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Time Warner Cable Implements Packet Shaping

Posted by Zonk on from the neutral-networks-breath-easy dept.

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."

5 of 492 comments (clear)

  1. Their experience with AOL is showing by ColeonyxOnline · · Score: 3, Funny

    Time Warner Cable is showing just how much they learned from AOL during the AOL/Timer Warner days.

  2. Re:If you don't get by TomQ · · Score: 5, Funny

    You need to understand the basic principles of modern contracts:

    "What the large print giveth, the small print taketh away."

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  3. Re:If you don't get by smittyoneeach · · Score: 4, Funny

    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?

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    Get thee glass eyes, and, like a scurvy politician, seem to see things thou dost not.--King Lear
  4. Re:If you don't get by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Even mafia hitmen have more customer friendly terms, I think I can confirm this.
    Posting AC for obvious reasons.
  5. Re:It's not that easy. by quonsar · · Score: 3, Funny

    3) go fuck yourself.

    DickTel, a wholly-owned subsidiary of CheneyComm

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