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Vuze Calls for FCC Scrutiny of Cox P2P Throttling Plan

By soulxtc

Concerned that content available on the Vuze HD Network will automatically be given a lower priority since it's delivered via a BitTorrent client. Last week Cox Communications announced plans to begin testing out a new bandwidth-management system in their Kansas and Arkansas markets that will categorize traffic into time-sensitive and non-time-sensitive traffic categories, "momentarily" delaying - throttling - the latter in order to "provide customers the best possible Internet experience" for its subscribers. Vuze has released a statement on its blog criticizing the plans, calling for close scrutiny by the FCC because the delivery of content available on its HD Network stands to become relegated to a ?second-class? activity since its distributed via a BitTorrent client. "We take that personally, and think you should too," it writes. For along with FTP, network storage, software updates, and Usenet, P2P will be given a "non-time-sensitive" designation.

Full post as published by ZeroPaid on February 03, 2009 (boomark / email).