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Originally Posted by taxbuster
It's "through" already. The Court Order exists and is extant and likely will be used for Game 1 of the Finals. I'll be testing. 
The question is whether the "smart user" can get around the block. Merely using a VPN may not prove good enough (but we'll see). Depends on how deep the packet inspection launched by the #BigTelecom companies is.
There is a highly secret file (known in the industry as the "bot file" or "STB file") which the CRTC has used as a piledriver to push this on behalf of the Telcos/ISPs....who just also happen to be the owners of the actual media licenses.
It is this concentration of ownership that has given rise to the blocking order -- the folks "owning the licenses" and "blocking the access" are one and the same. |
Are you elaborate on what this bot file or STB file is? How is it that the CRTC is using it for leverage on behalf of the telcos? That makes sense that Rogers Sportnet is also in the position of soon to be the largest wireline provider in Canada thus enabling this to be an easy change. Does that mean the court order is really just the legal permission for the providers to start obstructing the free flow of information and net neutrality in their favor?