Throttling And Internet Shaping Is Hurting Consumers ISP’s Claim
Ottawa (eCanadaNow) - All across Canada consumers and Internet Service Providers (ISP's) alike are crying out for relief at the traffic interrupting and Internet Traffic Shaping that is occurring. Such actions, critics say, are hurting the consumer and are unfair business practices that should not be occurring.
CBC released their final episode of the popular “Next Great Prime Minister,” over the Internet, providing a much wider customer and consumer audience than they would have had merely over the airwaves. A typical download of the program, which should have taken mere minutes, in many cases under a single hour, in fact took up to 11 hours in some cases.
Such traffic shaping is unfair, and directly hurts consumers and Internet Providers alike.
The Canadian Association of Internet Providers is on the case. The CAIP is requesting that the Canadian Radio Television and Telecommunications Commission require Canada Bell to immediately cease its traffic shaping and Internet traffic throttling.
Both Canada Bell and Rogers Internet have been using the practice to control Internet traffic. In the United States, the Comcast Corp has announced it will stop the controversial action after the regulators in the U.S. have become angry.
The chairman of CAIP, Tom Copeland, spoke out on the issue. “Because the ones that are affected, the end users, they are not the customer of Bell Canada. Bell Canada is affecting our ability to satisfy our customers on our own network as we see fit. They have no right to be engaging in traffic choking, shaping or traffic throttling,” said Mr. Copeland.
Canadian CRTC has agreed and is demanding a response from Canada Bell. They have given Bell Canada until Tuesday to answer the complaint, at which point the CAIP and Chairman Copeland will then have seven days to reply.
