n3wblog tech commentary and observations from the future

Posts Tagged ‘bittorrent’

The new shape of broadband

In Computing, Freedom, Web on 10 December 2005 tagged bittorrent, cable, Computing, Freedom, internet, iTunes, Law, Music, p2p, podcast, traffic shaping, Video, Web with 5 comments

From Globetechnology: The new shape of broadband Rogers Cable, like other cable companies, has in fact been implementing something it calls “traffic shaping,” a technology that gives priority to certain on-line activities (such as e-mail, browsing, voice communication) and putting the brakes on other less time-sensitive stuff, such as swapping music files. This has been [...]