Rogers linked to undermining the Internet

by Ed Komarek

The Canadian Radio-television Communications Commission (CRTC) is expected to soon issue a landmark decision on whether Bell and other big telecoms can continue their traffic-shaping practices that have been throttling consumers' equal access to the Internet.

Until recently, Canada's Internet was an open network -- a level playing field for free speech and innovation. All that is now threatened by a handful of corporations that want to control a "gatekeeper network" in which they decide what content and services get the fastest access to our homes.

Companies that reportedly include Rogers, Bell and Telus have been caught:

* throttling or slowing Internet traffic to businesses and consumers;
* blocking access to websites that criticized them;
* crippling consumer devices and applications.

The upcoming CRTC decision will have major and long-lasting implications for our Internet. Our online level playing field of innovation and free speech hangs in the balance.

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