Have you ever tried to view a favourite web page and noticed that it was taking a really long time to load? Or maybe sometimes it just won’t load at all? If you’re really unlucky your internet connection may just shut down sometimes.
Customers of the bigger internet service providers have been complaining recently about not getting what we’ve been promised from their high-speed connection packages. CBC’s Marketplace did an exploration of these providers and determined that the country’s biggest ISP’s (Bell Sympatico, Rogers Yahoo, Shaw, and Telus) were not necessarily providing consumers what they promised.
Filed under: Communication, News, Our Struggle | Tagged: bandwidth throttling, Bell Sympatico, CBC Marketplace, high-speed internet, internet, internet ownership, internet service providers, ISP, net neutrality, Rogers Yahoo, Shaw, Telus, traffic shaping
