[ Thanks to Bernard Swiss
for this link. ]
“Last week, public concern with Internet bandwidth caps
hit a fever pitch as hundreds of thousands of Canadians signed
petitions against Internet provider practices of “metering”
Internet use. The government responded with a commitment to order
the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission to
revisit the issue. Hours later, the CRTC announced that it would
delay implementation of the decision by 60 days and review it with
fresh eyes and an open mind.“While addressing the CRTC decision is a good start, Canadians
will be disappointed — some even surprised — to learn that the
Internet caps are unlikely to disappear from their bills anytime
soon. The CRTC usage based billing (UBB) case involves the narrow
question of whether large providers such as Bell can impose UBB
rates on small providers. Even if Bell is blocked from doing so,
this would still only address a tiny segment of the
marketplace.”