Ignore call for net neutrality: Canadian analyst

The Canadian government shouldn't give in to demands that Internet providers treat all traffic the same, says a Canadian telecommunications consultancy, which warns so-called Network Neutrality will lead to the demise of the Internet as a useful tool. "Packet equality does not make for a better Internet," says the Montreal-based SeaBoard Group in a report released Thursday, "without some form of congestion management, the Internet will become a much less useful tool." The report comes out as the industry awaits the release of a ruling by the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) on a complaint from a group of Internet service providers against Bell Canada's traffic-shaping efforts.