Comcast Cable CTO: Bandwidth Hogs Will Experience Slowdowns

Comcast recently announced a deal with BitTorrent that left me dazed and confused. It was basically a roundabout way for the cable company to backtrack from its P2P traffic-blocking gaffe. In describing the deal, Comcast tried to shift the focus away from their so-called “network management” — and by extension, the limitations of their network that prompted them to resort to traffic manipulation in the first place. On Friday, I caught up with Tony Werner, chief technology officer of Comcast Cable, to get the real skinny.

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