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Gabe from TSI posted these charts to the dslreports.com forums and it shows how badly Bell’s anti-competitive practices are affecting not just p2p traffic but all types of traffic.

Besides the sizable drop in network speed, notice how the throttling is still in effect well beyond Bell’s stated window of 4pm to midnight.

Below is a chart illustrating traffic type/usage over time prior to Bell throttling the networks.  Note: Gabe indicated that the last two charts show services stacked bottom to top, from highest traffic type usage (UDP) to lowest (ICMP):

 

Below is what it looks like post-throttling.

What’s particularly telling is the scale on the left hand side of the last two graphics.  Bell has effectively cut TekSavvy’s traffic to more than a third of normal.  And it’s not just TekSavvy, it’s all wholesaler ISPs.

Notice the roughness of the traffic profile after throttling.  Throttling is affecting all types of traffic, not just p2p.

Bell says their throttling measures are intended to control p2p traffic and that p2p traffic accounts for "70%-90%" of all traffic on their networks.  TekSavvy’s charts show that p2p traffic is only #3 on the usage chart.

According to Bell’s claims, one would think that p2p should be dominating those charts, especially when it comes to TekSavvy, an ISP that has a large number of  p2p users because they don’t engage in traffic shaping.

That "70%-90%" figure sounds like more Bell bullshit.  And the shit’s hitting the fan now.

The National Union of Public and General Employees (NUPGE) has formally requested of the CRTC to investigate the impact of traffic shaping on Canadian users.  They go on to stress the fact that the issue of net neutrality is being taken seriously by the United States and that "continued silence on these matters by the CRTC and the Canadian government violates the trust the Canadian people have placed in you."

Tags: bell sucks, net neutrality, p2p, throttling teksavvy, tsi

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