Verizon plans to throttle speeds for anti-piracy effort [telecom]

Nov 22, 2012 0 Replies

Verizon will throttle repeat offenders in anti-piracy effort



by Jared Newman



Verizon home Internet subscribers may get slapped with slower speeds for downloading too much pirated content and ignoring warnings to stop.



The company revealed its anti-piracy plans during a panel discussion in New York, TorrentFreak reports. The plans are part of a joint effort by Internet service providers and media companies, known as the Copyright Alert System, to warn and in some cases punish repeat offenders.



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