[118393] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: CRTC rules on Traffic Management Practices
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Peddemors)
Wed Oct 21 12:04:23 2009
From: Michael Peddemors <michael@linuxmagic.com>
To: nanog@nanog.org
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:03:21 -0700
In-Reply-To: <C704BC0C.406B3%jeff.gallagher@bellaliant.ca>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
Holy Hannah!
ISP actions affecting content
According to the Telecommunications Act, a telecommunications company must=
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obtain the Commission=E2=80=99s prior approval to =E2=80=9Ccontrol the cont=
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the meaning or purpose of telecommunications=E2=80=9D carried over its netw=
ork. The=20
Commission does not consider such disruptive actions to be proper Internet=
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traffic management practices, and they will always require prior approval.
An ISP would therefore need to seek the Commission=E2=80=99s approval befor=
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implemented a practice that would:
block the delivery of content to an end-user, or
slow down time-sensitive traffic, such as videoconferencing or Internet=20
telephone (Voice over Internet Protocol) services, to the extent that the=20
content is degraded.
When faced with these requests, the Commission will only grant its approval=
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the most exceptional cases.
The email marketing lobby already got the legislation watered down on the s=
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front, but does this in essence say that ISP's are no longer allowed to blo=
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email content, viruses et al?
On October 21, 2009, Jeff Gallagher wrote:
> For those following the regulatory / net neutrality debate, the Canadian
> Radio and Telecommunications Commission released this morning a decision
> requiring additional transparency with respect to the traffic management
> practices of Canadian service providers.
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> News Release:
> http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/NEWS/RELEASES/2009/r091021.htm
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> Policy Details:
> http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2009/2009-657.htm
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> Jeff Gallagher =20
> Network Engineering
> jeff.gallagher@bellaliant.ca
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