throttling

South Korea's Leading Broadband Provider Throttles 'Data-Hungry' Samsung Smart TVs

Lindsy Embree — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:11:38 -0500

Full article: What Hi-Fi?
While TV companies are betting on smart TVs being the next big thing, a move by South Korea's leading broadband provider is likely to send some shivers through their product-planning departments. Korea Telecom, or KT, has just announced that it will be restricting Internet access by Samsung's Smart TVs, removing their ability to download and run apps, and curtailing streaming.

AT&T Says Throttling Policy Isn't as Bad as You Think

Lindsy Embree — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:23:07 -0500

Full article: New York Times
Brian X. Chen
Last year, AT&T warned smartphone customers with unlimited data plans that it may temporarily reduce their Internet connection speeds if they were in the "top 5 percent" of heaviest data users. Only recently have some customers begun receiving notifications about their data connections being slowed down, and AT&T claims that it isn't as bad as it seems.

If 2 GB Is Excessive, Why Is AT&T Selling 3-GB Mobile Data Plans?

Lindsy Embree — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:50:19 -0500

Full article: GigaOM
Kevin Fitchard
When AT&T first implemented its throttling policies on unlimited mobile data plans last fall, it justified the move by claiming it had to limit the "extraordinary" consumption of a few greedy smartphone customers. We're starting now to get a glimpse of what AT&T means by extraordinary. It's only 2 GB -- a full gigabyte less than it sells its newest customers under its most-common data plan.

Users Choked Up over Internet Throttling

Lindsy Embree — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 12:15:16 -0500

Full article: Montreal Gazette
Sarah Schmidt
Complaints against Internet providers deliberately slowing down online traffic are way up in Canada, according to the telecom regulator.

Bell Canada Ends Internet Throttling in Favor of Usage-Based Billing

Stevie Converse — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 08:55:27 -0500

Full article: The Verge
Adi Robertson
Here in the United States the Net Neutrality debate rages on, but Canadian Internet users officially lost the battle three years ago. Now, however, one Internet service provider, Bell Canada, has agreed to stop peer-to-peer throttling.

Comcast No Longer Choking File Sharers' Connections, Study Says

Stevie Converse — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 12:19:49 -0400

Full article: Wired
David Kravets
According to a new study, Comcast appears to be in compliance with an FCC decision demanding the ISP stop throttling BitTorrent traffic. The study verifies for the first time that Comcast has virtually stopped its throttling practices in the wake of the FCC's order, which concluded that Comcast breached Net Neutrality rules. According to the study, Comcast throttled 49 percent of all BitTorrent traffic in early 2008. Last year, according to the study’s most recent data, the number dropped to 3 percent.

BitTorrent Throttling by ISPs

Stevie Converse — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 11:08:31 -0400

Full article: Syracuse University
Network transparency cuts both ways. It can be exploited to engage in surveillance of Internet service providers as well as Internet users. In order to better understand Deep Packet Inspection use and the scope of its deployment, the Measurement Lab makes use of crowdsourced network monitoring data.

Dan Kaminsky Tackles Net Neutrality with n00ter

Stevie Converse — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 08:30:50 -0400

Full article: Incisive Media
Shaun Nichols
Network security expert Dan Kaminsky has unveiled a tool at the Black Hat conference that promises to expose ISPs that filter traffic. The software allows researchers to detect any variations in speed caused by service providers.

AT&T Data Throttling Is Just a Political Stunt

Lindsy Embree — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 10:57:36 -0400

Full article: PCWorld
Tony Bradley
AT&T has confirmed that it will start throttling download speeds for unlimited data accounts. The move impacts relatively few users, and may be more political than technical, but it also begs the question "who is going to keep any eye on AT&T to make sure they measure usage accurately and don't abuse the throttling?"

Broadband Companies Offer Clarity on Connection Slowing

Lindsy Embree — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 11:30:45 -0400

Full article: BBC News
BT, Virgin Media and Sky are among the companies that will publish details of their "traffic management" policies. The firms say they want to help customers understand why they need to vary connection speeds. Critics claim the practice will lead to a two-tier Internet where some services pay for faster access to their sites.