Canadian ISPs want to continue to be Big Brother, suggest it benefits us

Yavor — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 19:40:33 +0000

Well here we go again – the government is trying to protect consumer’s privacy and enforce net neutrality (which prohibits ISPs from collecting information about where and what you do on the net, except with a court order/warrant). Big Brother is not happy with this, as it prevents them from restricting their users and having complete control over what they do on the net.

But that’s not all – one company in particular, VideoTron, told the CRTC that it ’could be beneficial not only to users of Internet services but to society in general.’ I just don’t see the connection between throttling my connection speed (for which I have paid for), keeping track of everything I click on the net, turning off my connection if I have a virus sent to me, and beneficial. But apperantly, Videotron has it all figured out – they claim it stops viruses and spam, amongst other threats. What would we do without our trusty ISP?

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Canadian ISPs want to continue to be Big Brother, suggest it benefits us