[d at DCC] CBC: Heritage committee urges net neutrality rules

[Colin Keigher]

And of course, knowing how the Conservatives feel about the CBC, they'll 
just gloss over this fact.

- Colin

alayne at twobikes.ottawa.on.ca wrote:
> http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/02/29/tech-cbcnet.html
>
> Heritage committee urges net neutrality rules
> Last Updated: Friday, February 29, 2008 | 6:38 PM ET
> CBC News
>
> By Peter Nowak
>
> The federal standing committee on Canadian heritage has urged the CRTC to 
> curb interference in internet traffic by service providers such as Bell 
> Canada and Rogers Communications, particularly in the case of the CBC.
>
> Canadian service providers, including Bell and Rogers, have admitted to 
> "bandwidth shaping," or giving priority to certain types of internet 
> traffic over others.
> [...]
>
> The heritage committee, in a larger report released on Thursday that 
> recommends an annual funding increase for the CBC to $1.35 billion a year 
> from the current $1.1 billion, has come down in favour of net neutrality, 
> a principle that holds all users of the internet should be treated 
> equally.
>
> Maintaining a level internet playing field is vital to the CBC's online 
> operations, since the CBC does not have the size benefit of private media 
> companies that own both content and broadband distribution networks, the 
> committee said. An ISP that also sells customers television services could 
> favour its own offerings and give them priority on the internet. 
> [...]
>
>