Comcast Outlines New Broadband Policy 350
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."
Re:Dang... (Score:3, Funny)
"...traffic will be analyzed every fifteen minutes."
Then use trial-and-error to find the sweet spot in Comcast's polling interval and automatically throttle your own traffic every 15 minutes for 1 or 2 minutes at a time ;)
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Of course, that dosen't matter if comcast measures your traffic for 14 consecutive minutes out of the 15 minute polling interval
Re:OK, but can we help? (Score:1, Funny)
Don't worry, your comcast movie download will get the absolute highest priority. That netflix crap though, that will go into the shit bucket.
Cool! (Score:5, Funny)
Ok
Now THATS a winning business strategy (Score:2, Funny)
You mean I can get bandwidth caps AND high latency in one premium priced package requiring up-front install fees and a complex long-term commitment that can change at any time?
What a great deal! Where do I sign up?!?
short version: (Score:4, Funny)
"Broadband: You can't have any(tm)."
Re:Upgrade so they can throttle? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Dang... (Score:5, Funny)
never? you'll be slowed down by 25-35%, all the time ^_^