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Comcast Outlines New Broadband Policy 350

Slatterz writes "US cable provider Comcast has presented its long-term solution for managing broadband traffic. The new system is set at putting to bed a minor scandal that erupted around the company when it was found that Comcast deliberately limited traffic for certain applications. The company said that under its new system, traffic will be analyzed every fifteen minutes. Users who are found to be occupying large amounts of bandwidth will be placed at a lower priority for network access behind users with less bandwidth-intensive traffic. The new system will not replace or be related to the company's earlier installment of bandwidth caps, which limited a user's data intake to 250GB per month."

Comment Re:Judicial oversight (Score 1) 202

No. The information used from the wiretapping will be used to "intercede" and take the suspected terrorist to a detention center where they will be held indefinitely until either 1) They can concoct enough evidence to validate the detention 2) laws change and they can try the person with the evidence they have or 3) Person X dies of natural causes.

You have to weigh the other "powers" that the executive branch has against the information they are allowed to have access to. Immediate apprehension based on suspect evidence of questionable legality is not a fantasy.

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