Author: Bryan Clark / Source: The Next Web
Comcast is reversing course on a throttling system first deployed in 2008 as a means to deter heavy internet users from exceeding their monthly data allotment.
As reflected in a June 11, 2018 update to our Xfinity Internet Broadband Disclosures, the congestion management system that was initially deployed in 2008 has been deactivated.
As our network technologies and usage of the network continue to evolve, we reserve the right to implement a new congestion-management system if necessary in the performance of reasonable network management and in order to maintain a good broadband Internet access service experience for our customers and will provide updates here as well as other locations if a new system is implemented.
After the Electronic Frontier Foundation caught the company throttling BitTorrent traffic in 2007, Comcast acted quickly to deploy a system to ensure some level of neutrality in managing network activity. Instead of throttling specific apps, Comcast would now throttle all users who exceeded their monthly data cap, regardless of usage.
This system has been “essentially inactive for more than a year,” according to a recent statement by the company. And now, it’s…
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