throttling traffic

Network Management Doesn’t Have to be Evil

Lindsy Embree — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 05:53:03 -0700

FCC Commissioner: Net Neutrality Shouldn't Extend to Illegal Acts

Stevie Converse — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 08:10:50 -0700

While key players are slugging it out over ISP content filtering, the Federal Communications Commission has released a slew of decisions and announcements about broadband.

Comcast Accuses FCC of Impotence

Stevie Converse — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 08:07:36 -0700

Comcast has told the chairman of US Federal Communications Commission that he has no legal right to prevent the company from busting BitTorrents.

Comcast: FCC Lacks Any Authority to Act on P2P Blocking

Stevie Converse — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 06:41:26 -0700

The man who spoke for Comcast at Harvard last month has told the Federal Communications Commission that the agency has no legal power to stop the cable giant from engaging in what it calls "network management practices" (critics call it peer-to-peer traffic blocking).

Courting Industry in the Net Neutrality Debate

Stevie Converse — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 08:12:32 -0700

If Internet neutrality is ever going to be the law of the land, businesses are going to have to join the movement, insisted two of the more outspoken advocates of a national broadband policy to bar Internet service providers (ISPs) from blocking or degrading certain network traffic.