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Re:F.C.C. Repeals Net Neutrality Rules by dmix on Thursday December 14, 2017 @02:12PM (#15925753)
Apologies, I should clarify, my Portuguese ISP example is the only real world example of the "TV-style limited internet packages" being deployed by a real-world ISP (which is the primary scenario nearly ever pro-net neutrality article warns about).

> Comcast's throttling of bittorrent

Were these FCC laws blocking Comcast from throttling Bittorrent traffic?

Canada was also the first country to throttle bittorrent traffic as well and the adoption of encryption in Bittorrent clients was largely able to bypass this issue AFAIK (I haven't experienced any slow downs in years in Canada since I toggled "force encrypted peers").

> Rogers throttling of all encrypted traffic in Canada

Source? I used Rogers for years and I've never heard of this problem.

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Re:F.C.C. Repeals Net Neutrality Rules by charleslmunger on Friday December 15, 2017 @06:19PM (#15936130)
https://www.wired.com/2008/09/comcast-disclos-2/

""Comcast's practices are not minimally intrusive, as the company claims, but rather are invasive and have significant effects," the commission said, demanding an end to the practices by year's end."

This was under the Title I classification that was struck down by the verizon lawsuit, where the court said that the way to enforce these rules within the FCC's existing powers was via Title II.

As for Rogers, http://www.michaelgeist.ca/2007/04/rogers-packet-shaping/

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Re:F.C.C. Repeals Net Neutrality Rules by mratzloff on Thursday December 14, 2017 @02:29PM (#15925963)
Your example from Portugal is a mobile plan where you can buy additional data.
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