Report on Web-Surfing Speeds Finds Pervasive Throttling 189
Stirling Newberry writes "New York Times has a report on web-surfing speed tests that their reporter ran using Glasnost, a tool that mimics the bittorrent protocol and measures the results. BT in the UK was among the worst. From the article: 'In the United States, throttling was detected in 23 percent of tests on telecom and cable-television broadband networks, less than the global average of 32 percent. The U.S. operators with higher levels of detected throttling included Insight Communications, a cable-television operator in New York, Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio, where throttling was detected in 38 percent of tests; and Clearwire Communications, where throttling was detected in 35 percent of the tests.'"
Re:Gassy (Score:5, Funny)
Yea, from what I've seen, BP lacks the capability to successfully throttle down the flow of anything.
Probably... (Score:4, Funny)
Probably a defect in a Clacks tower along the Grand Trunk.
Damn you, Reacher Gilt!
Re:Gassy (Score:3, Funny)
I have BP Internet. They don't throttle which is nice, but when something breaks, a torrent of bits sprays everywhere. And it takes their support forever to fix it, and then they just walk away, leaving you to deal with the giant mess.
Re:Depends on the time (Score:5, Funny)
Lately, Comcast has been depositing nearly 100% of the checks that I have sent to them. If they continue to cash my checks at this rate, I will be force to throttle back the check writing to 50% of the invoice amount. During times of peak demand of my money, it is only fair to other utility providers who also require a portion of this limited resource. With throttling in place, which should only affect the top 1% of my creditors, everyone can continue to enjoy "unlimited" payments.