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Comcast Outlines New Broadband Policy
Slatterz writes "US cable provider Comcast has presented its long-term solution for managing broadband traffic. The new system is set at putting to bed a minor scandal that erupted around the company when it was found that Comcast deliberately limited traffic for certain applications. The company said that under its new system, traffic will be analyzed every fifteen minutes. Users who are found to be occupying large amounts of bandwidth will be placed at a lower priority for network access behind users with less bandwidth-intensive traffic. The new system will not replace or be related to the company's earlier installment of bandwidth caps, which limited a user's data intake to 250GB per month."
...FUCKING Telcoms and FUCKING ISPS! If they could only charge you for the air you breath, you'd be choking. All of you. In every country that has internet access it's the same old story. ISPs charge whatever the hell they can get away with on a scale based upon the user base/government regulator's comprehension of what 'the internet' means -OR- ISPs bends over backwards (and forwards) to help censor the internet in that particular country. Why do people even bother complaining about Comcast anymore? Comcast isn't specially bad, it's just as greedy and full of shit as a hundred other ISPs around the world. Ask an Irishman or an Australian if their internet access is any good and see what kind of answers you'll get. Now if it were possible for me, I'd start a cooperative and raise enough capital to run my own ISP - without the bullshit.