In fall 2009, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) developed new “traffic management” guidelines (TRP 2009-657), meant to prevent Internet service providers (ISPs) from discriminatory interference in Internet traffic, and to make ISPs’ traffic management practices more transparent. Many heralded this ruling as a key step toward protecting one of the founding principles of the Internet: Net Neutrality. As no party specifically called for the CRTC to conduct compliance audits, the Coalition considered each party’s initial response, summarized in the pages that follow, to be insufficient. (Responses are copied in full in Appendix 1 of this report) This fall, SaveOurNet addressed the parties once again, asking that they clearly articulate their position on regular ISP compliance audits. They have also been asked to indicate their stance on Net Neutrality as a whole, and to describe the practical measures that would enshrine Net Neutrality in law.
