Throttling is the practice of controlling internet traffic by an internet service provider. You are probably familiar with China's restrictions on internet access, but Canadian ISPs are doing a more limited version of the same thing - they are trying to dictate what you can do online, and what sites you have access to.
For more details please see this video with Amber MacArthur of CommandN.
This morning I got the following from Steve Anderson of the Save Our Net campaign. Please take a moment to write a letter, make a comment, send an email and condider getting involved with SaveOurNet.ca so that you, and not your internet provider get to decide what you do online.
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In the coming days the federal communications regulator will issue a
landmark ruling that has huge implications for Canadians' access to
the Internet. The CRTC decision will determine whether Bell and other
big telecoms can continue to "throttle" Internet service.
Please take a few seconds to tell the CRTC to stop Internet
throttling. Your voice could be the deciding factor!
Take Action here: http://saveournet.ca/content/take-action
The commissioners have already twice delayed releasing their ruling,
suggesting that they are struggling to make a decision. We need to
make it very clear to the CRTC which side the Canadian public is on.
http://saveournet.ca/content/take-action
Until recently, Canada's Internet was an open network – a level
playing field for free speech and innovation. All that is now
threatened by a handful of corporations that want to control a
"gatekeeper network" in which they decide what content and services
get the fastest access to our homes.
These companies have been caught:
• throttling or slowing Internet traffic to businesses and consumers;
• blocking access to websites that criticized them;
• crippling consumer devices and applications.
The upcoming CRTC decision will have major and long-lasting
implications for our Internet. Our online level playing field of
innovation and free speech hangs in the balance.
Please Take Action and invite your fellow Canadians to do the same!
Start here: http://saveournet.ca/content/take-action
Other Actions:
Invite Your Facebook Friends to Join our group:
http://tinyurl.com/5qteva
In the coming days the federal communications regulator will issue a
landmark ruling that has huge implications for Canadians' access to
the Internet. The CRTC decision will determine whether Bell and other
big telecoms can continue to "throttle" Internet service.
Please take a few seconds to tell the CRTC to stop Internet
throttling. Your voice could be the deciding factor!
Take Action here: http://saveournet.ca/content/take-action
The commissioners have already twice delayed releasing their ruling,
suggesting that they are struggling to make a decision. We need to
make it very clear to the CRTC which side the Canadian public is on.
http://saveournet.ca/content/take-action
Until recently, Canada's Internet was an open network – a level
playing field for free speech and innovation. All that is now
threatened by a handful of corporations that want to control a
"gatekeeper network" in which they decide what content and services
get the fastest access to our homes.
These companies have been caught:
• throttling or slowing Internet traffic to businesses and consumers;
• blocking access to websites that criticized them;
• crippling consumer devices and applications.
The upcoming CRTC decision will have major and long-lasting
implications for our Internet. Our online level playing field of
innovation and free speech hangs in the balance.
Please Take Action and invite your fellow Canadians to do the same!
Start here: http://saveournet.ca/content/take-action
Other Actions:
Join the Facebook Group:
http://tinyurl.com/66g7wg
-and add http://saveournet.ca to your status update
Invite Your Facebook Friends to Join our group:
http://tinyurl.com/5qteva.
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