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First European Provider To Break Net Neutrality

Posted by kdawson on from the deliver-what-was-paid-for dept.

Rik van der Kroon writes "Major Dutch cable provider UPC has introduced a new network management system which, from noon to midnight, for certain services and providers, caps users' bandwidth at 1/3rd of their nominal bandwidth (Google translation; Dutch original here). After the consumer front for cable providers in The Netherlands received many complaints about network problems and slow speeds, UPC decided to take this as an excuse to introduce their new 'network management' protocol which slows down a large amount of traffic. All protocols but HTTP are capped to 1/3 speed, and within the HTTP realm some Web sites and services that use lots of upstream bandwidth are capped as well. So far UPC is hiding behind the usual excuse: 'We are protecting all the users against the 1% of the user base who abuse our network.'"

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  1. A little cultural understanding here please? by Vinegar+Joe · · Score: 3, Funny

    After all, where did the term "going Dutch" come from?

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  2. trying to bring fun into this talk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Huh ?
    A Dutch provider messes with the network ?
    What are they smoking ?

  3. Re:In unrelated news... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I think your ACK just shat on my car.

  4. Re:What they mean: by Jared555 · · Score: 2, Funny

    What happens if the next flight is overbooked? Eventually you would have to have a plane dedicated to the people who have been waiting.

  5. Re:What they mean: by L4t3r4lu5 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Oblig. Penny Arcade ref: http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2009/5/1/

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