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Re:The FCC wants to regulate broadband data caps again by jandrese on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @04:26PM (#36423916)
I don't think it does sophisticated traffic classification. It's just a way for Comcast to say "you've used more than 10GB of traffic this month, all of your packets get sent down to the best effort Thunderdome until the next billing cycle".
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Re:The FCC wants to regulate broadband data caps again by mindslight on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @07:43PM (#36426317)
That conflicts with OP's description saying their Steam downloads were 20% slower, which presumably was tested before hitting any soft transfer cap.

I'd guess the goal of traffic shaping on CPE would be to keep upload bandwidth on the cable segments less congested. Or perhaps conntrack is easier to do in a distributed manner?

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Re:The FCC wants to regulate broadband data caps again by seanp2k2 on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @10:44PM (#36427427)
I wonder how Hulu streaming traffic is QoS'd on Comcast. Someone should check that out and file a lawsuit.
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