Google says Bell Canada is breaking Canadian telecommunications law by throttling certain internet traffic, and is urging the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to take action against the company.

Peter Nowak of CBC News reports today that Google has made a 15-page submission to CRTC which went public over the weekend. Quoting from the submission: "Bell claims its throttling of peer-to-peer applications is a reasonable form of network management. Google respectfully disagrees. Network management does not include Canadian carriers' blocking or degrading lawful applications that consumers wish to use."

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