrastructure investments? Verizon, AT&T and Comcast said so and they would never lie about anything like that.
The person who brought the challenge to the regulator's attention was a graduate student. I don't think he has very much money, just training and time.