Comcast Has Company In Throttling Bandwidth

Ian Fogg of Jupiter Research has posted an excellent analysis of how internet service providers are not always up front with their service plan practices. While I've mostly taken Comcast to task for limiting heavy users' bandwidth, it looks like VirginMedia has a similar strategy. Despite promises of "unlimited broadband" and "no download limits," a mere 12 minutes of downloading under some plans triggers a cutback, reducing speed from 10 megabits per second to 2.5. That means legitimate traffic like Playstation 3 demos and paid movie downloads will slow their downloads to a crawl. Not everyone loves online video, it seems.

Jupiter Research: April 2, 2008
By Ian Fogg