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Re: [v6ops] Net Neutrality question

Mwendwa Kivuva <Kivuva@transworldafrica.com> Thu, 19 November 2015 14:56 UTC

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Subject: Re: [v6ops] Net Neutrality question
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Yes, this kind of violation of net neutrality is very common especially in
regions with weak regulatory frameworks. I've experienced it in my country.
It is very common to see an ISP advertise for "unlimited" Internet service
only to start throttling it when they discover heavy traffic from the end
users.
On Nov 19, 2015 4:32 PM, "Nick Hilliard" <nick@foobar.org> wrote:

> On 19/11/2015 15:12, Hemant Singh (shemant) wrote:
> > A network access edge router such as the Cisco CMTS (Cable Modem
> > Termination System) router supports STM (Subscriber Traffic Management)
> > via which each subscriber's traffic can be tracked.   Other Cisco access
> > edge routers support STM as well.
>
> cmts boxes are generally quite weird and not representative of how IP is
> handled on anything other type of access delivery.
>
> Nick
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