A woman leaves a Rogers store in Ottawa, Tuesday June 26, 2012. Rogers Communications will cut almost 375 jobs as part of a cost cutting strategy announced earlier this year. The federal telecommunications watchdog says it is confident Rogers Communications is no longer slowing down gaming activities on the Internet. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
June 28, 2012 - 5:00 PM
GATINEAU, Que. - The federal telecommunications watchdog says it is confident Rogers Communications is no longer slowing down gaming activities on the Internet.
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) began investigating Rogers in 2011 when it received a complaint from the Canadian Gamers Organization.
The group said Rogers had been throttling or slowing down traffic related to online games, which the company eventually admitted.
Throttling time-sensitive traffic such as peer-to-peer games is prohibited unless the CRTC gives an Internet service provider permission in advance.
The commission conducted a technical investigation, and was satisfied Rogers followed through with its commitment to stop its traffic management practices by the end of 2012.
News from © The Canadian Press, 2012