Time Warner Cable Implements Packet Shaping? > About time

About time

Comcast doesn't need to...they simply cancel those users.

reply to Anonymous1972
I pay for my pipe and I will suck as much bandwidth from it as I want. This technology is horrid for places like mine where the node balance is even. In places where nodes are overloaded I can see bandwidth hogs being a problem. It should if at all be implemented on a case by case basis. Sounds like someone is either trying to get a contract or they have a score to settle with bandwidth hogs *oink oink*. I run WASTE servers off my itty bitty cable connection and purposely use my bandwidth to full capacity. I just hope the FCC wakes up and helps eliminate the "up to" speed advertisements and loophole. I'm paying for 6Mbps/356kbps connection not up to XX/XX. If I wanted to pay for "up to" then my rates that I pay should depend on what speed I am getting.

I hate to burst your bubble but no one gets guaranteed 6Mbps for $45/month. A dedicated T1 costs a couple hundred dollars and it only maxes out 1.5Mbps. Ever think that sharing might be exactly the reason you're getting such a discount in the first place?

reply to BPLSUCKS9
If you want to avoid "up to", you can...it's called an SLA and you are charged handsomely for it.

Residential services for $50 are provided best effort.
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