Sindori
June 15th, 2008, 08:52 PM
We already knew about Time Warner's bandwidth metering stunt (http://www.zeropaid.com/bbs/showthread.php?t=49190) in Beaumont, TX. Here are a few more details on other ISP's:
AT&T also said Thursday that limits on heavy use were inevitable and that it was considering pricing based on data volume. “Based on current trends, total bandwidth in the AT&T network will increase by four times over the next three years,” the company said in a statement.
As for Comcast:
That same week, Comcast said that it would expand on a strategy it uses to manage Internet traffic: slowing down the connections of the heaviest users, so-called bandwidth hogs, at peak times.
Full article:
http://biz.yahoo.com/nytimes/080614/1194785259060.html?.v=3
AT&T also said Thursday that limits on heavy use were inevitable and that it was considering pricing based on data volume. “Based on current trends, total bandwidth in the AT&T network will increase by four times over the next three years,” the company said in a statement.
As for Comcast:
That same week, Comcast said that it would expand on a strategy it uses to manage Internet traffic: slowing down the connections of the heaviest users, so-called bandwidth hogs, at peak times.
Full article:
http://biz.yahoo.com/nytimes/080614/1194785259060.html?.v=3