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Georgia Tech's ShaperProbe Detects ISP Traffic Manipulation

Posted by timothy on from the shaping-is-such-a-euphemism dept.

An anonymous reader writes with this excerpt from Ars Technica: "Two researchers at Georgia Tech can tell you exactly how American ISPs shape Internet traffic, and which ones do so. Bottom line: of the five largest Internet providers in the country, the three cable companies (Comcast, Time Warner, Cox) employ shaping while the telephone companies (AT&T, Verizon) do not — though that fact is less significant for the user experience than it might first sound."

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  1. Re:Cue the cable company bashing in 3...2...1.... by Squiddie · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Their network runs on public land. They are also granted exclusivity by local governments. I think that regulation is in order.

  2. Re:Question by ozmanjusri · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Is shaping the same as throttling?

    Sort of.

    Online, shaping and throttling are something network companies do to customers. In meatspace, throttling is what customers want to to to network company executives.

    HTH.

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