[...] Charter will also introduce a congestion management policy with a protocol-agnostic approach that’s applied only during periods of congestion (Charter notes that congestion is rare on its network). The policy will affect only the heaviest users (less than 1 percent) in small time increments. Those affected will have their bandwidth limited, but no Internet activities will be blocked. For Comcast’s similar policy see our coverage here. [...]
Post originale: http://gigaom.com/2008/09/19/comcast-installs-speed-bumps-for-bandwidth-hogs/#comment-509500