The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) told Bell Canada Inc. on Thursday that it has until June 23rd to make public data that it had marked confidential in it's filing to the commission on May 29th regarding it's traffic throttling practices. At the time of the filing Bell argued that the data, which details it's level of internet traffic, must remain secret for competitive reasons. The CRTC director general of competition, costing and tariffs Paul Godin told Bell in a letter "Commission staff has determined, based on all the material before it, that no specific direct harm would likely result from disclosure, or that the public interest in disclosure outweighs any specific direct harm that might result from disclosure," Mark Langton, a spokesman for Bell, said "Our folks are still looking at it, but I see no issue with complying," The story has sparked quite alot of debate in the comments section on the CBC's website.
