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A spokesperson told Wired.co.uk that the system is dynamic, and will automatically be adjusted based on network usage. But they still believe customers will get fast speeds. “Typically, if we’ve got a lot of video usage going on in an evening, [that] might see P2P traffic drop to about 50 percent of headline speed. [But] you’ll still be able to download at a high rate.”
When asked if existing customers could opt out of the free speed upgrade in order to remain on the old traffic management system, a spokesperson said no.
Originally posted by Big Raging Loner
We're getting screwed in the UK in terms of broadband service (and a few other areas, for another thread perhaps).
I am paying a relatively cheap monthly rate for my service at home. However I am supposedly guaranteed 'up to' 8MB broadband. I don't even get half of that in my area. We are way behind the rest of the world. For playing something like Halo Reach online my packet transfer speed is just about adequate, assuming the Internet isn't being used for anything else.
If they start this kind of packet inspection that is only going to get worse. This sucks!