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11-06-2009, 11:11 PM
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 Status: Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Japan Posts: 19,330  |  Comcast Puts a Chokehold On Bandwidth
Comcast, the 2nd largest cable and Internet provider in the US, has released the details of their new "network management" system recently. The company came under fire last year when it was revealed that they were silently blocking some peer-to-peer network traffic, prompting a rebuke from the US Federal Communications Commission. While Comcast is no longer targeting specific network protocols, they have essentially imposed a cap on the amount of bandwidth you can use before being throttled. This is in addition to the maximum of 250 GB of data you are allowed per month before they will warn and then terminate your service for a year. More... |
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