Latest Bandwidth cap Stories
AT&T said on Monday that it would limit the amount of data its broadband subscribers can use each month in an attempt to rein in "data hogs".Beginning May 2, the company will impose a monthly data cap of 150 gigabytes on users of its DSL broadband service, while U-verse subscribers will be limited to 250 gigabytes a month.Customers exceeding those limits will be charged an extra $10 per 50 gigabytes. However, the company said it would repeatedly alert subscribers as they reach 65%,...
The nation's largest Internet service provider will initially apply the limits in Reno, Nev., before extending the practice in other areas as well.ISP's are increasingly setting such data caps in an attempt to curb the small number of "bandwidth hogs" who consume a significant amount of network capacity. Indeed, AT&T spokesman Michael Coe said just 5 percent of AT&T's subscribers consume 50 percent of the network capacity.The restrictions the ISPs are enacting are tentative,...
Optenet, a provider of content filtering solutions, has expanded its content security solution to include a new bandwidth optimization function. According to the company, the Optenet Bandwidth Management (OBM) offers internet service providers (ISPs) a tool that enables network traffic control. The new feature can be utilized by service providers within their own networks and may also be offered as a value-added service to their customers. With Optenet's bandwidth management capability, the...
MIAMI, Oct. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Optenet, a global IT security company and provider of high-performance content filtering solutions, today announced it has expanded its content security solution to include a new bandwidth optimization function. Optenet Bandwidth Management (OBM) offers Internet Service Providers (ISPs) a sophisticated tool that enables highly granular, real-time network traffic control. The new feature can be utilized by service providers within their own networks and may also...
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/eda9b9/the_bandwidth_deba) has announced the addition of eMarketer's new report "The Bandwidth Debate: Video and Net Neutrality" to their offering. Video is creating huge increases in bandwidth usage. It currently generates more traffic in the US than was transmitted across the entire Internet backbone in 2000. While the Internet is not about to collapse, as video becomes the primary online delivery vehicle for...
A recently completed survey of U.S. consumers conducted by International Data Corporation (IDC) yielded results at odds with the views of many telecom policy makers and industry observers. The survey, which was conducted in August, focused on consumer views on broadband priority, bandwidth capping, and internet privacy. Given that many broadband service providers (BSPs) are contemplating offering premium bandwidth channels as well as imposing bandwidth caps and metered billing systems, these...
MINNEAPOLIS -- Comcast's plan to place a cap on consumer Internet use worries some customers who have come to take unfettered Web surfing for granted, even though most users aren't affected by the move. Beginning Oct. 1, Comcast will limit use of Internet bandwidth -- a measure of all of a person's monthly downloads and uploads of text, graphics, music, movies, photos and other information. The company said it reserves the right to terminate any residential customer who disregards company...
By James Derk Scripps Howard News Service There is an ominous trend growing among Internet service providers -- that consumers should "pay by the drink" for their Internet usage. It was only a matter of time before we all paid the price for these idiots running movie-download servers all day and night down the block, but instead of ferreting out those guys (I mean, how hard is it really?) the ISPs of the nation are taking a hard look at bandwidth caps. That, on its face, would not be so...
NEW YORK - Comcast, the nation's second-largest Internet service provider, said Thursday it would set an official limit on the amount of data subscribers can download and upload each month. On Oct. 1, the cable company will update its user agreement to say users will be allowed 250 gigabytes of traffic per month, the company announced on its Web site. Comcast has already reserved the right to cut off subscribers who use too much bandwidth each month, without specifying exactlywhat...
By JAMES DERK There is an ominous trend growing among Internet service providers - that consumers should "pay by the drink" for their Internet usage. It was only a matter of time before we all paid the price for these idiots running movie-download servers all day and night down the block, but instead of ferreting out those guys (I mean, how hard is it really?) the ISPs of the nation are taking a hard look at bandwidth caps. That on its face would not be so bad, except the implementation of...
