Bell's internet throttling illegal, Google says
Last Updated: Monday, July 7, 2008 4:56 PM ET
By Peter Nowak CBC News
Google says the internet is too important to allow Bell or other service providers to act as a 'gatekeeper.' (Jens Meyer/Associated Press)
Google Inc. says Bell Canada Inc. is breaking Canadian telecommunications law by slowing certain internet traffic, and is urging the CRTC to take action against the company.
"Bell claims its throttling of peer-to-peer applications is a reasonable form of network management. Google respectfully disagrees. Network management does not include Canadian carriers’ blocking or degrading lawful applications that consumers wish to use," the company wrote in a 15-page submission to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, which was made public over the weekend.
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