The debate continues to rage on in Canada over the high-handed and anti competitive actions taken by Bell.
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080620-bell-canada-p2p-spat-may-grow-into-big-net-neutrality-war.htmlWhen Bell Canada began throttling P2P access on its network for nine hours a day in an effort to keep the tubes clear, the company probably didn't mean to goad regulators into launching a major net neutrality proceeding that could set the ground rules for ISPs across the country. But judging from this week's comments by Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) boss Konrad von Finckenstein, Q.C., that's exactly what Bell Canada is about to get.
In a speech this week (PDF), von Finckenstein pointed out that the dispute between Bell Canada and the group of small ISPs that lease wholesale access from it was only "the tip of the iceberg. Under the heading of 'net neutrality' lies a whole range of questions affecting consumers and service providers. Fundamental issues of technology, economics, competition, access and freedom of speech are all involved."
Threre seems to be a lot of talking going on at the moment with not much action, if Bell are to be taken to task it should have been sooner and in a more timely fashion, the facts are not in dispute and there appears no reason for the authorities to wait months before taking action, I suspect some back door "donations" are the key to helping slow down the effort to resolve this important issue.
