Thread: Traffic throttling by Canadian ISPs not required, experts tell CRTC
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Old 02-28-2009, 05:49 PM   #9
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Originally Posted by cal_guy View Post
In fact Shaw was one of the first to implement throttling. The only major ISP in Canada that doesn't throttle is Telus.

http://arstechnica.com/business/news...e-internet.ars
They have throttled in smaller markets where the aging infrastructure could not handle the load created by torrents (or p2p in general). They do not currently, nor have they ever to my knowledge throttled torrents in Calgary.
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