The CRTC Prepares to Lay Down the Law on the World's Worst Internet Throttler

Canadians—gamers in particular—have been furious with Rogers over its Internet throttling practices, which were recently exposed as being the worst in the entire world.

Today, progress was made in the Canadian Gamers Organization's battle against the Toronto-headquatered telco. The CGO sent a letter to the CRTC complaining that Rogers was violating Canada's Internet openness rules. The CRTC has now stated that it will move the complaint into its enforcement division, implying further action and the high possibility of a penalty against Rogers. However, the CRTC is not able to punish companies financially, so the damage must be dealt in other ways.

“Earlier this week, Rogers told the CBC that it is within full compliance with CRTC policy and guidelines," CGO co-founder Jason Koblovsky says. "We are now certain that’s not the case.”

“In violating these rules, Rogers has shown that it values its own narrow commercial interests over that of its customers and Canada's digital economy,” adds Steve Anderson, OpenMedia’s Executive Director. “Big Telecom is out of control and they need to be reined in before they damage our innovation economy further.”