Bell gets approval to change way it charges ISPs

OTTAWA – The CRTC has granted interim approval to BCE Inc. to revise the way it charges small Internet service providers (ISPs) who rent parts of its network.Bell Canada and Bell Aliant can now introduce two new speed options, usage-based billing rates (instead of the flat rate billing they use now), and levy an “excessive usage” charge for its gateway access services (GAS).GAS is a mandated Bell Canada wholesale service that ISPs use to provide retail Internet services. It carries an ISP's customer's Internet traffic from the customer's location to a point in the Bell Canada network where the aggregated traffic...