Tag: CAIP

…the Consumer Groups note Bell Canada’s somewhat thin argument on s. 36 to the effect that throttling is examination of the “application header of the content but not the content itself.” This is akin to arguing that one is listening into a telephone conversation and identifying the language being spoken but not listening to the words. However, this is a false analogy, as Bell does influence the content of the message by blocking the usability of the P2P protocol by slowing it down, thus rendering its purpose (to quickly download large files) moot. To continue the language analogy, Bell is effectively listening in for, say, Mandarin Chinese and making sure the call breaks up and drops out to the point that half of the speakers simply abandon the call.