said by sbrook:And if the incumbents follow it. Both parties have the habit of ignoring things. For example, Bell ignored the CRTC request for a tariff for higher speed wholesale service and brought in UBB in their response. The CRTC ignored that Bell ignored their request and approved UBB.
It's not a good track record.
Considering that the whole net neutrality problems (UBB and throttling) are based on the unproven concept that there is sufficient network congestion that Bell needed to throttle, and then that wasn't enough, that they needed UBB, and the CRTC bought their story, it's all based on a stack of lies. If Bell had put the money into infrastructure that they've spent stacking up this house of cards and lawyers to defend it, this discussion wouldn't be needed!
Good summary. This can't be said to be a "win for consumers" until -- and if -- we see meaningful enforcement from the CRTC. And the track record on that isn't too good. One gets the impression that the ISP's can now do whatever they like, as long as they disclose what they're doing. To add to the problem, both Bell and Rogers have developed cultures that reflect all the integrity of a nocturnal rodent, along with a complete disregard for the customer. These are companies about which you can safely say, if they can find a way to screw the customer, they will do it -- and if they can do it by engaging in like-minded monopolistic practices, so much the better (for them!).
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