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I'm not really sure why consumers or ISPs have a reason to be excited about this. I'm beginning with the assumption that the custom shaping rules will only take

I'm not really sure why consumers or ISPs have a reason to be excited about this. I'm beginning with the assumption that the custom shaping rules will only take effect once a bandwidth cap is reached (otherwise, why would someone self-limit?). If a consumer reaches their bandwidth cap it means some service will suffer. Letting them choose which one suffers the most doesn't seem like a killer feature. For ISPs, it doesn't matter how the bandwidth is distributed once the cap is reached. Maybe there is some use case for metered connections or data caps?

0xcde4c3db 10y ago
> Maybe there is some use case for metered connections or data caps? The main legitimate use case I can imagine would be to spread out peaky utilization to minimize congestion and make the most efficient use of links. This might be achieved through differential metering or caps, where off-peak usage is unmetered or costs less. Giving everyone a 300GB limit doesn't do much good for the infrastructure if they're all blowing their 300GB watching Netflix during "prime time". Of course, that would require an ISP that had genuine concerns about congestion and efficiency rather than blowing smoke about how "fairness" somehow demands that they squeeze more revenue out of any party within reach [1]. [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/3rnfnm/leak_of_comcast_documents_detailing_the_coming/ https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/3rnfnm/leak_of_...