Read more bandwidth usage stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/17610/bandwidth-usage.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 6:27:53 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/36396/comcast-web-caps-may-signal-end-of-an-era.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith Comcast setting a limit on Internet usage beginning next month, the end of the Internet as we know it may be at hand, as ISPs move toward usage-based models like public utilities. Comcast, the second-largest US Internet provider, was careful to say that the bandwidth limit is so high—...http://www.newser.com/story/36396/comcast-web-caps-may-signal-end-of-an-era.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 02 Sep 2008 16:33:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/35405/comcast-to-put-brakes-on-bandwidth-hogs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagComcast plans to reduce Internet connection speeds for heavy users, Bloomberg reports. The company's "FairShare" system will slow users down for 10 to 20 minutes during peak periods. Comcast was recently scolded by the FCC for improperly blocking file-sharing programs like BitTorrent in an effort to manage Web traffic.http://www.newser.com/story/35405/comcast-to-put-brakes-on-bandwidth-hogs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 21 Aug 2008 9:41:06 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/30132/webs-growth-shows-no-sign-of-pause.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagInternet traffic continues to grow at an astonishing pace, GigaOm reports. A study by Cisco Systems has found that world network traffic will increase 46% from 2007 to 2012. By 2012, the annual bandwidth demand is estimated to become 522 exabytes—a billion gigabytes.http://www.newser.com/story/30132/webs-growth-shows-no-sign-of-pause.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 16 Jun 2008 14:21:27 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/22801/comcast-bends-under-net-neutrality-pressure.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagComcast is changing the way it manages Internet traffic after an intense public and FCC outcry over its blocking traffic from BitTorrent users. To cut use during peak hours, the Internet provider will stop targeting specific applications and instead slow its highest-bandwidth users’ traffic, reports the New York Times . Still,...http://www.newser.com/story/22801/comcast-bends-under-net-neutrality-pressure.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 28 Mar 2008 11:36:58 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/19131/the-broadband-police-are-coming.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagEnjoy your broadband while you can, because it won’t be this way forever. Consumer advocates think ISPs will soon have claim to have no choice but to crack down on high-bandwidth users or applications, in order to keep their networks afloat. Already Comcast has drawn fire for slowing file transfers,...http://www.newser.com/story/19131/the-broadband-police-are-coming.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 15 Feb 2008 12:07:03 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/13757/att-adds-speed-to-us-network.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAT&T has begun using a high-speed backbone network to move data faster across the US, the company said Monday. The network's capacity is 40 gigabits per second -- quadruple the previous capacity -- allowing users to more quickly access bandwidth-greedy files and videos. It is the first such network deployed...http://www.newser.com/story/13757/att-adds-speed-to-us-network.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 10 Dec 2007 15:09:02 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/12529/critics-blast-claims-of-net-outages-by-2010.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOminous warnings earlier this week of a looming Internet disaster are highly misleading, suggest critics. "As we've stated previously, most warnings of capacity armageddon come from traffic shaping companies looking to sell hardware," the industry web site Broadband Reports writes about a recent Nemertes Research study, which was funded in...http://www.newser.com/story/12529/critics-blast-claims-of-net-outages-by-2010.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 25 Nov 2007 15:39:31 CST