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Also known as: traffic shaping
Deliberate slowing of a connection, applied either by the Usenet provider under a fair use policy or by an ISP targeting NNTP traffic. Provider-side shaping is tied to an account and lifts after usage drops; ISP shaping affects a port or protocol and often eases when traffic moves to an encrypted port. Sustained slow speeds with normal completion point at throttling.
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