When the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) announced that Canadian Internet service providers could charge its customers on how much bandwidth was used, it tangled country’s Ethernet cables worse than a poorly installed home network.
News1130 has learned from a source within the government that Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Industry Minister Tony Clement are considering overturning the CRTC’s ruling.
The CRTC had announced last month that service providers could set a monthly usage limit and then charge per gigabyte should a customer exceed their limit. This decision would come into effect on March 1st, 2011.
With Netflix’s recent foray into the great white north and the increase in online gaming and other multimedia rich applications, Canadian Internet users would quickly spill over their cap leading to higher bills.
Source: News1130
