Cox Comm. To Take Step Against Net Neutrality
It looks like Cox is taking a cue from Comcast and stepping into the realm of bandwidth discrimination. The carrier just announced that they will be making some big changes to their data management policies, stating a new technology that will give priority to “time-sensitive” data, such as web pages, video and online games, while leaving “downloads, software updates and other non-time sensitive data” in the proverbial dust. Obviously, this targets P2P sharing programs, BitTorrent downloads, and all that other questionable stuff that Comcast was ordered to stop throttling.
You can read Cox’s Congestion Management FAQ , which explains – in little detail – how the testing will work, and subtly how they hope to avoid getting slapped by the FCC like Comcast did.
At least for now, Cox is only going to be testing this in Kansas and Arkansas, but they do make this sound like a nation-wide ambition.
