{"id":166,"date":"2009-07-22T07:21:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-22T07:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=166"},"modified":"2009-07-22T07:21:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-22T07:21:00","slug":"net-management-and-micro-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=166","title":{"rendered":"Net management and micro-management"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In summing up the internet network management hearing, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgeist.ca\/content\/view\/4171\/135\/\">Michael Geist<\/a> makes an observation that may inadvertently make the case as to why no regulatory intervention is required: <\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"font-size: 85%; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); text-align: justify;\"><p>Days of testimony revealed the issue is far more complicated than the rhetoric might suggest. First, there is a wide variation in the use of traffic management tools with a different approach for pretty much every major ISP.  Some throttle all the time (Cogeco), some during large chunks of the day (Bell), some only during congested periods (Shaw), and some not at all (Telus, Videotron). <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In other words, consumers have choice. We should be concerned if every ISP uses the same, government-mandated network management techniques, without competition driving innovation, evolution, differentiation and consumer choice.<\/p>\n<p>Barrett Xplore&#8217;s oral comments summarized 3 principles that should be at the core of the CRTC&#8217;s decision: (i) transparency; (ii) non-discriminatory treatment; and (iii) non-interference with content. Items (ii) and (iii) are handled by legislation; the first is largely covered by companies responding to competition. The CRTC should deal with internet traffic management complaints in response to specific complaints and resist the calls for <i>ex-ante<\/i> regulation.<\/p>\n<p>The marketplace is working.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In summing up the internet network management hearing, Michael Geist makes an observation that may inadvertently make the case as to why no regulatory intervention is required: Days of testimony revealed the issue is far more complicated than the rhetoric might suggest. 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