NETWORK MANAGEMENT: Commission calls for network transparency

OTTAWA-GATINEAU – Canadian ISPs will have to do better at telling their customers what their network management practices are, the CRTC said this morning.The Commission introduced a new framework (as Cartt.ca told you yesterday was coming, complete with hearing background) to guide Internet service providers in their use of Internet traffic management practices which will, among other things, require ISPs to inform consumers of their practices.“Canada is the first country to develop and implement a comprehensive approach to Internet traffic management practices,” said Konrad von Finckenstein, chairman of the CRTC, in the press release. “The centrepiece of our approach is...