Well, it's happened. Here in Canada the net neutrality debate has exploded over the last couple of days as the two big 'last mile' providers Bell and Rogers have introduced capped monthly usage amounts ranging from 60 to 100 gig depending on the plan. Further, they are now openly saying they will 'shape' peer to peer traffic (read Skype, Joost, Bittorrent) among other things. They are focusing on these services to protect their TV assets. There was no mention of 'shaping' spam which is a huge bandwidth hog. No question they are focusing on content provides that compete wit them. However, video services are not the only casualties as online gaming will take a big hit as well apparently.
Some good articles:
michael geist - From Toronto Star -- Bell's 'Throttling' Plan a Threat to a Competitive Net
Article from Ars Technica - Canadian ISPs furious over traffic throttling
Google Map of Bandwidth Throttling in Ontario
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
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