Anthony Boynes wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 2:06 PM, Stephen P Rufle
> <stephen.p.rufle@cox.net> wrote:
>> http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/01/cox-opens-up-throttle-for-p2p-non-time-sensitive-traffic.ars
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> Hrmm. Here are the types of traffic that will be delayed at the
> beginning of the trial.
>
> * File Access (Bulk transfers of data such as FTP)
> * Network Storage (Bulk transfers of data for storage)
> * P2P (Peer to peer protocols)
> * Software Updates (Managed updates such as operating system updates)
> * Usenet (Newsgroup related)
>
>
> Why the heck would they want to delay OS updates? That seems rather silly to me.
>
Majority of Windows users don't even care about those. In fact, I'm
pretty sure nobody does.
Either people don't know what they are or they avoid them on purpose, it
seems.
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