Looks like Cox is going to join in the fun of blocking or slowing certain things that we the internet users love to do. Cox is currently testing some new network management tools that are going to be frustrating many users of their service.
Internet traffic will now be divided into two categories. Time sensitive and non- timesensitive. Now the time sensitive services will go thru as always. These include - Web, VOIP, E-mail, IM, Streaming media, Games, VPN etc.. The problem comes into focus with the services that have been placed in that non timesensitive realm.. Things like FTP, Network storage transfers, P2P, software updates and usenet.
Cox is saying that these rules will only kick in when the network gets busy but how are you going to know that when you sit down to update you OS and get some web site work done using FTP.
It will be interesting to see how their tests of this awesome service go as it could effect all services eventually. Please let it fail....
*Lots of talk all over the net about this one. Facts grabbed from Cnet amoung other places.
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