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“We do not traffic shape downstream traffic,” says Rogers

GATINEAU and TORONTO – “Let me repeat that. We do not traffic shape downstream traffic,” said Rogers Communications senior vice-president, regulatory, Ken Englehart, told Cartt.ca on Monday.Englehart was responding to a complaint letter sent to Rogers from the CRTC over the company’s network traffic management practices. The Commission cited a few complaint filed by Rogers customers over recent changes made by the company to its traffic management practices that affect the downstream flow – and that the company was not complying with the Commission’s disclosure requirements when it comes to ITMP (Internet traffic management policies).The complainant said Rogers did not...