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Seems like a week doesn’t go by without a new announcement of bandwidth metering (the politically correct term is network management) these days. The newest service provider to join the bandwidth metering parade is Charter. Charter’s bandwidth metering announcement was joined by Time Warner Cable, the pioneer in bandwidth metering, announcing their intention to expand the practice beyond their initial trial market of Beaumont, Texas. The ...

Seems like the in thing to do these days. Cox has announced they will implement a “Cox Congestion Management” trial for their broadband networks in Arkansas and Kansas market. Cox joins Comcast, AT&T, and Time Warner, among others, with some form of bandwidth management system in place. Some of these systems are more limiting than others and actually limit bandwidth usage. Cox appears to not be going in that ...

Safe to say that Comcast won’t be inviting anyone from the FCC over for dinner. The two have been squaring off over the past year or so over a variety of Comcast policies. The most recent involves Comcast’s treatment of competing VoIP services over their broadband network. In a letter dated January 18, 2009, the FCC asks Comcast to clarify ...

Update-15 Dec - Google is denying this effort violates network neutrality principles. Their strategy is more akin to network caching, which they argue is a common practice. In their view, the Wall Street Journal is distorting the facts on this issue, and they remain committed to network neutrality. Original 14 Dec. post followsGoogle is reigniting the network neutrality debate by pursuing direct deals with service providers ...