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Bell Sympatico
Type Subsidiary of Bell Canada
Founded November 29, 1995
Headquarters Montreal, Quebec
Industry Internet Service Provider
Products xDSL, WiMax and dial-up
Website bell.ca/servicesympatico

Bell Sympatico, originally and frequently called Sympatico, is the residential internet service provider division of Bell Canada. A subsidiary, in business matters is an entity that is controlled by a bigger and more powerful entity Bell Canada, commonly shortened to "Bell" is a major Canadian Telecommunications company Montreal, or Montréal in French ( pronounced in French, in English) is the largest city in the Canadian province of Quebec For other uses of this term see Industry (disambiguation An industry (from Latin industrius, "diligent industrious" An Internet service provider ( ISP, also called Internet access provider or IAP) is a company which primarily offers their customers access to the Internet In Marketing, a product is anything that can be offered to a Market that might satisfy a want or need WiMAX, an approximate acronym of Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access, is a Telecommunications technology that provides for the wireless transmission Dial-up Internet Access is a form of Internet access via Telephone lines The user's computer or Router uses an attached Modem connected to a A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages Within a urban area there is a tendency for land uses to Aggregate. An Internet service provider ( ISP, also called Internet access provider or IAP) is a company which primarily offers their customers access to the Internet Bell Canada, commonly shortened to "Bell" is a major Canadian Telecommunications company It is affiliated with MSN. MSN (The M icro' s' oft N etwork is a collection of Internet services provided by Microsoft. As of March 2006, Sympatico had over 2 million subscribers in Ontario and Quebec and is the largest ADSL ISP in Canada. Ontario (ɒnˈtɛrioʊ is a province located in the central part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest after Quebec Quebec (kwɨˈbɛk

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History

Sympatico was launched on November 29, 1995. Events 1777 - San Jose California, is founded as el Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Originally a national service operated jointly by Canada's ILECs, the companies other than Bell (including Aliant) have since retreated to their own brands. ILEC, short for Incumbent local exchange carrier, is a local Telephone company in the United States that was in existence Bell Aliant Regional Communications is a communications company providing services primarily in rural areas throughout eastern Bell subsidiaries NorthernTel, Télébec and Northwestel continue to brand their internet services as Sympatico, and users receive an @ntl. NorthernTel (formerly Northern Telephone Limited or NTL is a Telephone company in Ontario, Canada. Télébec is a Telephone company located in the Province of Quebec in Canada. Northwestel (a short-form name sometimes spelt NorthwesTel, for Northwest Telecommunications) Inc sympatico. ca, @tlb. sympatico. ca, or @sympatico. ca email address, respectively.

Starting in Summer 2003, Sympatico tried to differentiate its service from its competitors by adding Radial Point's (formerly Zero Knowledge) suite of antivirus, firewall and anti-spyware services for extra charge. A firewall is an integrated collection of security measures designed to prevent unauthorized electronic access to a networked computer system Such content will be deleted Specific software is to be mentioned in this article only In 2004, Sympatico added a wireless modem-router hardware upgrade and Microsoft's MSN Premium software to its portfolio. Wireless communication is the transfer of information over a distance without the use of electrical conductors or " Wires quot MSN (The M icro' s' oft N etwork is a collection of Internet services provided by Microsoft. See also MSN MSN Premium is a Subscription service provided by MSN which combines a number of different Internet services into a premium-service In Summer 2007, Sympatico packaged its Security suite and wireless home networking modem together with its high speed offering as Sympatico Total Internet. Wireless communication is the transfer of information over a distance without the use of electrical conductors or " Wires quot

Etymology

The name Sympatico was chosen for its universal recognition by both English and French speakers, as both are official languages of Canada. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people Visually and phonetically it resembles the English and French words "sympathetic" and "sympathique" (meaning "kind"), respectively. The word is pronounced as in the Italian, Portuguese or Spanish "simpático", with the emphasis on the second syllable in English.

Equipment

Bell Sympatico offers many tiers of service based on two different kinds of technology: Dial Up service, based on telephone modem equipment as well as DSL services, based on ADSL technology. Dial-up Internet Access is a form of Internet access via Telephone lines The user's computer or Router uses an attached Modem connected to a Modem (from mo dulator- dem odulator is a device that modulates an analog carrier signal to encode Digital information Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line ( ADSL) is a form of DSL, a data communications technology that enables faster data transmission over Copper Telephone The main differences in both equipments vary from the speed of signal, its length and its ability to overcome the noise of a phone line.

