Comcast to limit speed of heavy net users with Fair Share

There is going to be a new traffic management system called Fair Share from the largest Internet service provider, Comcast. They said that they need to implement the new policy to deal with the problems of heavy traffic users. Fair Share’s aim is to limit the top internet speeds for targeted customers for short periods.

Comcast’s senior vice president, Mitch Bowling said that Fair Share management system will establish if the internet traffic is congested by users who “disproportionately” consume network resources. It will then identify the bandwidth hogs; Fair Share will delay their overall top speed for roughly 10 to 20 minutes to keep service to other users smooth and at a steady pace.

The Federal Communications Commission had sanctioned Comcast for interfering with the traffic of its Internet customers, Comcast was not fined but was ordered to stop using its discriminatory ways by the end of 2008 and make public all its practices within a month.

Comcast was accused of “unreasonable network management practices” by the FCC.

Source: efluxmedia