Cox follows Comcast down the data discrimination road

it’s a sad day for cox internet subscribers, ’cause if the fcc or some other almighty agency doesn’t step in soon, your traffic could be slowed. the transmitter has just announced a rather significant update to its details control policies, as it lays out plans to check viagra ohne rezept a way next month that choice “give priority to internet transport it judges to be time-attuned, like web pages, streaming video and online games.” we’re also told that “file downloads, software updates and other non-while finely tuned data may be slowed if there is congestion on the local network.” thankfully, “streaming video” was listed in the category that’ll reputedly get premier dibs on available bandwidth, but one always has to wonder what class of juju is going on behind closed doors when a plan such as this is announced. if all goes well in the kansas / arkansas examine markets, the system could be rolled out to all cox internet customers (business users notwithstanding) by the year’s end. lovely.[via hothardware]

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