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Comcast to 'Manage People, Not Protocols'
Watch CTO speak vaguely about new plan...

In a brief video interview with Cable Digital News, Comcast CTO Tony Werner talks about the company's new "protocol agnostic" plan to manage bandwidth, by specifically targeting high consumption users. According to Werner, the company's planning to "manage people, not protocols." Translated, they'll be targeting just high consumption users, as opposed to the current approach -- which is to throttle upstream P2P for all users, 24/7, whether they are heavy users or not (something they've denied, but remains true all the same).

Of course you know Comcast also plans to target high consumption users specifically with 250GB caps and overage fees thanks to inside information I obtained last month. The company is also considering booting users who receive four DMCA warning letters per year. Shortly after my original story appeared, this e-mail talking point made the rounds within Comcast, It contains language confirming the plan is being considered:

quote:
Please be aware: Customers may call in to inquire about the possible implementation of a 250GB monthly bandwidth cap on our online services. Please use the below statement to address these inquiries:

"Comcast is currently evaluating this service and pricing model to ensure we deliver a great online experience to our customers. We have not made any changes to our current service offerings and have no new announcement to make at this time."
The plan numbers could obviously change. I'm particularly wondering if they really want to make themselves liable for incorrectly attributed DMCA letters. We'll find out when the official announcement is made at the end of this year. Until then, Comcast continues to use forged packets to "manage protocols, not people."

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