Videotron Call for an Internet Transmission Tariff
Published Friday, November 03, 2006 by James | E-mail this post
With video and music downloads gobbling up Internet
bandwidth at an ever-expanding pace, Canadian cable company
Videotron is pushing for content providers like movie
studios to share some of the cost to expand broadband
pipelines. Videotron boss Robert Depatie wants the federal
government to slap a transmission tariff on providers — like
the music and film industry — so they can shoulder part of
the burden.
Canadian Press.