From crippling encryption and VPNs to throttling legitimate apps and games like World of Warcraft, Canadian cable operator Rogers has been the poster boy for ham fisted network management, accounting for nearly half of all network neutrality infractions in Canada. Responding to repeated consumer complaints and a regulatory investigation at the CRTC, in early February Rogers announced they'd finally stop throttling by the end of this year. Today the CRTC announced they were closing their investigation and were satisfied with Rogers responses:The investigation ends after years of Roger lying to the public and regulators, with Rogers still currently throttling despite being given a CRTC deadline of last September. Meanwhile the throttling continues, and according to some of our users Rogers still hasn't fixed some of the legitimate things still being caught in Rogers net, including applications that use the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP). Users who complain will likely be told to "wait it out," and should Rogers continue heavy handed tactics into 2013 who knows how long it will take for anything to be done about it.

MLab data still places Rogers and Bell in the top six ISPs worldwide when it comes to throttling user connections.