Tuesday, February 6, 2007

Conservatives Hose Us With Net Neutrality

Gee, do you think that Telus might throttle Skype so you can't use VOIP for free when they offer a competing service? How stupid can this be?

Internal documents suggest the Tory government is reluctant to impose consumer safeguards for the web because it wants to protect the competitive position of businesses that offer Internet access.

Documents obtained by The Canadian Press indicate that senior advisers to Industry Minister Maxime Bernier, who has previously declared a "consumer first" approach, are carefully heeding the arguments of large telecommunications companies like Videotron and Telus against so-called Net neutrality legislation.

 


http://www.cbc.ca/cp/business/070206/b0206149A.html

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