CRTC upholds ruling for Internet traffic shaping
On Wednesday the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission said it realizes Internet providers may need “measures to manage the traffic on their networks at certain times.” But they must ask the CRTC before they block delivery of content to an end user or slow down time-sensitive traffic, such as video conferencing or voice over IP, “to the extent that content is degraded.”
“Canada is the first country to develop and implement a comprehensive approach to Internet traffic management practices,” said Konrad von Finckenstein, Q.C., Chairman of the CRTC.
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