It has been two whole weeks since the FCC issued its Internet openness rules, and with holiday celebrations out of the way there has been some time for the details to start to sink in. Some observers seem to be perpetuating a high-level debate about whether the FCC went too far or not far enough, [...]
Categories: DPI, Net Neutrality
It’s been awhile since I last surveyed the traffic management policies of some of the largest UK retail ISPs. The chart below is up-to-date as of this week. ISP Has traffic management policy? Hours of application Takes application-specific action? Apps/protocols targeted AOL Broadband Yes Typically applies in the “evenings” Unclear because policy lacks details BT [...]
Categories: DPI, Net Neutrality
While soccer fans across the globe have been captivated with the excitement of the World Cup during the last month, vendors of DPI-based technologies have been casting their focus there as well. I recently came across a number of different vendor reports and musings (from Arbor, Allot, and Sandvine) about the impact of World Cup [...]
Categories: DPI, Net Neutrality