UPDATED: Commission escalates Rogers vs. World of Warcraft gamers battle

GATINEAU – The CRTC has told online gamers that its complaints over Rogers network management policies have been heard and that the big ISP may face some sort of penalty or public hearing. According to a news release Thursday evening from Openmedia.ca, the Canadian Gamers Organization was told by the Commission in a letter on Thursday from chief compliance and enforcement officer Andrea Rosen that its ongoing complaints against Rogers will be referred to the Commission’s Compliance and Enforcement Sector for further action. The gamers say that Rogers’ throttling of peer-to-peer traffic is a major impediment to online game playing,...