Observers have called recent developments in Canadian internet access the “perfect storm” that has crystallized the need for net-neutrality legislation. First came the revelation that Bell Canada was throttling the speeds of its third-party internet resellers. Then came news that Rogers Communications was limiting how much its customers could download. Then users complained that their downloads of a CBC-TV show over BitTorrent were slowed because of throttling. To put the icing on the cake, a national union officially asked the telecommunications regulator to protect internet users from traffic interference by service providers. The net neutrality debate has exploded in Canada. But what exactly is it all about?

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