Three other Sympatico-branded Internet services are also offered:

Controversy

Project Cleanfeed Canada

In November 2006, to address the problem of the accidental access to child pornography sites, especially by those under the age of majority, Bell, Bell Aliant, MTS Allstream, Rogers, Shaw, SaskTel, Telus, and Videotron, in conjunction with cybertip.ca (a nationwide tipline for reporting the online sexual exploitation of children), announced the creation of Project Cleanfeed Canada, an initiative designed to block access to child pornography sites. Bell Aliant Regional Communications is a communications company providing services primarily in rural areas throughout eastern Manitoba Telecom Services Inc ( or MTS, formerly Manitoba Telephone System is the primary telecommunications carrier in the Canadian Province of Rogers Communications Inc (,) is one of Canada's largest communications companies particularly in the field of wireless communications and Cable television, with additional Shaw Communications is a Canadian Telecommunications company that provides telephone internet and television services Saskatchewan Telecommunications (SaskTel is a provincial Crown Corporation operating under the authority of the Saskatchewan Telecommunications Act Telus ( TSX: T TA NYSE: TU is a national Telecommunications company in Canada that provides a wide range of communications products and Vidéotron Limited is an integrated Telecommunications company active in Cable television, Interactive Multimedia development It is based on a similar program introduced by British Telecom in 2004. [1] Project Cleanfeed Canada uses an encrypted blacklist of known child-pornography sites operating outside the country and targets only those sites that offer images of prepubescent children. [2]

However, some critics denounce the initiative, saying that this amounts to nothing more than internet censorship. Censorship is the suppression of speech or deletion of communicative material which may be considered objectionable harmful or sensitive as determined by a censor Others argue that it is a risk worth taking. [3]

Bandwidth throttling

Users of bandwidth that Sympatico deem excessive have been sent warning letters that state they are in violation of their Service Agreement and Acceptable Use Policy. As a result their use is throttled during peak hours. Bandwidth throttling is a method of ensuring a bandwidth intensive device such as a server, will limit ("throttle" the quantity of data it transmits and/or Some have questioned the legality of this. [4]

As of April 7 2008, Bell will begin using deep packet inspection to identify and throttle all BitTorrent traffic across its network[5], regardless of actual bandwidth use. Deep packet inspection ( DPI) (or sometimes complete packet inspection) is a form of Computer network Packet filtering that examines the Data This will also affect its DSL resellers, who have filed a formal complaint to the CRTC[6]. CRTC may also stand for Cathode Ray Tube Controller. Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission ( CRTC, in French Conseil Critics claim Bell's move stifles competition, violates net neutrality, and discriminates against legitimate uses of the BitTorrent protocol. See also Network neutrality in the United States See also Network neutrality in Canada Definitions of network neutrality Advocates offer three [7]

See also

References

  1. ^ Martin Bright (2004-06-06). Bell Canada, commonly shortened to "Bell" is a major Canadian Telecommunications company Bell Mobility is the division of Bell Canada which sells Wireless services in Canada. Bell Video Store (formerly Videoplayca is the Internet video-on-demand service offered by Bell Sympatico. The Sympatico / MSN Music Store is a Canadian online music service allowing users to download music in a variety of purchase models "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Events 1508 - Maximilian I Holy Roman Emperor, is defeated in Friulia by Venetian forces; he is forced to sign a three-year BT puts block on child porn sites. Guardian Unlimited. Retrieved on 2007-12-28. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1065 - Westminster Abbey is Consecrated. 1308 - The reign of Emperor Hanazono, Emperor of
  2. ^ Michael Geist (2006-11-24). Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 380 - Theodosius I makes his adventus, or formal Project Cleanfeed Canada. Michael Geist. Retrieved on 2007-12-28. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1065 - Westminster Abbey is Consecrated. 1308 - The reign of Emperor Hanazono, Emperor of
  3. ^ Michael Geist (2006-12-04). Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. "December 4th" redirects here For the song by Jay-Z, see December 4th (song. Child porn plan a risk worth taking. TheStar. com. Retrieved on 2007-12-28. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1065 - Westminster Abbey is Consecrated. 1308 - The reign of Emperor Hanazono, Emperor of
  4. ^ Bell Sympatico P2P Black List. 2008-11-03.
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