Andre Yoskowitz
22 Sep 2008 14:20
Comcast, the U.S' largest cable company has officially sent in their plans for broadband management to the FCC fulfilling their punishment for breaking net neutrality laws.
The new plan will not 'throttle' BitTorrent and other specific applications but instead will slow Internet speeds for the network's heaviest users when the network is "congested." We originally reported this in August but Comcast denied.
The filing comes after Comcast tried the new approach in five cities over the last three months. The company added that there were no documented complaints about the the method during the trial and that "less than 1% of customers were affected on a typical day."
Comcast has been at the center of controversy for some time now after they were found to be illegally "throttling" BitTorrent and P2P users, almost shutting down their internet when they would try to use the file sharing applications. The company was sued and was eventually found guilty of breaking net neutrality laws by the FCC.