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Slashdot: Comcast's New Throttling Plan Uses Trigger Conditions, Not Silent Blocking
Engadget: Comcast announces new bandwidth throttling scheme (update: old news)
DSLreports - front page: Comcast Slammed For Non-Existent Throttling Changes - A few people apparently haven't been paying attention...
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.@comcast throttling customers' internet - http://bit.ly/1MVLWT - If we have to pay for dedicated bandwidth, shouldn't we use all of it? 22 days ago |
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@bigplrbear well anyways this is what slashdot says - http://bit.ly/1MVLWT 23 days ago |
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Sorry Comcast this is not cool: http://bit.ly/1MVLWT 23 days ago |
Comcast's New Throttling Plan Uses Trigger Conditions, Not Silent Blocking
Slashdot —
... for more than 15 minutes. Its second traffic throttling trigger is tripped when the Cable Modem Termination System you're hooked-up to – along with up to 15,000 other Comcast subscribers – gets congested, and your traffic is somehow identified as being responsible. Tripping either of Comcast's high bandwidth usage rate triggers results in throttling for at least 15 minutes, or until your average bandwidth utilisation rate drops below 50 per cent for 15 minutes." Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Comcast announces new bandwidth throttling scheme (update: old news)
Engadget —
... System gets congested and it decides that you're partially responsible. Should you run afoul of the traffic warden, expect to find yourself down-throtted for at least 15 minutes, or until your average bandwidth utilisation rate drops below 50 per cent for 15 minutes. If there is no congestion, however, you shouldn't notice any difference whatsoever -- unless, of course, John McCain gets his way. Warning: PDF read link.
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Comcast announces new bandwidth throttling scheme
Engadget —
... or if your particular Cable Modem Termination System gets congested and it decides that you're partially responsible. Should you run afoul of the traffic warden, expect to find yourself down-throtted for at least 15 minutes, or until your average bandwidth utilisation rate drops below 50 per cent for 15 minutes. If there is no congestion, however, you shouldn't notice any difference whatsoever -- unless, of course, John McCain gets his way. Warning: PDF read link.
[Via Slashdot] ...
Comcast Slammed For Non-Existent Throttling Changes - A few people apparently haven't been paying attention...
DSLreports - front page —
... We've certainly levied more than our fair share of criticism at Comcast over the years, but late yesterday the cable giant took one hell of a beating for doing, well, absolutely nothing. It began when Slashdot posted a story saying that Comcast had imposed a new throttling system. Comcast actually hadn't -- the story Slashdot linked to was nearly a year old and explored a throttling system Comcast implemented almost a year ago. ...
