Forbid differential pricing practices where ISPs benefit, Competition Bureau tells CRTC

OTTAWA – Certain types of differential pricing should be banned because they can harm competition, stifle innovation and increase prices, said the Competition Bureau in response to the CRTC’s plan to review the controversial practice.Differential pricing occurs when an internet service provider (ISP) charges one price for customers to consume one type of content, and another price for other types of content, a move that can influence the fundamental choices that consumers make.In its submission to the Commission, the Bureau advocates that differential pricing where ISPs receive financial benefit from content providers for favouring their content should be prohibited. An example is where...