Network management practices
How we manage data on our network.
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This information applies to postpaid and prepaid services, including our government and enterprise services (which may have other contractual terms), as well as Broadband Internet Access Services purchased through the Schools and Libraries (E-Rate) program.
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How we manage data on our network.
What you can expect from our high quality network.
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As discussed in the Network Management section, we offer a range of rate plan and brand choices with different network priorities. Where the network is lightly loaded, customers will notice little, if any, effect from selecting a plan with lower network priority. This will be the case in the vast majority of times and locations. At times and locations where the network is heavily loaded in relation to available capacity, however, those customers will likely see reductions in data speeds, especially if they are engaged in data-intensive activities. Depending on the extent of network congestion, these customers may notice more frequent impacts to real-time services like video conference calling, some video streaming, file downloads, and other high-bandwidth activities.
No. We don’t prioritize traffic on the basis of who created the application subject to the same reasonable network management practices as other data on the network.
We use a variety of physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to protect our network from events that may negatively impact our customers' ability to use our broadband internet access services. We monitor our network to protect against security threats, including spam, viruses, automated attacks, worms, distributed denial of service attacks, and other potentially malicious activity. When we detect a threat, we may attempt to prevent it from spreading across our network using a variety of security measures, which may include, among other things, requiring device software updates and rerouting, prohibiting, or limiting some traffic over our network, typically until the threat is resolved.
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Our customers may use our broadband internet access services to access any lawful application, including real-time applications, in a manner consistent with our Terms and Conditions.
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