'Traffic-shaping' New Internet Buzzword

by Barry Artiste | April 7, 2008 at 04:59 pm | 609 views | 8 comments

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Barry Artiste, Now Public Contributor
You know I thought the new Buzzword MisRemembering and MisSpeaking made infamous by Hillary was a new one, apparently this pales in comparison to this weeks New Buzzword "Traffic Shaping" most likely thought up by those PR Marketing Morons who wish to basically take you for a long slow ride down what used to be the Internet Super Highway, will now be compared to a "Dial up Laneway" . That's right , Online Gaming with your lightening super fast computer is now parked in the garage, though they'll look pretty, they may now be just as fast as a circa 1980s Coleco Computer from Radio Shack.

Your Autobahn you have long enjoyed, will soon be nothing more than a Walk in the Park Literally.

Bell's new Buzzword "Internet Traffic Shaping" is a nice way of saying we are slowing internet speeds down most likely to Dial up speeds, for movies, games and music downloads for its users during prime internet periods. Just another way as the Bell Motto goes, Bell Canada is making it simpler", though profitable for Bell. As the Buzzwords continue to be fabricated daily by those who wish to Dazzle us with Brillant Buzzwords, while Baffling us with Bullsh*t.

Independent Internet service providers who use Bell Canada's telephone lines say some of their customers face slower download times because of new 'traffic-shaping' policies being implemented by the telecom giant.

CTV.ca News Staff

Last week, the Canadian Association of Internet Providers (CAIP), filed an official complaint with the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission over the 'traffic-shaping' measures.

CAIP alleges Bell is using a technique known as Deep Packet Inspection, or DPI, to examine the types of data moving across the Internet. CAIP claims Bell is then restricting the movements of certain types of data -- primarily large files such as movies or music over peer-to-peer networks.

The complaint alleges that the measures are in violation of several section of the country's telecommunications act.

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mtippett

at 01:42 on April 8th, 2008

good stuff:

I can't believe nobody has flagged this yet. This is a important story.

Barry Artiste

at 02:11 on April 8th, 2008

Thanks for the Flag and comment, I thought important enough of a story in which Canadians most likely are being scammed with supposedly fast internet, how can you tell without a internet speedometer?

I thought my personal artists rendition on the subject was appropriate for this story, my Photoshop a Humourists / Journalists best friend in getting a stories point across to our readers.

BigT

at 02:17 on April 8th, 2008

good stuff:

Give something cr@ppy a fun name like "traffic shaping" and no one will know they're being cheated. This, unfortunately, is marketing 101. Companies need to maximize profits and, since most companies have little creative genius, the only way they can do that is by sticking it to their customers.

Barry Artiste

at 02:19 on April 8th, 2008

Thanks BigT, I agree, and Bell are one of Canada's greatest sodomizers when it comes to giving you the old reach around in customer service

mtippett

at 11:45 on April 8th, 2008

This is a good place to go to see where this issue is going.

Barry Artiste

at 17:52 on April 8th, 2008

Thakns mtippett for the link and adding to the story, much appreciated. Now the following from this link even I can understand, Traffic shaping is replaced by Choke and throttle, certainly two things Canadian consumers would like to do to Bell.

Thank

CAIP is therefore asking for an order, issued on an urgent and expedited basis, "directing Bell Canada to immediately cease and desist from using any technologies to "shape", "throttle" and/or "choke" its wholesale ADSL services."

Jarrett Martineau

at 18:00 on April 8th, 2008

good stuff:

Thanks for this Barry. Of course our beloved ISPs and telecoms are finally figuring out ways to restrict and inhibit our online activities; isn't that the next (il)logical step after they've sufficiently monitored everything we do online? Call in the hackers. I refuse to be dazzled by manipulative doubletechspeak.

Barry Artiste

at 20:20 on April 8th, 2008

Thanks Jarrett, certainly getting screwed by Corporate Canada is getting more and more worse as we merrily go about our day. Any Money we have they want and will do anything to suck that last cent we have.