Comcast and Time Warner Cable hike modem fees as much as 33%. Time to buy your own. January 02

http://money.cnn.com/2015/01/02/technology/comcast-time-warner-cable-modem/

I guess I’d better scrutinize my Time Warner bill this month.  And maybe start pricing cable modems.

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Internet traffic jams are widespread in the US, and are probably about to get a lot worse | The Verge

http://www.theverge.com/2014/10/31/7138449/m-lab-netflix-comcast-verizon-isp-business-dispute-congestion-traffic-interconnection

ISP interconnection has a substantial impact on consumer internet performance –sometimes a severely negative impact — and that business relationships between ISPs, and not major technical problems, are at the root of the problems we observed.

An interesting study with an intriguing conclusion.

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