Bell Canada

As Buyout Fails, Bell Canada Seeks to Bolster a Struggling Business

Stevie Converse — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 07:41:38 -0800

CRTC Ruling Not the Last Word on Net Neutrality

Lindsy Embree — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 05:44:25 -0800

CRTC Won't Ban Internet Throttling

Stevie Converse — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 06:48:33 -0800

Traffic Shaping Could Shape Online Entertainment Habits

Lindsy Embree — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 05:42:20 -0700

Telus Says Bell Should Pay for Internet Throttling Dispute

Lindsy Embree — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 08:17:04 -0700

Internet Throttling Ruling Due by End of October

Holiday Shapiro — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:47:42 -0700

Business Takes Sides in Net Neutrality Debate

Holiday Shapiro — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 07:25:03 -0700

Google Slams Bell Canada: Open Internet Is 'Extraordinary'

Holiday Shapiro — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 06:44:20 -0700

The public comments on Bell Canada's P2P throttling practices are in, and one thing is clear: a gulf the size of Nunavut separates the huge ISPs from web-based companies and consumer groups.

Bell's Internet Throttling Illegal, Google Says

Stevie Converse — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:28:53 -0700

Google Inc. says Bell Canada Inc. is breaking Canadian telecommunications law by slowing certain internet traffic, and is urging the CRTC to take action against the company.

Bell Canada Defends Shaping Internet Traffic

Stevie Converse — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 07:59:00 -0700

Bell Canada Inc. has submitted detailed information to regulators in support of its controversial practice of "throttling" certain types of Internet traffic, a move the phone company argues is necessary to relieve congestion on its network.

Bell Canada Takeover Is Blocked

Stevie Converse — Thu, 22 May 2008 09:00:42 -0700

An appeals court quashed approval for the $51.8 billion leveraged buyout of Bell Canada on Wednesday after siding with angry bondholders in a ruling.

While the unanticipated decision may not be the final ruling on the buyout, the largest leveraged deal in history, it puts its future in legal jeopardy.

Bell Canada Accused of Privacy Violations

Stevie Converse — Wed, 14 May 2008 05:45:54 -0700

A public interest group in Canada has filed a complaint asking the country's privacy commissioner to investigate Bell Canada for allegedly managing Internet traffic in a way that violates users' privacy.

Net Neutrality - Q&A with Bell Canada Expert

Stevie Converse — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:22:21 -0700

On Tuesday p2pnet ran two posts, one based on a Reader’s Write from Invictus, and the second on a later email exchange.

P2P Throttling Leading to Net Neutrality Showdown in Canada

Stevie Converse — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 06:44:23 -0700

Wireless Nomad, the small Canadian ISP that we profiled last year, has now stepped into the network neutrality debate (and we would expect nothing less from an ISP that was co-founded by a former EFF activist).

Independent Internet Providers Take Bell to Task

Stevie Converse — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 07:35:33 -0700

Call it 'traffic shaping' 'throttling' or just plain 'slowing things down', Canada's Internet Service Providers are not buying the arguments of Bell Canada concerning its network management techniques.

Indie Canadian ISPs Fight Back

Stevie Converse — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 07:36:06 -0700

Canadian law professor Michael Geist says that The Canadian Association of Internet Providers, Canada's largest ISP association, has filed a Part VII application with the CRTC asking it to demand Bell Canada ceases and desists the throttling of wholesale partners.

Shaping Canadian Web Access Revisited

Stevie Converse — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 06:27:04 -0700

Last week Simon Fodden caught all of us up on the issue of “throttling” of web access by Bell Canada that broke in the news in his post, When It All Goes Peer Shaped. This issue has continued to be the talk of the tech industry all week with no indication of letting up.

Bell Canada Hit for Slowing Traffic to Independent ISPs

Stevie Converse — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 05:37:52 -0700

Bell Canada faces possible legal action by independent Internet service providers who say the telecommunications company is slowing down peer-to-peer network traffic on bandwidth leased by the Canadian ISPs.