'Throttling' Broadband Provider Sued In Australia

Posted by timothy on Sunday September 19, 2010 @05:39AM from the for-some-values-of-unlimited dept.

destinyland writes "Optus has been severely throttling users who exceed a download quota, according to ZDNet — down from 100Mbps to 64Kbps — and it's drawn attention from federal regulators. Optus's ad campaign promises 'supersonic' speeds, and one technology blog notes that the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission 'isn't happy about Optus' sensationalist claims, which it's sure breaches the Trade Practices Act.' Australia's trade commission called the practice 'misleading or deceptive,' and the broadband provider now has a date in court next month, the second one since a June hearing over 'unlimited' voice and data plans that actually had usage caps."

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Title compute the doesn't now go. by Qubit · 2010-09-19 05:49 · Score: -1, Redundant

What the heck is up with that title?

'Throttling' Broadband Provided Sued In Australia
I've tried to parse that sentence several ways and I'm still not getting it. Even replacing a single word in it (say, "Provided" -> "Provider(s)") doesn't seem to fix it properly.
WTF, editors?

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Re:Big deal by jewishbaconzombies · 2010-09-19 07:40 · Score: 0, Redundant

Considering that a judge said they have no enforcement power, how you got modded insightful is hillarious.

Fucking amazing actually.

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/04/court-throws-out-fccs-smackdown-of-comcast-p2p-blocking.ars