Cable / Telecom News

Bandwidth throttling complaints to CRTC dip to six for Q3

OTTAWA - Consumer complaints received by the CRTC regarding bandwidth throttling by their Internet service providers (ISPs) continued to fall in the third quarter of this year.In its latest status report issued Thursday, the Commission reported that it received a total of 6 complaints regarding Internet Traffic Management Practices (ITMPs) from July 1 to September 30, down from the 10 complaints that were filed in the second quarter between April 1 and June 30, 2014.There is no distinction made between ITMP disclosure complaints, (those related to whether the ISP has disclosed information, on its website or in customer materials, about any ITMPs it uses)...