Thread: Application Throttling/Management
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Old 21-06-2008, 01:38   #15
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Re: Application Throttling/Management
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Originally Posted by zinglebarb View Post
Ok you can argue Usenet is piracy but even considering throttling gaming ports is just wrong wrong wrong.
He didn't say throttling. Sounds more like QoS type rules to prioritise certain gaming traffic and improve pings.

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Originally Posted by Uncle Peter View Post
If there are concrete plans to introduce this then I would hope that VM are seriously considering updating their pricing. £38 to be dicated to as to what type of traffic you are allowed to download at 20Mbit/sec is wholly unacceptable. We shall see.
Agree. As part of a Sky type package, £10pm or even free I can understand draconian measures like this. But to charge broadband-only customers £38pm for this is disgusting.
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