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Time Warner Cable Implements Packet Shaping
RFC writes "In a move that may be indicative of modern ISP customer service, Time Warner has announced the introduction of packet shaping technology to its network. 'Packet shaping technology has been implemented for newsgroup applications, regardless of the provider, and all peer-to-peer networks and certain other high bandwidth applications not necessarily limited to audio, video, and voice over IP telephony.' As the poster observes, this essentially renders premium service useless. The company is already warning users that attempts to circumvent these measures is a violation of their Terms of Service."
Time Warner Cable is showing just how much they learned from AOL during the AOL/Timer Warner days.
You need to understand the basic principles of modern contracts:
"What the large print giveth, the small print taketh away."
-- Tom
Now, if a bunch of /.ers got together and started an ISP (grafting on the significant marketing, legal, HR, and executive chops you'd need), who here really thinks the final company, Applied Slashdot Superiority, would offer a significantly less evil/more reliable offering to the public?
Get thee glass eyes, and, like a scurvy politician, seem to see things thou dost not.--King Lear
Posting AC for obvious reasons.
3) go fuck yourself.
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We in Georgia enjoy the fruits of all of your USF payments in the form of outstanding rural DSL availability. As for those of you comparing T1 to 5Mbps keep in mind that the T's only real advantage is the guaranteed speed and uptime. Let's face it, it's slower down and as for the up speed, what do I care how fast my request for porn gets to the server as long as it's delivered at a decent rate.
In your view:
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Removal of anti-trust enforcement = bad
Splitting Ma Bell (a monopolist service provider) = bad
Does not compute. Please re-phrase your statement and bring some coherent standpoint before proceeding.
One question out of curiosity: can you say "functioning government controlled monopolies" with a straight face? I always have to giggle a bit when reading that. But it wasn't until I read "customer hostile corporate policy" that I broke out in tears of joy.
"Functioning government controlled monopolies" that are not "customer hostile". Yeah. I still have that bridge for sale and the Eiffel tower on special offers, you know?
Never trust anyone from a state with corners.
When in doubt, parenthesize. At the very least it will let some poor schmuck bounce on the % key in vi. (Larry Wall)
Gee, this sounds an AWFUL lot like cellular service as it stands. When will THAT be fixed?
I can't wait to get behind the Applied Slashdot Superiority VIOP division. We could have ads about talking through you ASS connection and talking out your ASS to other clients in your corporate WAN as well as ASS to ASS for optimal quality and a satisfaction that no other service can offer.