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Comcast confirms new network management practices

ITworld staff — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:34:56 -0500

Comcast, the second largest broadband provider in the U.S., has stopped network-management practices that focus on slowing the BitTorrent peer-to-peer application, the company said.

Comcast Has Begun Throttling the Bandwidth Hogs

ITworld staff — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:40:25 -0500

Use too much bandwidth and pay the price. That's the word from Comcast, which has launched a broadband throttling system to prevent power users from hogging its network.

Waiting and waiting and waiting for Fios

ITworld staff — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 13:56:10 -0500

With the U.S. economy in a recession, and low broadband sign-ups during the past two quarters, you'd think broadband providers would be eager for new customers. In my case, it seems like not so much.

Comcast appeals FCC's P2P network management order

ITworld staff — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:17:04 -0400

Comcast, the second-largest broadband provider in the U.S., has filed a court appeal of a U.S. Federal Communications Commission ruling last month saying the company couldn't delay some P2P traffic on its network.

Critics question Comcast broadband caps

ITworld staff — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:12:27 -0400

Comcast's decision to put a 250-gigabyte cap on monthly bandwidth use for its residential customers may look like a generous number, but some critics suggested the cap may cause problems for users in the future.

Comcast sets monthly bandwidth limit for customers

ITworld staff — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:05:04 -0400

Comcast, the largest provider of cable-based broadband service in the U.S., will limit residential customers to 250 gigabytes of bandwidth a month beginning Oct. 1, the company announced late Thursday.

Comcast: No new traffic management plan yet

ITworld staff — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:37:59 -0400

Comcast says it's looking at slowing traffic for its heaviest users during times of network congestion.

FCC rules against Comcast P-to-P throttling

ITworld staff — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 12:38:05 -0400

The FCC has ordered Comcast to stop interfering with peer-to-peer traffic on its broadband network, with officials there saying the cable provider was "invasive" in its network traffic management.

Groups cheer reports of FCC acting against Comcast

ITworld staff — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:09:39 -0400

Consumer rights groups cheered reports saying the U.S. Federal Communications Commission is ready to take action against Comcast for the cable-based Internet provider's decision to slow some peer-to-peer traffic on its network.

FCC moves toward prohibiting Comcast traffic management

ITworld staff — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:56:55 -0400

Amid news reports that the U.S. Federal Communications Commission is moving to prohibit Comcast from throttling BitTorrent traffic on its broadband network, a Comcast official said the agency has provided no guidance on how to deal with network congestion.