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."

Comments

Re:Heh.

[Kjella]

Certainly here in britain a business account usually comes with 20:1 contention ratio instead of 50:1 which most home users get

What the f.... kind of ratio is that? Here's the two biggest providers in Norway, ranging from 2.5:1 (2500/1000 at NGT) to 23:1 (16000/700 at Telenor) with most in the 5:1-10:1 range. 50:1 would be completely ridiculous and useless for anything but web browsing! And yes, they prerty much deliver that too.

Telenor:
Mini 1500/300 kbps
Basis 2500/350 kbps
Pluss 4000/400 kbps
Ekstra 6000/500 kbps
Max 16000/700 kbps
 
NextGenTel:
ADSL 1800: 1800/350
ADSL 2500: 2500/500
ADSL 6500: 6500/750
ADSL Mega 2500: 2500/1000
ADSL Mega 3000: 3000/1000
ADSL Mega 3500: 3500/1000
ADSL Mega 4000: 4000/1000
ADSL Mega 4500: 4500/1000
ADSL Mega 5000: 5000/1000
ADSL Mega 20000: 20000/1000
Bredbånd Langdistanse: 1800/350