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."

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Reminds me of Dialup

[ironicsky]

Many many moons ago (And I'm not talking about when I drop my pants) my dialup ISP did this.

I was on the un-metered plan. I could surf all I wanted, no limits. However, the more I used the lower my traffic was prioritized until I was at the bottom of the list.

I think this is a fair way of doing it to be honest. Regular end users just want their net to work... period... So why should they be bogged down by guys like me who download 100Gb a month? If my torrents slow down overtime, Im not concerned since its something I shouldn't really be doing anyway