New traffic management policy in early 2008
Most broadband internet providers in the UK do traffic shaping to prevent the heavy users from taking undue advantage of unlimited packages. As all uncapped packages offer unlimited downloads, the fair usage policy often puts some kind of cap at least on the usage during peak hours. What happens when a few customers indulge in [...]
Google’s privacy practices questioned
The head of a European Union working group recently called on Google to give up an acceptable reason why it needed to store personally identifiable information for as long as two years. The Article 29 Data Protection Working Party had also asked Google to give up more details about how it planned to anonymize the [...]
Virgin Media introduces new traffic management policy
Virgin Media, the largest cable broadband provider in the UK is implementing a new policy to restrict the service of the heaviest users who, according to its findings, constitute just 5 percent of total customers. These 5 percent customers are reported to download as much as 3 GB during the peak hours (between 4pm and [...]
