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> So in effect, we were also throttling them, which is similar to what wireless carriers do today I think... No. Dropping a dial-up connection when all lines a
by wtallis 6y ago
> So in effect, we were also throttling them, which is similar to what wireless carriers do today I think...
No. Dropping a dial-up connection when all lines are busy is not the same kind of artificial limitation as throttling/de-prioritizing someone's traffic after X GB even if the network is uncongested, or unconditionally throttling specific types of traffic (eg. all video traffic, to prevent HD streaming).