Last week, Rogers Cable and Telecom, Canadaâs largest cable provider, admitted that its network monitors may âinadvertentlyâ throttle traffic of customers playing online games. âInadvertentlyâ or otherwise, Canadaâs telecommunications regulator has told Rogers to knock it off.
The CRTC also reminded Rogers that it has instituted a policy that forbids Internet providers from throttling online traffic during peak hours without prior approval of the commission. In a statement Friday, Rogers said it had already corrected the problem with Warcraft traffic and wasnât aware of problems with other games.
The directive against Rogers came after the Canadian Gamers Organization filed a complaint against Rogers last month, accusing the cable giant of deliberately throttling game traffic. Rogers said game traffic might have been âmisclassifiedâ by its network monitoring, especially if gamers were running other peer-to-peer communications alongside their gaming. The CGO scoffed at that explanation. CGO head Jason Koblovsky told the Calgary Herald he suspects the problem goes beyond Rogers, and he will ask the CRTC to widen its probe.
CRTC tells Rogers to stop slowing down the speed of online games [Calgary Herald via Blueâs News.]
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