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Bell now 'shaping' everybody's internet (pg. 6)
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| Orko |
| quote: | Originally posted by VERTiG0
WE NEED OUR LINUX ISOS |
Hey shut up. For those of us that are playing around with different distros, it has made a difference. |
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| VERTiG0 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Orko
Hey shut up. For those of us that are playing around with different distros, it has made a difference. |
www.easynews.com broseph |
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| ExtremeWays |
The problem with Bell doing traffic shaping, as I see it, is this:
The telephone and fibre lines that connect Canadians is a public infrastructure, built at tremendous expense and with a good deal of public money. Bell does not own these lines, but operates as part of a private-public partnership. Just like the television companies that broadcast on public airwaves, or radio stations that are allocated a segment of the finite radio spectrum, they have a responsibility to manage this collective resource in a way that serves Canadians. Unilateral traffic shaping is Bell imposing its view of what legitimate and illegitimate use of the network is on the rest of us. They are treating customers as guests on "their" network, when in reality the network is at least partly owned by the public.
People can and will continue to debate forever the legitimacy of P2P, piracy etc., but thats not really what this issue is all about. The issue is one of a monopoly company seizing control over public infrastructure and dictating the terms in which it is used. |
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| Orko |
| quote: | CRTC to rule on Bell's throttling on Thursday
nternet watchers are on the edge of their seats as the CRTC is set to make a landmark ruling Thursday on Bell Canada Inc.'s throttling of speeds.
The regulator will hand down its decision at 9 a.m. ET after twice delaying the ruling. The decision will determine whether Bell Canada has violated the Telecommunications Act by slowing down the internet access it sells to wholesale customers.
Those customers, a group of more than 50 small companies represented by the Canadian Association of Internet Providers, lodged a complaint with the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission about the practice in April.
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http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/...tc.html?ref=rss |
Let's see how it goes. Some how I expect them to allow Bell to continue to shape p2p traffic. |
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| smuncky |
| quote: | Originally posted by Orko
Let's see how it goes. Some how I expect them to allow Bell to continue to shape p2p traffic. |
same...unfotuently. :( |
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| VERTiG0 |
On another note, my supposed 7mbit Rogers connection is now approximately 10mbit without warning.
Awesome! |
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| Orko |
| Yeah, I have been getting 9Mbps (supposed to be 6Mbps) from my bell connection for a few weeks now, well only for http sources, nothing else. |
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| Stilez |
I'm a teksavvy customer...and low and behold, today...our promised 6mb dowload was in fact 6.5mb :) usually...it's between 5.1 - 5.5mb.
Since they use BELL lines...they were being directly affected by this practice. I'm definitely keeping my eyes/ears glued to the ruling. |
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| Orko |
| Bell has been slowly upgrading their lines all over the place, not enough for the modern internet, but a huge improvement for regular customers. |
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| r5a |
| the internet is going to explode at 9 am tomorrow. |
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| Pett |
| quote: | Originally posted by r5a
the internet is going to explode at 9 am tomorrow. |
weird my bell internet is down right now |
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| dEsidEL |
so it's now 10:43 am EST on Thursday .. what was the outcome of the ruling?
edit: nevermind :(
so much for net neutrality! (in Canada)
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