Internet Blocking Examples

According to Michael Geist, the Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law, these ISPs already have a recent “history of blocking access to contentious content (Telus), limiting bandwidth for alternative content delivery channels (Rogers), and raising the prospect of levying fees for priority content delivery.”

1. During the Telus strike in 2005, the corporation blocked access to a website run by striking Telus employees called "Voices for Change" (and at least 766 other websites) .

2. In response to customer concerns, Bell recently admitted that they “are now using Internet Traffic Management to restrict accounts that are using a large portion of bandwidth during peak hours. Some of the applications that are included are the following: bitTorrent, Gnutella, Limewire, Kazaa…”

3. Rogers Forces web users to read notices cropped over websites.
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2007/12/11/tech-rogers.html
"The messages carry Rogers' name and logo and appear in the body of Web pages in place of original content, not as a pop-up window. One such notice, posted online, showed the Rogers content occupying the top third of Google's normally sparse search page."
http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/284761

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