This was an interview with a politician who believes the current atitude of sitting back and doing nothing to protect the consumers interests as regards ISP companies is wrong.
http://www.p2pnet.net/story/15705Bell and other major Canadian ISPs such as Rogers and Videotron are learning the painful, for them, lesson that in this era of instant online communications where people can talk directly to each other, bypassing the traditional media, it doesn’t pay to mess with your customers.
At government level, industry minister Jim Prentice dismissively passed the buck for dealing with corporate traffic “management” or “shaping” directly back to the ordinary people who’d elected him, telling them if they wanted anything done about Bell, they’d have to do it themselves: he wasn’t about to step in on their behalf.
Fortunately, however, another federal politician didn’t, and doesn’t, share Prentice’s views.
Charlie Angus is the NDP digital culture spokesman. He believes the ISPs are accountable, and he’s said so repeatedly and in no uncertain terms.
The interview is quite long and best read with a beverage of your choice but some interesting points are raised such as pricing structures and a proposal to remove certain consumer friendly rules that Bell seem to be seeking, something that many Canadian consumers will bear the brunt off if they can sneak it through.
