With its ruling that Internet providers can’t give free data to consumers who stream certain music or video content, Canada’s telecom regulator broke from its American counterpart by reiterating its position that carriers should simply act as pipes.
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission reinforced its position on net neutrality rules Thursday with a decision that confirms Internet providers will be treated as common carriers that cannot pick favourites among the content that travels across their networks.
“Dumb pipes it is!” reacted Desjardins analyst Maher Yaghi, writing in a note to clients that the requirement for content-agnostic data pricing effectively bans the practice known as differential pricing or zero rating.
Emily Jackson – Financial Post – April 21, 2017.
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