Comcast clarifies throttling practices

ThraxThrax 🐌Austin, TX Icrontian
edited December 2009 in Science & Tech
Comcast clarifies throttling practices

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  • drasnordrasnor Starship Operator Hawthorne, CA Icrontian
    edited November 2009
    It is important to understand that Comcast’s throttling practices do not actually scale back a customer’s provisioned bandwidth. Comcast’s technique simply alters the priority of a disproportionate user’s traffic so it can be preempted by users in an unmanaged state.
    That's nice, but it still means that Comcast customers aren't receiving the bandwidth they're paying for. This wouldn't be a problem if ISPs were required to not oversell their networks. And yes, I'm fully aware of what this would mean for service prices.

    -drasnor :fold:
  • GnomeQueenGnomeQueen The Lulz Queen Mountain Dew Mouth Icrontian
    edited November 2009
    Great write up! I now understand why my internet slows down ridiculously. Thanks comcast!
  • chrisWhitechrisWhite Littleton, CO
    edited November 2009
    Agreed, clearly explained Rob.
  • sahirs
    edited November 2009
    "I now understand why my internet slows down ridiculously. " - oddly enough, the throttling is intended to SPEED up your Internet.
  • SnarkasmSnarkasm Madison, WI Icrontian
    edited November 2009
    Your normal, webpage-loading internet, perhaps. Not your VOIP. Not your media. Not your internet TV. Not your gaming.
  • Wrigler
    edited December 2009
    If Comcast weren't protected by monopoly status and if the citizens were allowed to use the radio bandwidth they are the owners of without meddling from the FCC. We might be able to build peer to peer internet systems which don't need a big company like Comcast or ATT to oversee.
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