CRTC rules on Traffic Management Practices

Wed Oct 21 18:42:52 UTC 2009

Tim Lampman wrote:
> Joe Maimon wrote:

>> In that scenario, a broadband user who is a customer of Mom'N'Pop ISP 
>> is getting throttled by a third party providing a L2 backhaul.
>>
>> From what you have posted, this would now require prior approval. As I 
>> feel strongly that this behavior is quite wrong and should not happen, 
>> I am encouraged by these rules.
>>
>> Joe
>>
> It would appear this is how it should be, however the track record of 
> Bell heeding the CRTC's rulings has not been good. Last year Bell was 
> ordered to offer matching speeds to their wholesale GAS customers to 
> that of their retail offerings, they simply never complied. This ruling 
> only applies to time sensitive traffic, most of which Bell does not 
> currently throttle. While I think most people would agree that its 
> completely wrong to throttle the traffic of a third party wholesale 
> customer, the reality is that Bell does this every day and will continue 
> to do so regardless of what the CRTC tells them.
> 

Disappointing, but at least it is not a step in the wrong direction.