On Friday, Rogers was served with written notice and has been given 2 weeks to respond to the CRTC with either a rebuttal of their evidence or a produced plan which will ensure their compliance with Net Neutrality laws. Failure to provide a meaningful rebuttal or an effective plan will result in recommendation to Commissioners to hold a show-cause hearing.
The commission's traffic management policy, announced in the fall of 2009, stipulates that the noticeable degradation of time-sensitive Internet traffic, such as video chatting and gaming, requires prior approval from the CRTC. Companies also must disclose to their customers if they're slowing down peer-to-peer file-sharing traffic.
The directive also said the tactic of slowing down certain online traffic only should be used as a last resort to deal with network congestion and encourages companies to use "economic measures," such as data caps, to manage demand.
From their letter (CRTC):
Based on the preliminary results of our ongoing investigation, Commission staff is of the belief that Rogers Communications Inc. (“Rogers”) applies a technical ITMP to unidentified traffic using default peer-to-peer (“P2P”) ports. On the basis of our evidence to date, any traffic from an unidentified time-sensitive application making use of P2P ports will be throttled resulting in noticeable degradation of such traffic.
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The commission's traffic management policy, announced in the fall of 2009, stipulates that the noticeable degradation of time-sensitive Internet traffic, such as video chatting and gaming, requires prior approval from the CRTC. Companies also must disclose to their customers if they're slowing down peer-to-peer file-sharing traffic.
The directive also said the tactic of slowing down certain online traffic only should be used as a last resort to deal with network congestion and encourages companies to use "economic measures," such as data caps, to manage demand.
From their letter (CRTC):
Based on the preliminary results of our ongoing investigation, Commission staff is of the belief that Rogers Communications Inc. (“Rogers”) applies a technical ITMP to unidentified traffic using default peer-to-peer (“P2P”) ports. On the basis of our evidence to date, any traffic from an unidentified time-sensitive application making use of P2P ports will be throttled resulting in noticeable degradation of such traffic.
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