Commission launches hearing into network management

OTTAWA-GATINEAU – It’ll be hot in Gatineau this July as network neutrality advocates will finally get to face off against the big Canadian ISPs over the corporations’ network traffic management practices. While the CRTC today announced that it has denied the Canadian Association of Internet Providers’ (CAIP) request that Bell Canada cease the traffic-shaping it has adopted for its wholesale Gateway Access Service (In the future, however, Bell Canada will be required to notify its wholesale customers at least 30 days in advance of making changes that impact on the performance of its Gateway Access Service), the Commission has begun...